01499nas a2200241 4500000000100000000000100001008004100002653003800043653003400081653002300115653002000138653002000158653003300178653002500211100002000236700001800256245009600274856015400370300001000524490000700534520069600541022002001237 d10aHeritage institutions (ICH\_1360)10aAuthorized heritage discourse10aheritage discourse10aheritage policy10aheritage values10aIntangible cultural heritage10apolitics of heritage1 aLaurajane Smith1 aGary Campbell00aThe Tautology of "Intangible Values" and the Misrecognition of Intangible Cultural Heritage uhttps://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85041016661&doi=10.1080%2f2159032X.2017.1423225&partnerID=40&md5=48bfe9af74ff3258853e6beb76e7535b a26-440 v103 aThis paper explores the contradictions of the advent, dissemination and use of the terms “intangible value” and “tangible value.” We examine their logical and grammatical incoherence, and the “work” that these strange terms, so often used in tandem, do to domesticate what are for some people the uncomfortable implications of the concept of intangible cultural heritage. In developing our argument, the paper draws on a range of policy and academic documents to illustrate the extent of the professional and academic unease with the concept of intangible heritage, and the degree to which this unease unintentionally fosters the maintenance of the authorized heritage discourse. a2159032X (ISSN)