Table of Contents

Touching the Intangible: an Introduction - Michelle L. Stefano and Peter Davis and Gerard Corsane
The Paradoxes of Intangible Heritage - Marilena Alivizatou
Memory, Museums and the Making of Meaning: a Caribbean Perspective - Alissandra Cummins
From Intangible Expression to Digital Cultural Heritage - Kate Hennessy
Conversation Piece: Intangible Cultural Heritage in Sweden - Ewa Bergdahl
Africa's Rich Intangible Heritage: managing a continent's diverse resources - George Abungu
The Silence of Meanings in Conventional Approaches to Cultural Heritage in Jordan: The Exclusion of Contexts and the Marginalisation of the Intangible - Shatha Abu-Khafajah
The Silence of Meanings in Conventional Approaches to Cultural Heritage in Jordan: The Exclusion of Contexts and the Marginalisation of the Intangible - Shaher Rababeh
Conversation Piece: Intangible Cultural Heritage in India - Vasant Hari Bedekar
Reflections on the implementation of the UNESCO 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage in France - Christian Hottin
Reflections on the implementation of the UNESCO 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage in France - Sylvie Grenet
Government and Intangible Heritage in Australia - Lyn Leader-Elliot and Daniella Trimboli
Proud to be Dutch? Intangible heritage and national identity in the Netherlands - Leontine Meijer Van Mensch and Peter Van Mensch
Intangible Cultural Heritage in Wales - Andrew Dixey
Conversation Piece: Intangible Cultural Heritage in Botswana - Susan Keitumetse
The UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage and its Implications for Sustaining Culture in Nova Scotia - Richard MacKinnon
Acquiring the Tools for Safeguarding Intangible Heritage: Lessons from an ICH Field School in Lamphun, Thailand - Alexandra Denes
Intangible Threads: Curating the Living Heritage of Dayak Ikat Weaving - Christina Kreps
Conversation Piece: Intangible Cultural Heritage in South Africa - Harriet Deacon
Revitalising Amerindian Intangible Cultural Heritage in Guyana and its value for Sustainable Tourism - Gerard Corsane
Revitalising Amerindian Intangible Cultural Heritage in Guyana and its value for Sustainable Tourism - D Jared Bowers
When ICH takes hold of the local reality in Brazil: notes from the Brazilian State of Pernambuco - Paula Assuncao dos Santos
Reconfiguring the Framework: Adopting an Ecomuseological Approach for Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage - Michelle L. Stefano
Conversation Piece: Intangible Cultural Heritage in Italy - Maurizio Maggi
Looking to the future: the en-compass project as a way forward for safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage - Gerard Corsane
Looking to the future: the en-compass project as a way forward for safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage - Aron Mazel
List of Contributors

About the Author

Peter Davis is Emeritus Professor of Museology in the School of Arts and Cultures at Newcastle University, UK. His research interests relate to the connections between place, nature, heritage, communities and sustainability. Peter Davis is Emeritus Professor of Museology in the School of Arts and Cultures at Newcastle University, UK. His research interests relate to the connections between place, nature, heritage, communities and sustainability.

Reviews

The appearance of this volume is extremely timely: it provides an essential examination both of the concept [of ICH] and its application in a wide range of scenarios.
*HISTORIC ENVIRONMENT*

A welcome addition to the literature on heritage due to its focus on the conservation of intangible cultural resources within various political, economic, historic, and geographic contexts. [This] masterful compilation of articles offers an important contribution to heritage discourse and preservationist movements.
*INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INTANGIBLE HERITAGE*

A book that will serve the academic community for years to come due to the importance of the discussed topics which transcend the local contexts and which are becoming universal questions to answer.
*JOURNAL OF SUSTAINABLE TOURISM*