01691nas a2200217   4500000000100000000000100001008004100002653002200043653001700065653002400082653001800106653001400124100001600138700001700154245010700171856015400278300001200432490000700444520100200451022002001453                                       d10acultural heritage10aethnogenesis10aintangible heritage10apolicy-making10atravelers1 aF. Wagenaar1 aJ. Rodenberg00aListing to survive. Why the Dutch traveler community wanted to have its heritage officially recognized  uhttps://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85079421303&doi=10.1080%2f10286632.2020.1727457&partnerID=40&md5=b0b980b79e78ebc5b9e035d940209770  a117-1290 v273 aIn recent times, the Dutch Traveler community has successfully gained official recognition of its heritage. At first glance, one would consider that Tajfel’s ‘creativity’–in this case a desire to change a ‘negative social identity’ through the use of heritage–explains the aim of the community to gain official recognition. However, if ‘creativity’ were responsible for this aspiration, it would be an extreme and radical form of it. The aim of the Traveler community to preserve its way of life and its survival as an ‘ethnic group’ lies at the heart of its motivation to strive for official recognition of its heritage and use this recognition as a weapon against the local authorities. In this interesting case of legal ‘instrumentalization’ of cultural heritage, the actions of the Dutch Traveler community prompted changes in governmental policies. Prior to receiving official recognition of their heritage, policies were often aimed at abolishing their way of life.  a10286632 (ISSN)