Ruggles / Silverman Intangible Heritage Embodied

1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-1-4419-0072-2
Verlag: Springer
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 214 Seiten

Archaeological research has long focused on studying tangible artifacts to build a picture of the cultures it examines. Equally important to understanding a culture, however, are the intangible elements that become part of its heritage. In 2003, UNESCO adopted a convention specifically to protect intangible heritage, including the following: oral traditions and expressions, including language; performing arts (such as traditional music, dance, and theater); social practices, rituals, and festive events; knowledge and practices concerning nature and the universe; and traditional craftsmanship. Since this convention was adopted, scholars and preservationists have struggled with how to best approach intangible heritage. This volume specifically focuses on embodied intangible heritage, or the human body as a vehicle for memory, movement, and sound. The contributors to this work examine ritual and artistic movement, theater, music, oral literature, as well as the role of the internet in cultural transmission. Globalization and particularly the internet, has a complex effect on the transmission of intangible heritage: while music, dance, and other expressions are now shared easily, the performances often lack context and may be shared with a group that does not fully understand what they are seeing or hearing. This volume draws on case studies from around the world to examine the problems and possibilities of implementing the new UNESCO convention. The findings in this volume will be vital to both professionals and academics in anthropology, archaeology, history, museum studies, architecture, and anyone else who deals with issues of cultural heritage and preservation.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Silverman, Helaine

Ruggles, D. Fairchild

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Preface;5
2;Contents;6
3;Contributors;8
4;1 From Tangible to Intangible Heritage;10
4.1;The Development of Intangibility as a Concept;12
4.2;Charters, Conventions, and Declarations Cited (Listed by Short and Full Name, Date, Promulgating Organization, Website);21
4.3;References;22
5;2 The Heritage of Kunqu: Preserving Music and Theater Traditions in China;24
5.1;Kunqu as Vocal Art;26
5.2;Kunqu’s Association with Theater;27
5.3;Patron, Garden, and Kunqu;30
5.4;The Taiping Uprising and the Modern Kunqu Actors School;33
5.5;Kunqu Under Communism;36
5.6;Kunqu After UNESCO;40
5.7;Conclusion;43
5.8;Notes;43
5.9;References;44
6;3 Partition Memories: The Hidden Healer;45
6.1;The Project: From Myth to History to Remembering to Healing;46
6.2;Four Previously Unpublished Stories;48
6.2.1;Ahmed Hayat Kalyar About Sargodha;48
6.2.2;Maqbool Elahi of Ropar, East Punjab;48
6.2.3;Mohammed Saeed Awan of Hoshiarpur, East Punjab;49
6.2.4;Dawood Pervaiz ‘‘From He Knows Not Where’’;50
6.3;Four Stories Selected from The Tribune;50
6.3.1;Chaudhry Muhammad Hayat of Gujrat tehsil;50
6.3.2;Abdur Rab Malik of Quetta, Balochistan;52
6.3.3;Prem Pandhi, ‘‘Tennis Star’’;53
6.3.4;Sughra Rasheed About Jalandhar (Jullundur);55
6.4;The Power of Stories;56
6.5;Conclusions;58
6.6;Notes;59
6.7;References;59
7;4 Gardens and Landscapes: At the Hinge of Tangible and Intangible Heritage;60
7.1;An Example of Garden Conservation in China;60
7.2;Defining the Historic Garden;64
7.3;The Garden Groves of the Braj;66
7.4;Gardens of Slave Descendants in Guadeloupe;67
7.5;Municipal Parks Bring Civility and Civilization to British Cities;69
7.6;The Dynamics of ‘‘Gardens and Landscapes’’ Culture in Japan;70
7.7;The Re-creation of a Garden at Koga;72
7.8;The Otagawa Embankment Project in Hiroshima;76
7.9;Conclusion;80
7.10;Notes;84
7.11;References;84
8;5 Preserving the Cultural Landscape Heritage of Champaner-Pavagadh, Gujarat, India;86
8.1;Champaner-Pavagadh: Past and Present;86
8.2;Cultural Landscape;94
8.3;Architectural Forms and Ornamentation;96
8.4;Water Intelligence;98
8.5;Vision and Movement;100
8.6;Conservation Approaches;102
8.7;Notes;104
8.8;References;105
9;6 Governance and Conservation of the Rapaz Khipu Patrimony;107
9.1;The Village of Rapaz and the Rapaz Research Project;108
9.2;The Patrimonial Buildings and Their Contents;109
9.3;The Agenda of Conservation;113
9.4;Conserving the Precinct Collaboratively;115
9.5;The Patrimony at Night: Ritual Use;119
9.6;The Patrimony by Day: Tourism and Other Outward-Facing Uses;124
9.7;Conclusions: A Moving Equilibrium;126
9.8;References;130
10;7 Geographies of Memory and Identity in Oceania;132
10.1;Rural-Urban Migration: Futuna, Vanuatu to Port Vila;132
10.2;A Cosmological Order in the Homeland;135
10.3;A Cosmological Order in Homeland Narratives;139
10.4;Urban Landscapes, Practices, and Ideologies;143
10.5;Intangible Heritage in Transforming Contexts;144
10.6;Conclusions;148
10.7;Notes;149
10.8;References;149
11;8 Combating Attempts of Elision: African American Accomplishments at New Philadelphia, Illinois;152
11.1;Aspects of Globalization and Attempted Erasure;153
11.2;Histories of Adversity and Success;155
11.3;Concepts of Heritage and the Paradox of Culture;164
11.4;Conclusion;168
11.5;References;169
12;9 Folk Epigraphy at the World Trade Center, Oklahoma City, and Beyond;174
12.1;Folk Assemblages;175
12.2;Folk Epigraphy;177
12.3;Archiving the Ephemeral;182
12.4;Inscription and (Im)permanence;185
12.5;Notes;187
12.6;References;188
13;10 Problematizing Technologies for Documenting Intangible Culture: Some Positive and Negative Consequences;190
13.1;Ideological Presuppositions of UNESCO;192
13.2;Yuchi: Problematic Technologies in Documenting Living and Dying Language;194
13.3;Xavante: Maximizing Opportunities and Technologies to Circulate Culture;196
13.4;Conclusion;202
13.5;Notes;203
13.6;References;203
14;Index;206