Transforming Representations of Intangible Heritage at Iziko (National) Museums, South Africa
1
조회
0
다운로드
0
인용
0
참고문헌
키워드
초록
The article is about the dilemma of transforming fiveformer national museums in South Africa into oneamalgamated heritage institution subscribing to a postapartheidnational agenda and UNESCO’s broad definitionof intangible heritage. By way of introduction it situates theintangible heritage discourse in the country against thebackdrop of a transformation process initiated after 1994,which led, inter alia, to the formation of Iziko Museums byan Act of Parliament. The larger part of the paper isdevoted to the question of the extent to which IzikoMuseums can regard its inherited collections (from 1825)in the Social History, Natural History and Art Collectionsfunctional units - representing the various domains ofexpressions of living cultural heritage - as genuinerepresentations of intangible heritage from the Cape toCairo and beyond.
Abstract
The article is about the dilemma of transforming fiveformer national museums in South Africa into oneamalgamated heritage institution subscribing to a postapartheidnational agenda and UNESCO’s broad definitionof intangible heritage. By way of introduction it situates theintangible heritage discourse in the country against thebackdrop of a transformation process initiated after 1994,which led, inter alia, to the formation of Iziko Museums byan Act of Parliament. The larger part of the paper isdevoted to the question of the extent to which IzikoMuseums can regard its inherited collections (from 1825)in the Social History, Natural History and Art Collectionsfunctional units - representing the various domains ofexpressions of living cultural heritage - as genuinerepresentations of intangible heritage from the Cape toCairo and beyond.