01260nas a2200205 4500000000100000000000100001008004100002653001900043653001500062653001300077653002300090653002100113653001100134100001700145245004400162856011800206490000700324520070300331022002001034 d10aAppropriations10aCategories10aheritage10aIntangible cultura10aSymbolic capital10aUNESCO1 aH.M. Velasco00aOf cultural heritage and its categories uhttps://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84874621588&partnerID=40&md5=ca27dec15a981b45214eca5a4e6d1b930 v283 aThe emergence of what would become the Intangible Cultural Heritage Convention began shortly after the adoption of the World Heritage Convention in 1972, reflecting that the content of the latter left many countries unsatisfied. The categories were already included in the first documents and finally were grouped into five distinct sections, which are nevertheless quite inaccurate and, more importantly, they have not defined the boundaries of expansion. In any case, Intangible Cultural Heritage has become relevant symbolic capital for which states as well as communities dispute the inclusion of items on UNESCO lists, in which the evaluation label is now paradigmatic: Heritage of Humanity . a02147564 (ISSN)