TY - JOUR
KW - AFS Ethnographic Thesaurus: Heritage
KW - Authenticity
KW - Conservation
KW - Interpretation
KW - theory
AU - Valdimar Hafstein
AB - Looking at examples of cultural practices listed by UNESCO as intangible heritage, this article appropriates the term "folklorization" from authenticity discourses and argues that the current heritagization of social practices is an aspect of the infusion of folkloristic/ethnological knowledge, perspectives, and concepts into the public sphere as part of modernity s reflexivity. Aptly named "folklorization," this infusion marks the success of the field in what has always been its ultimate objective: To change the way people look at their own culture, the way they define it, and the way they practice it.
DO - 10.5406/jamerfolk.131.520.0127
M1 - 520
N1 - Publisher: American Folklore Society
N2 - Looking at examples of cultural practices listed by UNESCO as intangible heritage, this article appropriates the term "folklorization" from authenticity discourses and argues that the current heritagization of social practices is an aspect of the infusion of folkloristic/ethnological knowledge, perspectives, and concepts into the public sphere as part of modernity s reflexivity. Aptly named "folklorization," this infusion marks the success of the field in what has always been its ultimate objective: To change the way people look at their own culture, the way they define it, and the way they practice it.
SP - 127
EP - 149
TI - Intangible Heritage as a Festival; or, Folklorization Revisited
UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85046810866&doi=10.5406%2fjamerfolk.131.520.0127&partnerID=40&md5=8cdf2950b96b58306e2e2273139b5bfd
VL - 131
SN - 00218715 (ISSN)
ER -