01762nas a2200325   4500000000100000008004100001653002200042653001400064653001300078653001000091653001200101653001900113653002000132653002900152653001900181653001700200653001100217653002200228653001300250653001300263653001600276653002300292100001500315245005600330856015300386300001200539490000700551520085800558022002001416                                       d10acultural politics10aFestivals10aheritage10aJapan10aOkinawa10aOkinawa Island10aOkinawa Islands10aOkinawa [Ryukyu Islands]10aRyukyu Islands10astakeholders10aUNESCO10acultural heritage10afestival10aResearch10astakeholder10atourism management1 aSean Casey00aOkinawan heritage and its polyvalent appropriations  uhttps://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84874673541&doi=10.1016%2fj.annals.2013.01.017&partnerID=40&md5=0d9bf7a4860c0213b371c8e2bae0ff60  a130-1490 v423 aUNESCO s initiative to create a shared, global schema of Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) has generated considerable debate across disciplines on the efficacy and consequences of heritage designation. Such criticisms tend to rely on presumptions born from the  Invention of Tradition  model of analysis that lacks explanation of the articulation of local and (inter)national forces. Based on ethnographic and archival research, this article examines stakeholders at the local, national, and international level involved in the current nomination of Tarama Village s August Dance Festival for ICH. It critiques the theoretical value of analysis that neglects multiplicity of scale and suggests the need for a more global, system-oriented approach to heritage that illuminates the interplay between overlapping fields of heritage, tourism, and politics.  a01607383 (ISSN)