01327nas a2200217 4500000000100000000000100001008004100002653002500043653001900068653001200087653002700099653004500126653001100171100002000182245008800202856014700290300001200437490000700449520063300456022002001089 d10aHeritage-in-creation10aheritagization10aKraków10aKraków Nativity-Scene10aPolish Intangible Cultural Heritage List10aUNESCO1 aA. Soćko-Mucha00aFrom “tradition” to “intangible heritage”: Kraków’s nativity-scene craft uhttps://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85097425384&doi=10.23858%2fEP63.2019.013&partnerID=40&md5=9145aa26587ca02f6e95316a853b305c a205-2260 v633 aThe article presents three main stages in the history of the Kraków nativity-scene craft. First, the stage prior to institutionalization, covering the oldest history of nativity-scene making; second, the stage of institutionalization, initiated by the organization of the first competition for the most beautiful nativity scene in Kraków in 1937; and third, the UNESCO-ization of the nativity-scene craft, inaugurated by the inclusion of the Kraków nativity-scene (szopka) tradition on UNESCO’s Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2018. © 2019, Polska Akademia Nauk. All rights reserved. a00711861 (ISSN)