Whose 'Intangible Cultural Heritage
The Dispossession of Uyghur Knowledge-Holders
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4885573 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Musapir (0000-0002-9547-1352, Uyghur Diaspora Scholar), Musapir Musapir (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 49-62 |
| Publication date | 2023-05-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Inner Asia (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1464-8172 • E-ISSN: 2210-5018 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1163/22105018-02501005 |
| OpenAlex | W4372319445 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 18 |
This article explores the alienating effects of 'Intangible Cultural Heritage' (ICH) (Ch.: fei wuzhi wenhua yichan 非物质文化遗产; Uy.: gheyri maddi medeniyet mirasliri) discourse on Uyghur villagers, particularly Uyghur knowledge-holders. Since China became a signatory to UNESCO's ICH convention in 2004, the ICH framework has provided opportunities for people in China to protect and profit from their heritage. But it has also been used to further Chinese state nation-building in ways that do not meaningfully include the grassroots knowledge and holistic practices of Indigenous communities. In the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), top-down ICH policies have been implemented in tandem with increasingly repressive security policies and anti-extremism discourse. In this environment, authorised ICH discourse, which defines the nature, value and management of ICH, has marginalised and distanced Uyghur knowledge-holders from the heritage that they embody, contributing to the profound transformation of the Uyghur way of life
China · Cultural heritage · Environmental ethics · Grassroots · Indigenous · Intangible cultural heritage · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Traditional knowledge · Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography · China's Ethnic Minorities and Relations · Law · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies
A Companion to Heritage Studies
Introduction
The Body Impolitic
China’s Indigenous Peoples? How Global Environmentalism Unintentionally Smuggled the Notion of Indigeneity into China
Afterlives of Chinese Communism
Intimate Heritage. Creating Uyghur Muqam Song in Xinjiang
Cultural Encounters on China’s Ethnic Frontiers
When East Meets West
The Spatial Cleansing of Xinjiang
Minority Nationalities as Frankenstein’s Monsters? Reshaping “the Chinese Nation” and China’s Quest to Become a “Normal Country
Eating Hanness
You shall sing and dance
Cultural heritage politics in China
Chinese Heritage in the making
Community Matters in Xinjiang 1880-1949
Promoting majority culture and excluding external ethnic influences
Heritage Politics in China
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 1,5 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |