(Intangible) cultural heritage as an instrument of reconciliation
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“Nematerijalno” kulturno nasleđe kao instrument pomirenja i rešavanja kulturnih konflikata
(Intangible) cultural heritage as an instrument of reconciliation and a tool for conflict resolution

Author(s): Jelena Ćuković
Subject(s): Customs / Folklore, Inter-Ethnic Relations, Ethnic Minorities Studies, Politics of History/Memory, Politics and Identity, Peace and Conflict Studies
Published by: Институт за етнологију и антропологију
Keywords: conflict, reconciliation; cultural heritage; identity; UNESCO

Summary/Abstract: This paper advances the thesis that cultural heritage, hand in hand with cultural identity, is a value-neutral term and that it therefore expresses a great potential as a tool of conflict resolution and an instrument of cultural-political reconciliation. The paper analyses the suitability of UNESCO system of protection of intangible cultural heritage as an adequate framework for positive instrumentalisation.

  • Issue Year: 17/2017
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 45-56
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Serbian