TY - SER AU - Valentina Vadi AB - Bringing together key insights from expert legal and heritage academics and practitioners, this book explores the existence and safeguarding of contemporary forms of intangible cultural heritage (ICH). Providing a detailed analysis of the international legal frameworks relevant to ICH, the contributing authors then go on to challenge the pervasive view that heritage is about old tangible objects by highlighting the existence, role and importance of contemporary forms of ICH to modern society. DO - 10.4337/9781786434012 LA - English N1 - Journal Abbreviation: Res. Handb. on Contemp. Intang. Cult. Herit.: Law and Herit. Pages: 434 Publication Title: Res. Handb. on Contemp. Intang. Cult. Herit.: Law and Herit. N2 - Bringing together key insights from expert legal and heritage academics and practitioners, this book explores the existence and safeguarding of contemporary forms of intangible cultural heritage (ICH). Providing a detailed analysis of the international legal frameworks relevant to ICH, the contributing authors then go on to challenge the pervasive view that heritage is about old tangible objects by highlighting the existence, role and importance of contemporary forms of ICH to modern society. PB - Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd. PY - 2018 SN - 9781786434012 (ISBN); 9781786434005 (ISBN) TI - ICH and safeguarding: museums and contemporary ICH (let the objects out of their cases and make them sing) UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85073093336&doi=10.4337%2f9781786434012&partnerID=40&md5=f2681a246df7d3b251c42e045fe1f6ee ER -