01307nas a2200181   4500000000100000000000100001008004100002653004800043653004200091653003200133653003100165653004200196100002000238245006800258856004800326490000700374520074400381                                       d10aEconomic and social development (THE\_5342)10aLao People s Democratic Republic (LA)10aMarket economy (THE\_65391)10aPolicy making (THE\_16107)10aTraditional craftsmanship (ICH\_1231)1 aAnnabel Vallard00aLaotian textiles in between markets and the politics of culture  uhttps://www.jstor.org/stable/23020275?seq=10 v423 aThe policies of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) related to heritage preservation and promotion have been spreading worldwide for the past few decades. This ethnographically focused paper examines two UNESCO devices, the Crafts Prize and the Awards of Excellence for Handicrafts, as they apply to the contemporary Laotian textiles scene. It questions in particular the uses and values locally assigned to these international certifications of excellence and their mobilisation in the commoditisation of fabrics. On a larger scale, it considers what those devices reveal and entail regarding a  traditional  handicraft that is, from now on, entangled between trade and the  politics of culture .