Anthropological Perspectives on Intangible Cultural Heritage

151 Pages·2013·4.99 MB·English

by  Kristin Kuutma (auth.)

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Anthropological
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Acknowledgments
The Research Planning Meeting on Intangible Cultural Heritage, where the first
drafts of these chapters were presented, was made possible with the support of
Dr. Margarita Velázquez Gutiérrez, Director of Centro Regional de Investigaci-
ones Multidisciplinarias (CRIM)—National University of Mexico (UNAM) and
thefundingprovidedbothbyDr.JoséNarroRobles,RectoroftheUNAM,andthe
project PAPIIT IN303409-3. Both the meeting and this volume are part of
the activities of the International Social Science Council’s and the International
Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences’ Commission on Intangible
Cultural Heritage and the UNESCO Chair in Research on Intangible Cultural
Heritage and Cultural Diversity.
Wewouldliketothankallparticipantsinthemeeting,whoseinputwasfunda-
mentalingeneratingdynamicandenrichingconversations:AntonioArantes,David
Berliner, Carolina Buenbrostro, Christoph Brumann, Susana Cuevas, Kristin
Kuutma,AntonioMachuca,ShigeyukiMiyata,ÚrsulaOswaldSpring,MaryLouise
Pratt, Montserrat Rebollo, Renato Rosaldo, Erendira Serrano Oswald, Hilario
Topete,andRodolfoUribe.
We would also like to specially acknowledge the generous work of Erendira
Serrano, Carolina Buenrostro and Edith Pérez-Flores during the meeting and
during the editing process of this volume. Our gratitude also goes to the anony-
mous peer reviewers whose suggestions were a great contribution toeach chapter
in this volume.
Finally, a last word of recognition for Shirley Murguia who took great care
translating Antonio Machuca’s chapter, to Hans Günter Brauch for copy-editing
andtoMikeHeadon(Wales)forhiscarefullanguageediting,toJohannaSchwarz
and Agata Öelschläger at Springer in Heidelberg, and to the producers and lay-
outer of this book at Springer in Chennai, India.
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Contents
1 Concepts and Contingencies in Heritage Politics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Kristin Kuutma
2 Singularity and Micro-Regional Strategies in Intangible
Cultural Heritage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Lourdes Arizpe
3 Evaluation of Items on Intangible Cultural Heritage. . . . . . . . . . . 37
Renato Rosaldo
4 Beyond Tradition: Cultural Mediation
in the Safeguarding of ICH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Antonio A. Arantes
5 Challenges for Anthropological Research on Intangible
Cultural Heritage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Jesús Antonio Machuca
6 New Directions in the Study of Cultural Transmission. . . . . . . . . . 71
David Berliner
7 Thoughts on Intangibility and Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Mary Louise Pratt
8 Intangible Cultural Heritage Policy in Japan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Shigeyuki Miyata
9 Anthropology of Intangible Cultural Heritage
and Migration: An Uncharted Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Cristina Amescua
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Annexe: General Discussion: Identifying Key Issues. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Commission on Intangible Cultural Heritage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Centro Regional de Investigaciones Multidisciplinarias. . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Editors Biographies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Biographies of the Contributors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
On This Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Abbreviations
APINA Council of Wajãpi Villages
APIWATA AssociationofWajãpiIndigenousPeoplesoftheAmapariTriangle
BCE Before Common Era
CBO Community-Based Organization
CGEN Genetic Heritage Management Council
CNPq Scientific and Technological Development Council
CRESPIAL Centro Regional para la Salvaguardia del Patrimonio Cultural
Inmaterial de América Latina (Regional Center for the Safeguard-
ing of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Latin America)
CRIM Centro Regional de Investigaciones Multidisciplinarias (Regional
Center for Multidisciplinary Research)
FUNAI National Indian Foundation
FUNASA National Health Foundation
ICH Intangible Cultural Heritage
INAH Instituto Nacional de Antropologia e Historía (National Institute of
Anthropology and History)
IPHAN Instituto de Patrimônio Histórico e Artístico Nacional (Institute of
National Historical and Artistic Heritage)
ISSC International Social Science Council
IUAES International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences
NGO Non-governmental Organization
PR Public Relations
RP Recovery Point
UNAM UniversidadNacionalAutónomadeMéxico(NationalAutonomous
University of Mexico)
UNAOC United Nations Alliance of Civilizations
UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
UNITWIN University Twinning and Networking Programme
VE Video Engineer
WIPO World Intellectual Property Organization
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