01546nas a2200253   4500000000100000000000100001008004100002653003200043653003300075653002300108653001000131653001200141653002200153653002100175653002700196653002100223100001900244245009400263856014900357300001100506490000700517520074800524022002001272                                       d10aGuatemala [Central America]10aIntangible cultural heritage10aMayan spirituality10amayas10aTourism10acultural heritage10aheritage tourism10aknowledge based system10anatural disaster1 aElizabeth Bell00a"Pirates of our spirituality": The 2012 apocalypse and the value of heritage in Guatemala  uhttps://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84867514439&doi=10.1177%2f0094582X12458421&partnerID=40&md5=d0cf3038072e237eb784b580d347c7a5  a96-1080 v393 aMaya spirituality serves as a locus of enunciation for the ongoing negotiation between local expressive culture and a changing globalized society. In recent years the Mayas of Guatemala have subversively used the global market provided by tourism to survive economically, recover their cultural property, and reclaim their heritage. Lacking voice and representation in an environment that has historically threatened their way of life, they assert their heritage in order to valorize their culture. They employ public knowledge and experience of natural disasters to demonstrate not just the accuracy of the 2012 prophecies of change at the end of the Maya calendar s long count, but also the value of the knowledge systems that produced them.  a0094582X (ISSN)