01231nas a2200157   4500000000100000000000100001000000100002008004100003100001400044245009200058856012400150300000900274490000600283520077000289022001401059       2011                            d1 aK. Kuutma00aCultural Heritage: An Introduction to Entanglements of Knowledge, Politics and Property  uhttps://www.academia.edu/30284424/Cultural_Heritage_An_Introduction_to_Entanglements_of_Knowledge_Politics_and_Property  a5-120 v33 aHeritage is today actively implemented in policies globally, and yet the categorisation and instrumentalisation of the realm of cultural heritage entails rather contradictory aspects. In the discourse of culture, heritage is an abstraction, and what it signifies is subject to interpretation. This contribution gives a brief overview of the contemporary discussion of the epistemological and ontological premises of cultural heritage. It has been stated that heritage is a social construction, and a mode of cultural production that emanates from a metacultural relationship. The critical assessment and theorisation of heritage includes an enquiry into tangible and intangible heritagisation, knowledge production, heritage politics, and the question of ownership.  a2228-0987