01170nam a2200109   4500000000100000008004100001100002100042245009900063300000800162520086800170020002201038                                       d1 aTami Blumenfield00aRecognition and Misrecognition The Politics of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Southwest China  a1933 aThis chapter discusses how communities in northwest Yunnan are navigating heritage policies, showing different experiences and negotiations with the cultural heritage discourse. A discussion of Moso weavers in a northwest Yunnan village shows the intricate and complex ways heritage is understood and how this affects the local community. The label  intangible cultural heritage , or  transmitter of intangible cultural heritage , guarantees neither protection nor commercial viability for the time-consuming handicrafts. This chapter explores what heritage  does  or  does not  do to individuals, communities, and their cultural practices and products. It alerts us to the difficult tensions between transmission, innovation, protection, and commercial use, asking whether and how local communities have a say in the protection and development of their heritage.  a978-90-485-3406-7