01167nas a2200157   4500000000100000000000100001008004100002653001500043100001800058245007700076856015300153300001200306490000700318520066400325022002000989                                       d10aIndia (IN)1 aLeah Lowthorp00aVoices on the ground: : Kutiyattam, unesco, and the heritage of humanity  uhttps://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84938823341&doi=10.2979%2fjfolkrese.52.2-3.157&partnerID=40&md5=22fd4a5bcd6e68de9ca6e38d4a9ad77d  a157-1800 v523 aKutiyattam Sanskrit theater of Kerala state was recognized as India s first UNESCO Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity in 2001. Looking back a decade later, how has UNESCO recognition impacted both the art and the lives of its artists? Based upon two years of ethnographic research from 2008-10 among Kutiyattam artists in Kerala, India, this essay follows the art s postrecognition trajectory through its increasing mediatization, institutionalization, and liberalization. Drawing on extended interviews with over fifty Kutiyattam actors, actresses, and drummers, it focuses on reclaiming the voices of affected artists on the ground.  a07377037 (ISSN)