Sharing heritage? Politics and territoriality in UNESCO's heritage lists

Article Article scientifique Article Sharing heritage? Politics and territoriality in UNESCO's heritage lists eng 2021 author Debarbieux Bernard 0000-0001-8745-4862 115976 author Bortolotto Chiara 867906 author Munz Hervé 869107 author Raziano Cécilia 869106 10.1080/21622671.2020.1854112 2162-2671 UNESCO heritage policies encourage the idea that heritage should be ‘shared' at the international scale, and invite States and the involved actors to adopt this vision. Yet ‘sharedness' can be understood in many different ways. In this article, we explore several territorial and political issues related to this notion of sharedness. A focus on the uses of a particular UNESCO tool—‘multinational nominations'— allows to shed light on transnational cultural practices and to examine forms of cooperation within communities and between States in the framework of the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH). Specifically, we analyse the work of a French commission for ICH as well as the nomination processes of three different cultural practices to the ICH Lists: flamenco, falconry, and alpinism. We argue that ‘shared heritage' is interpreted in a variety of ways, leading to contrastive appropriations and competing territorial scenarios among the various protagonists. Heritage Scale Sharedness Transnationalism UNESCO Flamenco Falconry Alpinism Dewey 910 120 Département de géographie et environnement T2 false Territory, politics, governance [2162-2671] 4951d4c2-3159-4c7c-8573-7df977b0446b Article (Accepted version) Restricted Debarbieux_et_al._2021_Sharing_Heritage_Final.pdf 348066 application/pdf cabad70e-0d51-492d-a7c8-f94e640e238a Article (Published version) Public SharingheritagePoliticsandterritorialityinUNESCOsheritagelists.pdf 1003016 application/pdf openAccess Faculté des sciences de la société / Département de géographie et environnement

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