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Immaterieel Erfgoed Als Toeristische Bestemming / Intangible Heritage As A Tourist Destination, Albert Van Der Zeijden, Jorijn Neyrinck, Kathleen M. Adams, Frederike Van Ouwerkerk, Bouke Van Gorp, Paul Catteeuw Oct 2020

Immaterieel Erfgoed Als Toeristische Bestemming / Intangible Heritage As A Tourist Destination, Albert Van Der Zeijden, Jorijn Neyrinck, Kathleen M. Adams, Frederike Van Ouwerkerk, Bouke Van Gorp, Paul Catteeuw

Anthropology: Faculty Publications and Other Works

This thematic issue explores the interface between safeguarding intangible cultural heritage and sustainable tourism. The relationship between intangible heritage and tourism has prompted lively discussions in the field of tourism studies as well as amongst international intangible heritage scholars and practitioners.1 Discussions in each of these fields, as well as interdisciplinary conversations, have revealed both the promises and challenges entailed in attempts to safeguard intangible cultural heritage via tourism. The contributions and case studies within this special issue offer additional nuances to these discussions and shed light on possible paths for not only safeguarding intangible cultural heritage, but also fostering …


The Politics Of Indigeneity And Heritage: Indonesian Mortuary Materials And Museums, Kathleen M. Adams Jul 2020

The Politics Of Indigeneity And Heritage: Indonesian Mortuary Materials And Museums, Kathleen M. Adams

Anthropology: Faculty Publications and Other Works

This article contributes to comparative museology by examining curation practices and politics in several “museum-like” heritage spaces and locally run museums. I argue that, in this era of heritage consciousness, these spaces serve as creative stages for advancing potentially empowering narratives of indigeneity and ethnic authority. Understanding practices in ancestral spaces as “heritage management” both enriches our conception of museums and fosters nuanced understandings of clashes unfolding in these spaces as they become entwined with tourism, heritage commodification, illicit antiquities markets, and UNESCO. Drawing on ethnographic research in Indonesia, I update my earlier work on Toraja (Sulawesi) museum-mindedness and family-run …


’Being A Tourist In (My Own) Home’: Negotiating Identities And Belonging In Indonesian Heritage Tourism, Kathleen M. Adams Nov 2019

’Being A Tourist In (My Own) Home’: Negotiating Identities And Belonging In Indonesian Heritage Tourism, Kathleen M. Adams

Anthropology: Faculty Publications and Other Works

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Identity, Heritage And Memorialization: The Toraja Tongkonan Of Indonesia, Kathleen M. Adams Jan 2015

Identity, Heritage And Memorialization: The Toraja Tongkonan Of Indonesia, Kathleen M. Adams

Anthropology: Faculty Publications and Other Works

No abstract provided.