01120nas a2200157   4500000000100000000000100001008004100002653003900043653003800082100002000120245007500140856006400215300001200279520065700291022001400948                                       d10aCommunity participation (THE\_204)10aHeritage institutions (ICH\_1360)1 aLaurajane Smith00aIntangible heritage: a challenge to the authorised heritage discourse?  uhttps://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/articulo?codigo=5348335  a133-1423 aThe Unesco Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage has significantly raised international and community awareness of the legitimacy of the concept of intangible heritage. Although, in raising this awareness, the Convention has not yet provided a framework that privileges the community/sub-national orientation of intangible heritage. This paper argues that definitions and ideas of heritage developed by national and international agencies such as UNESCO and ICOMOS need challenging and reconsidering. The dichotomy between tangible and intangible heritage needs re-thinking, and indeed, I posit all heritage is intangible.  a1132-6581