Researchers from the UNESCO Chair on Applied Studies of Intangible cultural Heritage discuss issues of inequality in the newly published handbook on intangible cultural heritage. The entire book is accessible online.
Kristin Kuutma (UNESCO Chairholder) and Elo-Hanna Seljamaa (Associate Professor) are authors of the chapter “Intangible Heritage and the Complexities of Inequality in the Politics of Belonging”. Download pdf.
They elaborate on marked silences and inadequate affordances of belonging for minorities in the UNESCO-related living heritage framework, also analysing the role of academic research. They thus discuss ways of making the UNESCO Convention on intangible cultural heritage more operational for minorities.
The handbook edited by Christoph Wulf takes stock of and provides a comprehensive international interdisciplinary review of developments related to the UNESCO Convention on the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage. See more. Download pdf.
Kuutma, Kristin; Seljamaa, Elo-Hanna (2025). Intangible Heritage and the Complexities of Inequality in the Politics of Belonging. In: Wulf, Christoph (Ed.). Handbook on Intangible Cultural Practices as Global Strategies for the Future: Twenty Years of the UNESCO Convention on Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage. (179−191). Cham: Springer. (Heritage Studies).
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