TY - JOUR A1 - Prodan, Anca Claudia T1 - Review of "Practical considerations for safeguarding intangible cultural heritage", Michelle L. Stefano, Routledge (2022), ISBN 978-0-367-47226-9 JF - Zeitschrift - International Journal of Intangible Heritage N2 - Since its adoption by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in 2003, the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage has been steadily growing in popularity across the world, to date having been ratified by 93 per cent of the UNESCO Member States. Both praised and cursed for its impacts, the 2003 Convention has attracted the attention of not only professionals and practitioners but also heritage studies scholarship. Stefano’s book adds to this growing body of knowledge by engaging with the safeguarding scheme promoted under this UNESCO Convention. Framing the discussion around the demand for ‘community participation’, Stefano reveals the obstacles inherent in the UNESCO intangible cultural heritage (ICH) safeguarding scheme while actively seeking means to overcome them. Written in an accessible manner for both researchers and professionals, the book should appeal to all those interested in heritage safeguarding and in what community participation really means in practice KW - Intangible cultural heritage, UNESCO, ecomuseology, public folklore, Michelle Stefano Y1 - 2023 UR - https://www.ijih.org/volumes/article/1093 VL - 18 SP - 192 EP - 193 PB - National Folk Museum of Korea [u.a.] CY - Südkorea ER -