01476nas a2200133   4500000000100000000000100001008004100002260002300043100001400066245007200080300001000152520113300162020004701295       2011                            d  bTaylor and Francis1 aJ.A. Long00aCase studies of intangible natural heritage from museum collections  a43-553 aIntangible natural heritage can refer to environments, geographic places or a set of values embedded within museum artifacts or specimens. In the discussion of this book (Chapter 9), Eric Dorfman and Janet Carding describe intangible natural heritage as heritable environmental forces that create biological and geological entities, as well as the resulting interaction with human communities. A defi nition of intangible values by Allen Putney1 refers to “that which enriches the intellectual, psychological, emotional, spiritual, cultural and /or creative aspects of human existence and well being�?. To refer to objects of natural history as steeped in values of intangible heritage brings in the notion of things as ‘events’ or an ‘affecting presence’.2 Taking this further, Kiresheblatt-Gimblett suggests that natural heritage, conceptualized in terms of ecology, environment and a systematic approach to a living entity, provides a model for thinking about intangible heritage as a totality, rather than as an inventory, and for calculating the intangible value of a living system, be it natural or cultural.3.  a9781136481666 (ISBN); 9780415884921 (ISBN)