TY - JOUR
KW - CiteSpace
KW - Intangible cultural heritage
KW - Research frontiers
KW - Research hotspots
KW - Research trends
KW - communication
KW - cultural heritage
KW - spatiotemporal analysis
KW - Sustainable development
KW - trend analysis
KW - visual analysis
AU - Qiong Dang
AU - Zhongming Luo
AU - Chuhao Ouyang
AU - Lin Wang
AU - Mei Xie
AB - In recent years, the development and utilization of Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) has become an increasingly significant research topic. Worldwide, however, little research has been sys-tematically and comprehensively conducted to review relevant ICH literature. The application CiteSpace was used to identify the research hotspots, frontiers, and trends in China’s ICH field from 2003 to 2020. The results showed that the quantity of published literature has steadily increased throughout the respective period. Scholars and research institutions alike have shown poor cooperation whereby ICH protection received most of the attention. In addition, the digitalization of ICH is an inevitable trend in ICH protection and inheritance, while the combination of ICH and cultural industries constitutes an important approach to ICH utilization and communication. Hence, the ul-timate goal of ICH research consists of seeking ways to achieve its sustainable development to sat-isfy the increasing cultural demands. Findings furthermore show that ICH for rural revitalization constitutes a unique research topic with Chinese characteristics. This study provides insights for scholars and practitioners worldwide to facilitate a better understanding of ICH in China.
DO - 10.3390/su13179865
M1 - 17
N1 - Publisher: MDPI
N2 - In recent years, the development and utilization of Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) has become an increasingly significant research topic. Worldwide, however, little research has been sys-tematically and comprehensively conducted to review relevant ICH literature. The application CiteSpace was used to identify the research hotspots, frontiers, and trends in China’s ICH field from 2003 to 2020. The results showed that the quantity of published literature has steadily increased throughout the respective period. Scholars and research institutions alike have shown poor cooperation whereby ICH protection received most of the attention. In addition, the digitalization of ICH is an inevitable trend in ICH protection and inheritance, while the combination of ICH and cultural industries constitutes an important approach to ICH utilization and communication. Hence, the ul-timate goal of ICH research consists of seeking ways to achieve its sustainable development to sat-isfy the increasing cultural demands. Findings furthermore show that ICH for rural revitalization constitutes a unique research topic with Chinese characteristics. This study provides insights for scholars and practitioners worldwide to facilitate a better understanding of ICH in China.
TI - Intangible Cultural Heritage in China: A Visual Analysis of Research Hotspots, Frontiers, and Trends Using CiteSpace
UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85114340128&doi=10.3390%2fsu13179865&partnerID=40&md5=914f62affdd63ab0c49324049a0001cc
VL - 13
SN - 20711050 (ISSN)
ER -