01824nas a2200277   4500000000100000000000100001008004100002653001000043653001200053653001900065653002200084653001800106653002100124653002200145653002500167653002600192653003300218653002200251100001200273245004200285856015000327300001000477490000700487520103200494022002001526                                       d10aChina10aUyghurs10aXinjiang Uygur10acultural heritage10adispossession10agrassroots level10aHolistic approach10aindigenous knowledge10aindigenous population10aIntangible cultural heritage10aknowledge-holders1 aMusapir00aWhose  Intangible Cultural Heritage ?  uhttps://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85159572741&doi=10.1163%2f22105018-02501005&partnerID=40&md5=0e45e71f34aed7e7f51945086ba277b8  a49-620 v253 aThis article explores the alienating effects of  Intangible Cultural Heritage  (ICH) (Ch.: fei wuzhi wenhua yichan; Uy.: gheyri maddi medeniyet mirasliri) discourse on Uyghur villagers, particularly Uyghur knowledge-holders. Since China became a signatory to UNESCO s ICH convention in 2004, the ICH framework has provided opportunities for people in China to protect and profit from their heritage. But it has also been used to further Chinese state nation-building in ways that do not meaningfully include the grassroots knowledge and holistic practices of Indigenous communities. In the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), top-down ICH policies have been implemented in tandem with increasingly repressive security policies and anti-extremism discourse. In this environment, authorised ICH discourse, which defines the nature, value and management of ICH, has marginalised and distanced Uyghur knowledge-holders from the heritage that they embody, contributing to the profound transformation of the Uyghur way of life.  a14648172 (ISSN)