01618nas a2200217   4500000000100000000000100001008004100002653001500043653002000058653002400078653001000102653002000112653001700132100002000149245007900169856015300248300001200401490000700413520096000420022002001380                                       d10aMicronesia10aPacific islands10aintangible heritage10aMusic10aPerforming arts10aPreservation1 aBrian Diettrich00aPerforming arts as cultural heritage in the Federated States of Micronesia  uhttps://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84930382722&doi=10.1080%2f13527258.2014.984746&partnerID=40&md5=fe5aecc3d64256b821d5704f0ce6da83  a660-6730 v213 aThis article explores the performing arts as cultural heritage in the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) in the western Pacific. It examines policies for and ideas about the support, management and safeguarding of the performing arts, first through the colonial lens of historical preservation, then through intangible cultural heritage and finally from recent theorising in music ecology. In presenting an overview of cultural heritage policy in the FSM with regard to the performing arts, this paper discusses the relationship between heritage practices and colonialism, and it reviews the place of music and dance in the cultural management of Micronesia. Drawing on recent work in ethnomusicology, the article argues for considerations of the holistic space of the performing arts and the facilitation of participatory practices to address concerns of cultural demise and to reframe approaches to music and dance as cultural heritage in the Pacific.  a13527258 (ISSN)