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Intangible natural heritage can refer to environments, geographic places or a set of values embedded within museum artifacts or specimens. In the discussion of this book (Chapter 9), Eric Dorfman and Janet Carding describe intangible natural heritage as heritable environmental forces that create biological and geological entities, as well as the resulting interaction with human communities. A defi nition of intangible values by Allen Putney1 refers to “that which enriches the intellectual, psychological, emotional, spiritual, cultural and /or creative aspects of human existence and well being�?. To refer to objects of natural history as steeped in values of intangible heritage brings in the notion of things as ‘events’ or an ‘affecting presence’.2 Taking this further, Kiresheblatt-Gimblett suggests that natural heritage, conceptualized in terms of ecology, environment and a systematic approach to a living entity, provides a model for thinking about intangible heritage as a totality, rather than as an inventory, and for calculating the intangible value of a living system, be it natural or cultural.3.

Année de publication
2011
Título del libro
Intangible Natural Heritage: New Perspectives on Natural Objects
Nombre de pages
43-55
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Journal Abbreviation: Intangible Natural Heritage: New Perspectives on Natural Objects
Éditeur
Taylor and Francis
Langue de publication
English
ISBN-ISSN
9781136481666 (ISBN); 9780415884921 (ISBN)
DOI
10.4324/9780203134405-8
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