01727nas a2200241   4500000000100000000000100001008004100002653001600043653003500059653004800094653002400142653002100166653001800187653004200205653004000247100001800287245010300305856015000408300001000558490000700568520089000575022002001465                                       d10aFrance (FR)10aIndigenous peoples (THE\_1844)10aJustice and Strong Institutions (ICH\_1394)10aMuseums (THE\_5282)10aNew Zealand (NZ)10aSDG 16: Peace10aSurge of new technologies (ICH\_1306)10aUse of modern materials (ICH\_1312)1 aM. Alivizatou00aIntangible Heritage and Erasure: Rethinking Cultural Preservation and Contemporary Museum Practice  uhttps://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84890951808&doi=10.1017%2fS094073911100004X&partnerID=40&md5=add4b13b324d31266aa27304f5960adf  a37-600 v183 aThis article builds on recent discussions on intangible heritage following the adoption of the relevant convention by UNESCO in 2003. The emergence of intangible heritage in the international heritage scene is tied up with fears of cultural homogenization and the need to protect the world s diversity. For a number of critics, however, UNESCO s normative framework raises questions around the institutionalization of culture as a set of endangered and disappearing ways of life. The article reviews these institutional approaches to cultural preservation in relation to the politics of erasure, the creative interplay of heritage destruction and renewal. This is then further examined against the backdrop of indigenous identity politics played out in two contested public arenas: the National Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa in Wellington and the Quai Branly Museum in Paris.  a09407391 (ISSN)