A Long Journey

Metamorphosis and Safeguard of ‘Traditional Knowledge’ in the Frame of Intangible Cultural Heritage Convention

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Abstract

Starting from an overview of international Conventions between culture and nature, the paper analyses some aspects of the heritage-making process. We explore the connection between ICH and TK in the light of two case studies: cultural policies in the French Savoy and in Venice, Italy. In Savoy, a movement is connecting civil society, local economies and policies in a decentralisation process, between conflicts and compromises. In Venice, civil society and scientific communities work together for the safeguarding of ICH. We argue that only effective ICH safeguarding policies, well connected to the economy, can support and make productive this dialogue on the current process of change.


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Submitted: Dec. 21, 2016 | Accepted: March 21, 2017 | Published Dec. 31, 2017 | Language: en

Keywords Cultural communities • Traditional Knowledge • Intangible Cultural Heritage

Copyright © 2017 Valentina Lapiccirella Zingari. This is an open-access work distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction is permitted, provided that the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. The license allows for commercial use. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

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