TEZAURE ÎN CONTEMPORANEITATE
Treasures in contemporaneity

Summary/Abstract: The controversial word „heritage”, usurper of the syntagm „historical monument” (Choay: 2014) is a key word of the last decades. If until recent years, history was the science holding a direct connection with a country's heritage, today, the term has been viewed in a more complex perspective and it is claimed by more sciences (architecture, ethnography). We can thus speak about national, material, immaterial, gastronomic, social, etc. heritage. Additionally, the stress was transferred from the strictly material level with which heritage was associated towards the immaterial one and, starting with 1993, towards the human level. Our work intends to illustrate a new concept in the field of heritage/heritology namely that of „living human heritage.” The immaterial is transmitted to future generations through the human factor. The identification of these preservers of and innovators in material goods constitutes the new direction of activities for preserving and valorizing elements of heritage, contributing to promoting respect for cultural diversity and human creativity. Fortunately, there still exist among us individuals that have been granted the title of „human heritage” who want to transmit to future generations what they have earned and saved during a lifetime.

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