@phdthesis{Afanasyeva2015, author = {Afanasyeva, Dariya}, title = {Shared heritage: Sacred landscapes of Crimea, their development and protection in the multicultural context}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:co1-opus4-35938}, school = {BTU Cottbus - Senftenberg}, year = {2015}, abstract = {Owing to its unique strategic position on the northern coast of the Black Sea, Crimea has, since Antiquity, been a highly diverse, multi-ethnic, multi-religious location. Throughout history, the peninsula's landscapes were shaped and transformed under the influence of its ever-changing populations. In this process, religion played a crucial role. Nowadays, Crimea abounds in sacred sites in the same way as it abounds in culturally and religiously diverse inhabitants. Rebirth in the 1990s of the religious and cultural life that had been repressed for over seventy years of the Soviet rule gave a powerful impetus to the revival of Crimea's sacred landscapes and enabled the different ethno-religious groups residing in the peninsula to re-establish the bond with the home of their ancestors. The notion of landscape as a memoryscape became central in this context, since it is the landscape that records, as well as reflects, the events in history. The sites communally regarded as sacred unite the people as much as common memories transmitted from one generation to the other do. The objectives of the theoretical part of this thesis are twofold. On the one hand, it aims to grasp the connection between religion, landscape and memory, whereby sacred sites are seen as landscapes of memory and anchors of people's cultural and religious identity. On the other hand, it seeks to explore the specific issues pertinent to the Crimean socio-cultural context, such as the peninsula's history and the evolving ethno-religious relationships among the diverse local population, which have impacted the development and protection of Crimea's sacred sites overtime. Method employed is the comparative literature review, whereby for each chapter a selection of authors was made, whose contributions towards the discussion of the aforementioned issues have been particularly relevant. Based on the theoretical background described above, the empirical section of the research targets two main groups of actors: the state on the one side, and the organizations representing local religious groups on the other. In relation to the state, the objective is to explore how the religious revival of the post-Soviet period correlates with Ukraine's current policies towards the safeguarding of Crimea's sacred landscapes, namely, to what extent they are being protected under the existing legislation, and which of the aspects are given most attention in the process. In relation to the organizations representing local religious groups, the task is to investigate to what degree the sacred sites under study remain relevant for various groups, and to establish how the knowledge about the local sacred places and their importance is being disseminated both within these groups and beyond. In order to fulfill these tasks, the set of indicators has been developed, which takes into consideration the specific Crimean socio-cultural context, and a selection of case studies has been made, which in their totality reflect the viewpoints of Crimea's prominent religious groups. The case studies are: (1) the Assumption Monastery, (2) the cave town of Chufut Kale with Balta Tiymez Karaite cemetery, and (3) the old town of Bakhchisaray with Salachiq historic district and Gazy Mansur cemetery. All of the three case studies are located on the territory of Bakhchisaray Historical and Cultural Preserve (BHCP). The evaluation of the Ukrainian state's policies with regards to safeguarding of the selected sacred sites revealed that while many of their elements are recognized as cultural heritage of high significance, protection activities are impeded by substantial obstacles of administrative nature, as well as by the lack general planning. Moreover, conservation and day-to-day management is carried out with little consideration for the opinions of the local people and with the insufficient involvement of the latter. The indicator-based assessment of relevance of the selected sacred locations for various local religious groups and the ways, in which the knowledge about these sites is being spread exposed a number of clear tendencies, as well as highlighted the existing challenges and deficiencies which need to be urgently addressed, so as to ensure the safeguarding of the studied sites for the future generations.}, subject = {Cultural landscape; Sacred landscape; Memoryscape; Cultural heritage; Heritage protection; Kulturlandschaft; Sakrales Erbe; Kulturerbe; Denkmalschutz; Krim; Kulturerbe}, language = {en} } @phdthesis{Gaillard2014, author = {Gaillard, B{\´e}n{\´e}dicte}, title = {Conflictive delisting process of a World Heritage Site in Germany: the case of the Dresden Elbe Valley}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:co1-opus4-30314}, school = {BTU Cottbus - Senftenberg}, year = {2014}, abstract = {This research comprises an analysis concerning the conflict between the State Party Germany to the World Heritage Convention and UNESCO in the case of the Dresden Elbe Valley. Through a historical and legal analysis, this research aims to ascertain the reasons for this conflict, as well as the impossibility of finding a compromise. First, the conflict in the core of the Dresden Elbe Valley World Heritage Site caused by the construction of the Waldschl{\"o}ßchenbr{\"u}cke, which is the object of study in this research, is anchored in its context of the City of Dresden. Thus, the object of the conflict, the Waldschl{\"o}ßchenbr{\"u}cke, is presented in its historical and geo-spatial context in order to shed light on the elements that triggered the conflict. Secondly, the conflict is anchored within the German legal context through the analysis of the legal procedures concerning the binding effects of the World Heritage Convention for the Federal Republic of Germany and the environmental concerns rendered by the construction of the Waldschl{\"o}ßchenbr{\"u}cke. Based on legal commentaries of the courts' decisions, a discussion on the non-transposition of the World Heritage concepts in the Federal Republic of Germany is implemented. Thirdly, the State Party Germany to the World Heritage Convention and UNESCO are confronted. A review of the concept of cultural landscape in the context of the World Heritage Convention, adapted to the case of the Dresden Elbe Valley, is first implemented. Subsequently, a commentary on the legally binding effects for the States Parties to the World Heritage Convention is elaborated upon, as well as a deconstruction of the step-by-step decisions from the inscription to the delisting of the Dresden Elbe Valley from the World Heritage List. Fourthly, an evaluation is developed concerning the concept of Historic Urban Landscape as an action plan capable of solving the conflict between urban development and heritage protection, and adapted to the German context. Finally, as a conclusion to this research, recommendations are drawn based on the conflict opposing UNESCO and the State Party Germany to the World Heritage Convention towards the Dresden Elbe Valley. These recommendations are addressed to the City of Dresden, the Free State of Saxony, the Federal Republic of Germany and UNESCO.}, subject = {Cultural Landscapes; Delisting of a World Heritage Site; Dresden Elbe Valley; Historic Urban Landscape; World Heritage Convention; Aberkennung einer Welterbest{\"a}tte; Dresdner Elbtal; Historische Stadtlandschaft; Kulturlandschaft; Welterbekonvention; Convention du Patrimoine Mondial; D{\´e}sinscription d'un site du patrimoine mondial; Paysage culturel; Paysage urbain historique; Vall{\´e}e de l'Elbe {\`a} Dresde; Dresdner Elbtal; Weltkulturerbe}, language = {en} } @phdthesis{Prodan2013, author = {Prodan, Anca Claudia}, title = {The digital "Memory of the World" : an exploration of documentary practices in the age of digital technology}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:co1-opus4-30132}, school = {BTU Cottbus - Senftenberg}, year = {2013}, abstract = {This research is a study of the UNESCO "Memory of the World" Programme established with the purpose to increase awareness of the existence and relevance of documentary heritage, and to achieve its universal and permanent accessibility. In this context, digital technology is increasingly used to provide access to documentary heritage but this activity also leads to a series of changes in how documents are understood and handled. Starting from the observation that the conceptual and practical changes triggered by digital technology in the "Memory of the World" do not seem to accurately reflect its stated philosophy, this research pursues the aim to critically analyze the possibilities and limits it offers. This analysis is facilitated by a conceptual framework anchored in the medium theory of Harold Innis and his concepts of medium, bias, space and time, and balance, which serve as analytical lenses to closely study selected aspects of digital technology and their influence. Despite popular beliefs that digital technology is most suitable for universal access, the findings of this present research lead to the observation that this cannot really be the case, and it reveals that an over-emphasis on the technical possibilities of digital access is not supportive of the overall purpose of the "Memory of the World", leading to the narrowing down of its potential relevance. At first glance, this may suggest not recommending at all the use of digital technology. However, acknowledging that each medium has both limits and possibilities, instead of rejecting digital technology the study searches for solutions that may assist with integrating it in the "Memory of the World" in accordance with its overall purpose and philosophy. To this end, three recommendations are elaborated, the same conceptual framework that revealed the limits of digital technology being applied to construct on their possibilities. In order to motivate why following the recommendations of this analysis would be necessary, the study concludes by shifting attention from the relevance of digital technology in the "Memory of the World" Programme to the relevance of the Programme in a world changed by digital technology.}, subject = {Memory of the World; Ged{\"a}chtnis der Menschheit; Documentary heritage; UNESCO; Medium theory; Digital technology; Dokumentenerbe; UNESCO; Mediumtheorie; Digitale Technologie; Kulturerbe; Information; Digitalisierung}, language = {en} } @phdthesis{Wenzke2006, author = {Wenzke, Barbara}, title = {Produktivit{\"a}t im Alter - Bildung zwischen Institution und Selbstorganisation}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:co1-opus-3132}, school = {BTU Cottbus - Senftenberg}, year = {2006}, abstract = {Die Arbeit fokussiert notwendige gesellschaftliche Entwicklungen auf den Bereich der regionalen, institutionellen Altersbildung, die aufgrund eines gerade in S{\"u}dbrandenburg gravierend sichtbaren demographischen Wandels folgen m{\"u}ssen. Die Schlussfolgerungen, wie freiwilliges Engagement im Alter durch ein gelungenes Verh{\"a}ltnis institutioneller Altersbildungsangebote zu selbstorganisierten Lernformen gef{\"o}rdert werden kann, werden aus vier Forschungsteilen gewonnen: 1. aus einer schriftlichen Befragung der Teilnehmer an wissenschaftlicher Altersbildung in der Region Cottbus, 2. aus m{\"u}ndlichen Interviews bildungs- und engagementaktiver Senioren der Region, 3. aus einer Inhaltsanalyse Cottbuser Zeitungen und 4. aus einer Programmheftanalyse bei vier regionalen Weiterbildungstr{\"a}gern. Die Interviews w{\"a}hlen {\"A}ltere exemplarisch aus, um anhand deren Erfahrungen regionale Verbesserungen der derzeit f{\"u}r das dritte Alter bestehenden Bildungsangebote zu formulieren. Dar{\"u}ber hinaus wird eine {\"U}bersicht {\"u}ber bestehende institutionelle Altersbildungsangebote der Region erarbeitet, die Empfehlungen f{\"u}r bed{\"u}rfnisgerechte Bildungs- und Produktivit{\"a}tsangebote in der Region Cottbus f{\"u}r Menschen im dritten Lebensalter zul{\"a}sst. Als Ergebnis ist festzuhalten, dass die F{\"o}rderung von Bildung und Engagement im Alter dann erfolgreich ist, wenn sie bei {\"A}lteren an entsprechenden biographischen Erfahrungen anschließt, wenn bestehende Altersbildung lebenswelt- und teilnehmerorientierter wird, wenn Bildung f{\"u}r Engagement regional ausgebaut wird und dabei eine st{\"a}rkere Balance zwischen Selbstorganisation {\"A}lterer und institutionellen Vorgaben h{\"a}lt. Die Eigenkompetenz {\"A}lterer braucht zureichende infrastrukturelle Unterst{\"u}tzung, die Bildungsinstitutionen durch mehr Raum f{\"u}r erworbene Kompetenz und Erfahrungswissen sichern m{\"u}ssen. Grundvoraussetzungen eines lebenslangen Zugangs zu Bildung und Engagement sind eine motivationsf{\"o}rdernde Bildung und die zivilgesellschaftliche Beteiligung in den zentralen institutionellen Handlungsr{\"a}umen, die Individuen in ihrem Leben durchlaufen. Diese St{\"a}rkung ist Aufgabe Aller - vom Staat, Markt und Individuum.}, subject = {{\"A}lterer Mensch; Lebenslanges Lernen; Arbeitsproduktivit{\"a}t; Selbstorganisation; Nachberufliche T{\"a}tigkeiten; Self - Organization; Retirement activities}, language = {de} } @phdthesis{Erlewein2015, author = {Erlewein, Shina-Nancy}, title = {Screening Intangible Heritage : media, heritage and representation: the case of Kutiyattam Sanskrit Theatre, India}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:co1-opus4-35985}, school = {BTU Cottbus - Senftenberg}, year = {2015}, abstract = {This research investigates the role of audio-visual media in the representation of intangible cultural heritage and provides a theoretically and empirically grounded concept of the interrelation of media, ICH and representation. It identifies both the potentials and risks involved in media representation, as well as responding to the question regarding how audio-visual representations can foster the safeguarding of ICH, aiming at its sustained transmission and recreation. The study conceptualizes representation as a process in which meaning is produced and negotiated. It refers to discourse in Social/Cultural Anthropology, Heritage Studies and Cultural Studies, particularly making use of the circuit of culture model, Hall's encoding/decoding model and Assmann's concept of memory. As ICH is culturally contextualized, the analysis focuses on one specific heritage manifestation: the Kutiyattam Sanskrit theatre. It explores in detail Kutiyattam's history, identity, performance practice and transformation, including after UNESCO's proclamation. It analyses the processes and conditions of production, encoding, circulation, reception, utilization and regulation of audio-visual representation and demonstrates the extent to which these dynamic and manifold reciprocal processes influence Kutiyattam practices and practitioners. In the form of a thick description, the study exemplifies that media and modern technologies foster continuity in practice, revitalization, valorization and self-assertion, that they enable education, research, promotion and dissemination of ICH, and contribute to identity construction and the (re)creation of communities. It shows that audio-visual representations - when produced in collaboration with the practicing communities, thereby facilitating culture-specific coding and community use - constitute significant vehicles within safeguarding measures. Differentiating between horizontal and vertical transmission of ICH as well as micro and macro level consumption, the study further identifies numerous challenges involved in the mediatization and digitization of ICH. It addresses issues of access, participation, appropriation and intellectual property and the conflict-ridden processes of homogenization, fragmentation, commercialization and popularization, among others. It argues that rather than being innocent and neutral reflections of cultural practices, audio-visual representations are actively involved in meaning making and knowledge constitution processes and deeply enmeshed in power. It proves that representations shape memory, cultural identity and history and exercise influence on cultural expressions and communities. The study concludes with the provision of general recommendations, giving guidance regarding the utilization of media as well as the production, consumption and regulation of media work, targeting heritage professionals and media professionals alike.}, subject = {Intangible Cultural Heritage; UNESCO; Mediatization and digitization; Audio-visual representation; Kutiyattam Sanskrit theatre; Immaterielles Kulturerbe; Mediatisierung und Digitalisierung; Audio-visuelle Repr{\"a}sentation; Kutiyattam Sanskrit Theater; Kudiyattam; Immaterielles Kulturerbe}, language = {en} } @phdthesis{Ishizawa2014, author = {Ishizawa, Maya}, title = {About the conservation of cultural landscapes: sustainability or unviability? A comparative study on the emergent landscape management in heritage sites in mountain regions: the Andes and the Pyrenees}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:co1-opus4-30644}, school = {BTU Cottbus - Senftenberg}, year = {2014}, abstract = {Cultural landscapes have become categories of increasing use in the nominations to the World Heritage, because they provide frameworks for the integration of alternative understandings of heritage into the List. Nevertheless, the concept of cultural landscape takes its roots within a Western naturalist ontology. By assuming this ontology the interpretation of heritage sites is based on the division between nature and culture. The lack of a model of protection designed for the integration of all categories of heritage is evident, with the models used following the culture/nature and tangible/intangible divides. In order to study this problem, a comparative approach has been used. Two sites from mountain areas have been selected as case studies. The Ordesa and Monte Perdido National Park in Spain has been part of the transnational mixed cultural and natural heritage property in the World Heritage List Pyrenees/Mont Perdu since 1997, shared with France. The Archaeological Park of Ollantaytambo, neighbor to the Sanctuary of Machu Picchu in Peru, is included in the serial and transnational property Qhapaq {\~N}an/Andean Road System inscribed in the List in 2014. These sites are protected under two different models: the first focused on the conservation of nature and the second on the conservation of the past. Nevertheless, both sites have been nominated as cultural landscapes based on the presence of Intangible Cultural Heritage maintained by agropastoral communities inhabiting them. The focus is to put in question the relevance of the concepts of conservation and sustainability in these contexts and to propose landscape management as an alternative that implies maintenance and at the same time adaptation to change. The methodological design is based on a qualitative approach. The focus is the analysis of the 'emergent landscape management', defined as a self-organized process resulting from the interactions between the most influential actors in landscapes - the state, local communities and visitors -, ultimately leading to synergies between these actors' practices. The results show that, first, the diversity of approaches to the notion of "landscape" entails the lack of precision of the object to be conserved. The definition set in the Operational Guidelines of the 1972 World Heritage Convention presents the concept from different epistemological perspectives. Contrasted with the criteria under which these sites have been justified as World Heritage Cultural Landscapes, an inherent contradiction is evident between the models of protection and the continuity of the way of life of local communities that represent their heritage value. Second, three landscapes have been identified based upon the model of the emergent landscape management: the landscape as a container; the landscape as habitat; and the landscape as picture. Three sets of maps, corresponding with each group of actors portray the results. Nevertheless, the groups and its understandings are not close. Key actors have been found playing roles in different groups. An overlay of the maps shows the potential for common ground connected by the key actors. Finally, even if these sites represent particular cases, they exemplify the need to reflect upon the inherent contradictions of the current conservation system. In order to develop comprehensive strategies for the viability of cultural landscapes alternatives for the continuity and autonomy of local communities need to be reflected upon.}, subject = {Cultural landscapes; Landscape management; World heritage; Intangible cultural heritage; Community involvement; Kulturlandschaften; Landschaftsmanagement; Welterbe; Immaterielles Kulturerbe; Einbezug der Lokalbev{\"o}lkerung; Paisajes culturales; Manejo del Paisaje; Patrimonio Mundial; Patrimonio Cultural Inmaterial; Participaci{\´o}n de la comunidad; Kulturlandschaft; Weltnaturerbe; Kulturerbe; Landschaftsschutz; Umweltbezogenes Management}, language = {en} } @phdthesis{Shalaginova2012, author = {Shalaginova, Iryna}, title = {Understanding heritage: a constructivist approach to heritage interpretation as a mechanism for understanding heritage sites}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:co1-opus-25048}, school = {BTU Cottbus - Senftenberg}, year = {2012}, abstract = {This paper offers a new perspective on heritage interpretation as a mechanism for understanding heritage sites. It builds a theory of understanding for heritage interpretation based on constructivism perspectives, which shift the focus of attention from heritage interpretation and the process of understanding as a purely cognitive process into a communicative one. In such a view understanding a heritage site means meeting orientation expectations put forth by heritage interpreters in interpretive provision. By analyzing visitor responses (emotional, verbal and behavioural) managers of a heritage site and heritage interpreters are able to determine whether orientation expectations have been met and thus whether understanding took place. In so far understanding of a heritage site means orienting visitors' perceptions of and behaviours at a heritage site. The paper also analyses the role of culture in the process of understanding and in the process of heritage interpretation. Culture as such does not influence understanding, nevertheless the collective knowledge systems inherent in it are important for the process of understanding and communication, as they offer the meanings, structures and symbol systems that allow the individuals of a particular cultural group to communicate effectively with each other. Because cultures are characteristic of having a pattern and overlapping with each other, a communication and understanding between the individuals of various cultures is a difficult but not impossible process. In order to ensure effective communication and reaching understanding a communication model for heritage interpretation was suggested with three interlinked components (team of communicators, active meaning-maker and interpretive medium), which ensure message formation, interpretation and exchange. In order to assist in communication with various visitors, and especially visitors from different cultural backgrounds, some techniques in the construction of information have been analysed, which allow assisting in reaching understanding on the presented issues in heritage interpretation. These techniques are framing, making of themes and stories. The use of these techniques in the construction of the interpretive information, as well as the overall influence of interpretive provision for understanding, have been tested in two cross-sectional studies. These studies have shown that, in view of constructivism theories, a well developed interpretive activity is able to contribute to a better understanding of a heritage site.}, subject = {Welterbe; Kommunikationsmodell; Besucherorientierte Interpretation; Kommunikation; Framing; Themen; Erbest{\"a}tten; Heritage interpretation; Communication; Framing; Themes; Heritage}, language = {en} } @techreport{AlbertMeissner2014, type = {Working Paper}, author = {Albert, Marie-Theres and Meißner, Marlen}, title = {Leitfaden zur Inwertsetzung des immateriellen Kulturerbes in der Lausitz}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:co1-opus4-30579}, year = {2014}, abstract = {Die Inwertsetzung von kulturellem Erbe ist in den letzten Jahren zu einem wichtigen Faktor f{\"u}r eine {\"o}konomische, materielle, {\"o}kologische, aber auch infrastrukturelle Entwicklung von strukturschwachen Regionen geworden. F{\"u}r eine Inwertsetzung eignet sich insbesondere das immaterielle Erbe der Menschen in solchen Regionen. Immaterielles Erbe ist ein Erbe, das auch von der UNESCO anerkannt worden ist und als Intangible Heritage seit 2003 sogar durch eine UNESCO-Konvention gesch{\"u}tzt wird. Der vorliegende Leitfaden beruht darauf, das Potential zur Inwertsetzung von immateriellem Erbe in der Lausitz zu erschließen und es f{\"u}r eine Regionalentwicklung im weitesten Sinne aufzubereiten. Regionale Akteure sollen dazu motiviert werden, ihr immaterielles Kulturerbe zu entdecken und f{\"u}r individuelle und institutionelle Entwicklungsprozesse zu nutzen.}, subject = {Kulturelles Erbe; UNESCO-Konvention; Immaterielles Kulturerbe; Lausitz; Immaterielles Kulturerbe}, language = {de} } @phdthesis{Wong2013, author = {Wong, Chee Meng}, title = {Intangible cultural heritage of dance as medium for intercultural dialogue : culture assimilator reinterpreted}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:co1-opus-29361}, school = {BTU Cottbus - Senftenberg}, year = {2013}, abstract = {This thesis explores two different models in the use of cultural heritage as a medium for intercultural exchange. This role of cultural heritage is discussed under a larger political framework of intercultural dialogue as a policy approach in managing cultural diversity, with specific reference to the 2008 Council of Europe's White Paper on Intercultural Dialogue. This policy approach is analysed here in terms of the goal in social cohesion and the liberal, procedural commitment in democracy towards cultural and value pluralism, with its relevance discussed in the context of Singapore, which claims an approach of 'communitarianism' upholding 'Asian values'. Against the background of racism problems in Singapore, the staging and interpretation of Indian dance heritage in Singapore will be analysed between a transcultural and a multicultural model of intercultural dialogue, the former focusing on creative engagement to overcome differences in cultural identity, the latter focusing on mutual understanding and respect of differences. As part of the multicultural model, one will analyse cross-cultural interaction as 'critical incidents' based on the 'Culture Assimilator' method (otherwise known as the Intercultural Sensitizer) in intercultural communication training - which German social psychologist Alexander Thomas has repositioned in an intercultural competence framework aligned with systems theory. This framework will be adapted to discuss the aspects of open-mindedness and empathy in intercultural learning through cultural heritage, and to deconstruct cultural differences.}, subject = {Singapore; Tanz; Immaterielles Kulturerbe; Kulturvergleich; Immaterielles Kulturerbe; Tanz; Interkultureller Dialog; Singapore; Intangible heritage; Dance; Intercultural Dialogue; Singapore}, language = {en} } @phdthesis{Liu2014, author = {Liu, Chang}, title = {From "Feudal Rubbish" to "National Treasure": The transformation and safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage of China. A case study of Huanxian Daoqing Shadow Theatre}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:co1-opus4-30543}, school = {BTU Cottbus - Senftenberg}, year = {2014}, abstract = {This study examines the history of the transformation of the intangible cultural heritage of China and the efforts to safeguard it, using the case study of Huanxian Daoqing shadow theatre. A regional style of Chinese shadow theatre, Daoqing has undergone dramatic transformation from 1949 to 2013, from being labeled in socialist China as a form of "feudal rubbish" to be eradicated, to being safeguarded as "national treasure". The changes in Daoqing's social identity, function, value, interpretation, transmission and safeguarding efforts can be observed in the discourses of both the authorities and the practicing community. These changes may be understood as part of three different stages in the political and economic transformation of socialist China. The researcher has collected governmental archives and conducted semi-structured interviews with Daoqing inheritors in an interpretative phenomenological analysis approach. This thesis analyses how, following Hobsbawm's argument, Daoqing as an intangible cultural heritage involves an "invention of tradition" through joint actions of the Chinese government and the Huanxian community. This research can help provide heritage policy makers, the community and other stakeholders with insights into challenges that may be faced in the safeguarding of the intangible cultural heritage. The theoretical framework, the methods and the research results from the government archives and interviews will hopefully serve to provide some new ideas as a prototypical approach to help future research on other forms of cultural heritage in China.}, subject = {Intangible Cultural Heritage; Daoqing Shadow Theatre; China; Safeguarding; Invention of tradition; Immaterielles Kulturerbe; Huaxian Daoqing Schattenspiel; China; Erhalt; Erfundene Tradition; China; Immaterielles Kulturerbe; Schattenspiel}, language = {en} }