“Well… if the Professor Told You so… Who am I to Disagree?”. The Impact of Academia on Community Knowledge and a Strategy from the Archive Cover Image

“Well… if the Professor Told You so… Who am I to Disagree?”. The Impact of Academia on Community Knowledge and a Strategy from the Archive
“Well… if the Professor Told You so… Who am I to Disagree?”. The Impact of Academia on Community Knowledge and a Strategy from the Archive

Author(s): Félix Pedro
Subject(s): Museology & Heritage Studies, Archiving, Higher Education , Sociology of Education
Published by: Muzikološki institut SANU
Keywords: cooperative curation; sound archives; intangible cultural heritage; fado;

Summary/Abstract: The impact of academia on cultural heritage is yet to be scrutinised. The intangible cultural heritage (ICH) constitutes a particularly fragile domain because it is so open to the influence of researchers and bodies of reputation, such as the experts hired for the production of a diplomatic file such as the UNESCO candidacy. In the beginning of the article I offer the institutional overview of ICH and its Portuguese subsidiary. In the second part of the article I detail the European project HeritaMus and its underlying conceptual framework, which was designed to document ICH and tangible cultural assets, creating a simple tool for cooperative curation involving members of the fado community.

  • Issue Year: 2/2022
  • Issue No: 33
  • Page Range: 21-38
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: English