TY - JOUR
KW - Micronesia
KW - Pacific islands
KW - intangible heritage
KW - Music
KW - Performing arts
KW - Preservation
AU - Brian Diettrich
AB - This article explores the performing arts as cultural heritage in the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) in the western Pacific. It examines policies for and ideas about the support, management and safeguarding of the performing arts, first through the colonial lens of historical preservation, then through intangible cultural heritage and finally from recent theorising in music ecology. In presenting an overview of cultural heritage policy in the FSM with regard to the performing arts, this paper discusses the relationship between heritage practices and colonialism, and it reviews the place of music and dance in the cultural management of Micronesia. Drawing on recent work in ethnomusicology, the article argues for considerations of the holistic space of the performing arts and the facilitation of participatory practices to address concerns of cultural demise and to reframe approaches to music and dance as cultural heritage in the Pacific.
DO - 10.1080/13527258.2014.984746
M1 - 7
N1 - Publisher: Routledge
N2 - This article explores the performing arts as cultural heritage in the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) in the western Pacific. It examines policies for and ideas about the support, management and safeguarding of the performing arts, first through the colonial lens of historical preservation, then through intangible cultural heritage and finally from recent theorising in music ecology. In presenting an overview of cultural heritage policy in the FSM with regard to the performing arts, this paper discusses the relationship between heritage practices and colonialism, and it reviews the place of music and dance in the cultural management of Micronesia. Drawing on recent work in ethnomusicology, the article argues for considerations of the holistic space of the performing arts and the facilitation of participatory practices to address concerns of cultural demise and to reframe approaches to music and dance as cultural heritage in the Pacific.
SP - 660
EP - 673
TI - Performing arts as cultural heritage in the Federated States of Micronesia
UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84930382722&doi=10.1080%2f13527258.2014.984746&partnerID=40&md5=fe5aecc3d64256b821d5704f0ce6da83
VL - 21
SN - 13527258 (ISSN)
ER -