From Expert Domination to Community Participation:American Public Folklore and the Formation of the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage
The United States has not ratified the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage,but theories and practices of American public folklore have greatly shaped core ideas and theoretical framework of the Convention.Focusing on the Washington Conference co-organized by the Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage(CFCH)in Smithsonian Institute and UNESCO in 1999,this paper examines how,facing the deep concerns of globalization,cultural diversity and sustainable development of the time,the conference's evaluation and critique of the Recommendation on the Safeguarding of Traditional Culture and Folklore(1989)reorients the way of safeguarding folk tradition and lays the foundation for the Convention in 2003,and scholars from CFCH have also been deeply involved in the drafting process of the Convention thereafter.It further delineates how the formation of the Convention relates to American public folklore,especially CFCH in Smithsonian Institute,exploring academic roots of conceptualizing community participation in safeguarding intangible cultural heritage.
the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural HeritageAmerican public folkloreWashington ConferenceSmithsonian Folklife Festivalcommunity participation
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