TY - JOUR
KW - Blues
KW - Folklife
KW - Global sound collection
KW - Interior department
KW - Jazz
KW - Library of congress
KW - National heritage fellowship
KW - National park service
KW - Pacific islands
KW - Smithsonian institution
KW - Tribal preservation
KW - UNESCO
AU - William Chapman
AB - This paper examines the history of the United States’ forays into the recognition and protection of elements of intangible heritage. It traces the beginnings of US initiatives to programmes of the Library of Congress in the late 1920s through several Smithsonian Institution Programmes from the 1930s on, notably the Smithsonian Folklife Festival, begun in 1967 and more recently, the NEA National Heritage Fellowship Programmes. It further examines the work of the National Park Service and Tribal Preservation Programmes, as well as the more recent Pacific Island Programmes. A final section examines regional and citywide efforts to identify and conserve aspects of intangible heritage. Although the US has officially withdrawn from participation in the work of UNESCO it is consoling to recognise the important strides the US has made in the effort to promote and protect traditional modes of cultural expression and the diversity of US approaches, which is in fact in line with the objectives of the organisation’s international Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage.
DO - 10.35638/IJIH.2019..14.008
N1 - Publisher: National Folk Museum of Korea
N2 - This paper examines the history of the United States’ forays into the recognition and protection of elements of intangible heritage. It traces the beginnings of US initiatives to programmes of the Library of Congress in the late 1920s through several Smithsonian Institution Programmes from the 1930s on, notably the Smithsonian Folklife Festival, begun in 1967 and more recently, the NEA National Heritage Fellowship Programmes. It further examines the work of the National Park Service and Tribal Preservation Programmes, as well as the more recent Pacific Island Programmes. A final section examines regional and citywide efforts to identify and conserve aspects of intangible heritage. Although the US has officially withdrawn from participation in the work of UNESCO it is consoling to recognise the important strides the US has made in the effort to promote and protect traditional modes of cultural expression and the diversity of US approaches, which is in fact in line with the objectives of the organisation’s international Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage.
SP - 67
EP - 85
TI - Intangible heritage in the United States: a history of separate initiatives
UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85115748766&doi=10.35638%2fIJIH.2019..14.008&partnerID=40&md5=3421d8724db2d019adad57d2f83c0323
VL - 14
SN - 19753586 (ISSN)
ER -