TY - JOUR
KW - South Africa
KW - UNESCO convention for the safeguarding of intangible heritage
KW - Intangible cultural heritage
KW - traditional medicine
AU - Alex Riordan
AU - John Schofield
AB - Over the past decade, intangible cultural heritage (hereafter, ICH), the significance which it possesses and the continuation of its myriad manifestations have reached unprecedented levels of recognition and attention on international and national policy agendas. Traditional Medicine (hereafter, TM) has long been included under the vast umbrella of ICH, yet there have been few attempts to explore that relationship. This paper examines the practical implications of applying the UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Heritage to TM, alongside the relationship of traditional medicine to the fields of human rights, public health and development. It considers, and reaches the conclusion that the cultural significance of traditional medicine combined with the fundamental principles of the Convention render the Convention significant in safeguarding traditional medicine for the future.
BT - International Journal of Heritage Studies
DA - mar
DO - 10.1080/13527258.2014.940368
LA - English
M1 - 3
N1 - Publisher: Routledge
N2 - Over the past decade, intangible cultural heritage (hereafter, ICH), the significance which it possesses and the continuation of its myriad manifestations have reached unprecedented levels of recognition and attention on international and national policy agendas. Traditional Medicine (hereafter, TM) has long been included under the vast umbrella of ICH, yet there have been few attempts to explore that relationship. This paper examines the practical implications of applying the UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Heritage to TM, alongside the relationship of traditional medicine to the fields of human rights, public health and development. It considers, and reaches the conclusion that the cultural significance of traditional medicine combined with the fundamental principles of the Convention render the Convention significant in safeguarding traditional medicine for the future.
PY - 2015
SP - 280
EP - 299
T2 - International Journal of Heritage Studies
TI - Beyond biomedicine: traditional medicine as cultural heritage
UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84921609033&doi=10.1080%2f13527258.2014.940368&partnerID=40&md5=ca1028d02c64d2514989324a3aa492ad
VL - 21
SN - 13527258 (ISSN)
ER -