01251nas a2200145 4500000000100000000000100001000000100002008004100003100001900044245006900063856006400132300001000196520088500206022001401091 2017 d1 aCecile Duvelle00aAventuras y desventuras de una hermosa convención internacional uhttps://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/articulo?codigo=5971853 a37-473 aWhile the principle of an international convention to safeguard the intangible cultural heritage is no longer seriously challenged by anyone, despite the hesitations that led to its elaboration, the first ten years of its implementation has yet to find its ‘comfort’ position. Beyond the safeguarding objectives and the centrality of communities of practitioners in the process of identification and safeguarding, there are still many difficulties in the implementation of the Convention. The article focuses mainly on international implementation, particularly inscriptions on the lists, illustrating how the governance of the Convention, as well as the nomination and inscription process and the use of lists sometimes run the risk of deviating from the very spirit of this normative instrument, which has opened up a new and highly innovative horizon in heritage discourse. a2174-6796