02109nas a2200193   4500000000100000000000100001008004100002653007200043653001100115653001300126653005500139653002900194100001400223245013800237856011800375300001100493520139100504022002001895                                       d10aConvention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage10aUNESCO10aFolklore10aintangible cultural heritage in the Czech Republic10aliving cultural heritage1 aR. Smeets00aFrom Folklore to Living Heritage: On the Development of UNESCO s Contribution to the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage  uhttps://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85140787985&partnerID=40&md5=dccda718e7577e183c91ac2fa054f8c0  a99-1133 aThe adoption in 2003 of the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage was the major milestone in UNESCO s action concerning intangible or living heritage (initially called folklore) that started more than fifty years ago. That Convention replaced the not entirely successful 1989 Recommendation on the Safeguarding of Traditional Culture and Folklore, the first UNESCO legal instrument in this domain. This study presents aspects of a large number of dedicated expert and statutory meetings that contributed to these texts and in UNESCO programmes such as the Living Human Treasure programme and the Proclamation of Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity. It tries to give an insight in the changing objectives and discourse with which experts, states and UNESCO contributed to this long history. That evolution is illustrated by the constant change in name and definition given to the subject matter itself (from “folklore” to “living heritage”) and by the changing objectives of all this action. Special attention is given to the preparation of the 2003 Convention, to its implementation after its entry into force in 2006, and to the new objectives that its Governing Organs, guided by UNESCO, have been trying to provide it with. Where appropriate, reference is made to contributions from Czech experts and the Czech Republic.  a08628351 (ISSN)