1st Edition

Intangible Heritage and Participation Encounters with Safeguarding Practices

By Marilena Alivizatou Copyright 2022
162 Pages 35 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

162 Pages 35 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

162 Pages 35 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Intangible Heritage and Participation examines participation as an intellectual and operational frame in safeguarding intangible heritage. Including case studies from the Netherlands, Belgium, Aotearoa New Zealand, Greece, Peru, Britain, Denmark, Sweden and Japan, the book provides an analysis of safeguarding as a museological framework and further investigates safeguarding... Read more

1. Safeguarding Intangible Heritage and Participation;  2. Participatory Research, Collecting and Mapping;  3. Working with Memory, Oral History and Testimony; 4. Transmitting Intangible Heritage;  5. Ethical Considerations for Participation in Safeguarding Intangible Heritage

Biography

Marilena Alivizatou holds a PhD in Cultural Heritage and Museum Studies from University College London. She is Honorary Lecturer at UCL Institute of Archaeology. For over a decade she has worked as researcher and consultant on intangible heritage with museums and heritage organisations in Europe, the Middle East and South-East Asia. She has a long-standing interest in how the global discourse of intangible heritage is interpreted and negotiated on the ground. Marilena is the author of Intangible Heritage and the Museum: New Perspectives on Cultural Preservation (Left Coast Press/Routledge 2012).