00930nas a2200109   4500000000100000008004100001100001500042245008500057300001200142520064400154020002200798                                       d1 aEgil Bakka00aSafeguarding of the intangible cultural heritage (ich) and the role of community  a253-2573 aThis article discusses how the UNESCO Convention on Safeguarding of Intangible Heritage is applying the concept of community participation in its work. One challenge is to balance scope of the elements constructed with the possibility to engage the practitioners and their communities in meaningful and significant ways. This seems difficult with projects that have very large number practitioners. Another connected challenge is how the Convention can navigate in relation to globalisation processes. Some nominations are already part of such processes, which represent threats to the cultural diversity as well as to safeguarding of ICH.  a978-953-6020-98-0