TY - JOUR
KW - narratives
KW - UNESCO
KW - Intangible cultural heritage (ICH)
KW - policy
AU - Christina Maags
AB - Originating from within the UNESCO, narratives on ‘heritage under threat’ tell the story of how and why intangible cultural heritage (ICH) practices are valuable, why are they disappearing, and how they can be protected from destruction. Focusing on PR China, this paper conducts a frame analysis to identify narratives on ‘heritage under threat’ as employed by the UNESCO, the Chinese party-state, and academics. The study argues that while policy narratives in any country undergo a process of congruence-building, circulation, and implementation, these processes take distinctive forms in authoritarian countries due to the states’ discursive and political monopoly: While non-state actors are involved, the state primarily steers the appropriation process. Nevertheless, once established, the policy narrative transforms across time and space, enabling local actors to use it to pursue their own interests.
DO - 10.1080/10286632.2018.1500559
M1 - 3
N1 - Publisher: Routledge
N2 - Originating from within the UNESCO, narratives on ‘heritage under threat’ tell the story of how and why intangible cultural heritage (ICH) practices are valuable, why are they disappearing, and how they can be protected from destruction. Focusing on PR China, this paper conducts a frame analysis to identify narratives on ‘heritage under threat’ as employed by the UNESCO, the Chinese party-state, and academics. The study argues that while policy narratives in any country undergo a process of congruence-building, circulation, and implementation, these processes take distinctive forms in authoritarian countries due to the states’ discursive and political monopoly: While non-state actors are involved, the state primarily steers the appropriation process. Nevertheless, once established, the policy narrative transforms across time and space, enabling local actors to use it to pursue their own interests.
SP - 273
EP - 290
TI - Disseminating the policy narrative of  Heritage under threat  in China
UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85050569519&doi=10.1080%2f10286632.2018.1500559&partnerID=40&md5=d01412338bf3c2c90d676ac663a2c548
VL - 26
SN - 10286632 (ISSN)
ER -