01901nas a2200265   4500000000100000000000100001008004100002653002800043653003300071653002400104653001900128653002400147653003600171653001800207653001700225653002200242653001700264100001400281245008700295856015200382300001200534490000700546520106200553022002001615                                       d10aconservation management10aCultural identity (THE\_382)10aintangible heritage10aInterpretation10aMuseums (THE\_5282)10aRepressive policies (ICH\_1215)10aRobben Island10aSouth Africa10aSouth Africa (ZA)10astakeholders1 aH. Deacon00aIntangible heritage in conservation management planning: The case of Robben Island  uhttps://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-33751557719&doi=10.1080%2f1352725042000234479&partnerID=40&md5=8b4c0c50988f00581f842fcee5ef09ff  a309-3190 v103 aRobben Island Museum officially commemorates  the triumph of the human spirit over adversity , relating especially to the period of political imprisonment between 1961 and 1991 when Robben Island was most notorious as a political prison for the leaders of the anti-apartheid struggle. Robben Island became a World Heritage Site in December 1999 because of its universal symbolic significance - its intangible heritage. This paper explores the implications for conservation management planning of interpreting and managing the intangible heritage associated with such sites. Examples will be drawn from the conservation planning exercise undertaken by the Robben Island Museum between 2000 and 2002. The paper will look specifically at how Robben Island s symbolic significance has been defined and how competing interpretations should be included in the management plan. It then discusses the challenges around managing historic fabric whose significance is defined as primarily symbolic, and ways of safeguarding the intangible heritage associated with it.  a13527258 (ISSN)