Reflections on the Metacultural Nature of Intangible Cultural Heritage

One of the most central findings of recent heritage research in cultural anthropology points to heritage as a social process and as the result of a metacultural operation. This article discusses the metacultural nature of heritage by focusing on the history of heritage both as a concrete social prac...

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Main Author: Markus Tauschek
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2012-07-01
Series:Journal of Ethnology and Folkloristics
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Online Access:https://www.jef.ee/index.php/journal/article/view/76
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description One of the most central findings of recent heritage research in cultural anthropology points to heritage as a social process and as the result of a metacultural operation. This article discusses the metacultural nature of heritage by focusing on the history of heritage both as a concrete social practice and as a powerful concept of cultural policy. For heuristic reasons, the article tends to put the conceptualisation of heritage as a metacultural product in question and proposes to translate concepts from ritual studies into heritage research.
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spelling doaj-art-624f6e54108e40d8886455358866bed22025-02-02T14:00:04ZengSciendoJournal of Ethnology and Folkloristics1736-65182228-09872012-07-0152496472Reflections on the Metacultural Nature of Intangible Cultural HeritageMarkus Tauschek0Christian-Albrechts-Universität KielOne of the most central findings of recent heritage research in cultural anthropology points to heritage as a social process and as the result of a metacultural operation. This article discusses the metacultural nature of heritage by focusing on the history of heritage both as a concrete social practice and as a powerful concept of cultural policy. For heuristic reasons, the article tends to put the conceptualisation of heritage as a metacultural product in question and proposes to translate concepts from ritual studies into heritage research.https://www.jef.ee/index.php/journal/article/view/76Intangible heritageframe analysismetaculturetradition
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Reflections on the Metacultural Nature of Intangible Cultural Heritage
Journal of Ethnology and Folkloristics
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frame analysis
metaculture
tradition
title Reflections on the Metacultural Nature of Intangible Cultural Heritage
title_full Reflections on the Metacultural Nature of Intangible Cultural Heritage
title_fullStr Reflections on the Metacultural Nature of Intangible Cultural Heritage
title_full_unstemmed Reflections on the Metacultural Nature of Intangible Cultural Heritage
title_short Reflections on the Metacultural Nature of Intangible Cultural Heritage
title_sort reflections on the metacultural nature of intangible cultural heritage
topic Intangible heritage
frame analysis
metaculture
tradition
url https://www.jef.ee/index.php/journal/article/view/76
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