01259nas a2200229   4500000000100000000000100001008004100002653002600043653003400069653002000103653002800123653002000151653001500171653002300186100001300209245003600222856015000258300001200408490000700420520058200427022002001009                                       d10aEmerging technologies10aIntangible cultural heritages10aKnowledge based10aKnowledge based systems10aOrdinary people10aReal-world10aSocial productions1 aD. Smith00aNetworking real-world knowledge  uhttps://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-34347348332&doi=10.1007%2fs00146-007-0105-6&partnerID=40&md5=f3368a2eed7584b8541385bfbf37486d  a421-4280 v213 aThis article examines the UNESCO Convention on Intangible Cultural Heritage. It accepts the general case made by UNESCO, but urges greater attention to the  real-world  knowledge of ordinary people. The paper rejects taxonomies of knowledge based on metaphysical discussions of knowing. Instead, it argues for an approach to knowledge based on the social production of  knowledge acts . It concludes by asserting that support for the diversity of social enactment of knowledge could have valuable outcomes in the form of new ways of understanding new and emerging technologies.  a09515666 (ISSN)