01310nas a2200205   4500000000100000000000100001008004100002653001100043653001500054653002400069653000800093653002100101100001600122245008400138856015100222300001000373490000700383520069400390022002001084                                       d10aFrance10aGastronomy10aintangible heritage10aLaw10asensory heritage1 aR.F. Bendix00aLife Itself: An Essay on the Sensory and the (Potential) End of Heritage Making  uhttps://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85124477520&doi=10.3986%2fTraditio2021500104&partnerID=40&md5=e8884387bed79b36f8434de2298e809b  a43-510 v503 aThe expansion from material heritage - pleasing sight and to a lesser extent touch (for very often material heritage may be touched only within limits) - to the realm of the intangible indicates an increase in the reflexive consideration of the full sensorium. With the ratification of the 2003 Intangible Heritage Convention, we have turned to select for heritage status cultural practices and perceptions entailing the body and the senses more fully: Music and dance, as well as craft traditions exemplifying the knowledge in hands and the skill of touch.The new French sensory heritage law could be a significant marker in the changing dynamic of valorizing selected aspects of culture.  a03520447 (ISSN)