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Heritage can come in many forms—definitionally, it is a generational inheritance, one which may be either tangible or intangible. Intangible forms of heritage include oral traditions, community bonds, and language. Tangible forms of heritage are what we will explore on this page—material traces left behind which transmit important cultural ...
Of the 25 sites, 12 are cultural, 12 are natural, and one, Papahānaumokuākea, is mixed, listed for both cultural and natural properties. One site is currently listed as endangered: Everglades National Park was listed in 2010 due to deterioration of its aquatic ecosystems. The site had also been listed as endangered between 1993 and 2007.
Cultural heritage sites in general, and in particular, those inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List, generate substantial revenues and employment from tourism. Similarly intangible cultural heritage, which sustains living cultural expressions and traditional know-how, as well as performing arts, holds great economic potential.
The federal government’s role in cultural heritage management has been decisive domestically since the 1960s, as has the constructive involvement of the states through their SHPOs and, to a lesser extent, the municipalities through encouragement of preservation through zoning and other local regulations. Even so, the importance of the private ...
Connecting with heritage is also a form of personal and cultural healing. The LGBT+ community has undergone, and continues to undergo, incredibly traumatic experiences. From AIDS crisis that took so many of our family, to the purges of gay and bisexual men in conservative countries, corrective rape of lesbian and bisexual women, and the extreme ...
According to the World Cultural Forum, “UNESCO defines cultural heritage broadly as the legacy of physical artefacts and intangible attributes of a group or society that are inherited from past generations, maintained in the present and bestowed for the benefit of future generations.” [Note that “artefacts” is the British English ...
14 de mar. de 2001 · Whether they are from the neighbouring village, from a city on the opposite side of the world, or have been adapted by peoples who have migrated and settled in a different region, they all are intangible cultural heritage: they have been passed from one generation to another, have evolved in response to their environments and they contribute to giving us a sense of identity and continuity ...
