Cultural heritage and its potential in the context of sustainable development (blueprint as a cultural identification element on the Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage)

The study follows the inter-ethnic, economic and socio-cultural links of blueprint. As a specific product of traditional craftsmanship, it is closely related to the history and culture of our ethnicity. This element of cultural heritage captures not only its material, but also social contexts. It accentuates the inter-ethnic relations of the blueprint with an emphasis on the issues of cultural identity. This is documented by the idea of a common nomination of the technology of blueprint making into the UNESCO Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage (Slovakia, Czech Republic, Austria, Hungary, and Germany). The condition was that it had to be first entered on the national lists of cultural heritage. The study is based on a long-term ethnological field research in the Spiš region. Its aim is to monitor the condition and possibilities of revitalizing the blueprint as one of the basic presumptions of sustainability within our cultural heritage.