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UNESCO frictions: Heritage-making across global governance – UNESCO FRICTIONS
This project is an ethnographic exploration of heritage policies in the era of global governance. It traces the social life of the UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) from diplomatic discussions in UNESCO boardrooms, through its implementation by national institutions in Greece, Brazil, and China, to its local appropriations. At the same time, it compares different interpretations of the Convention’s participatory shift.