Inhabiting heritage: the challenges of community participatory management

LACARRIEU MONICA

Reflections on Cultural Heritage Theories and Practices?

CRC Press/Balkema ? Taylor & Francis Group

Lugar: Leiden; Año: 2021;

The aim of this article is to critique participatory processes in the field of cultural heritage, based on the assumption that tangible heritage has been associated to social distance, while intangible heritage has been related to social proximity and the currency of its expressions for the communities involved. Since cultural heritage has evolved as a field that appears to ignore individuals, but at the same time needs society to resound, is it feasible to promote it as a context for community involvement? Or, is it that participatory pro- cesses are a part of intangible heritage, which came into existence because of the need to include groups that had been historically relegated from the field of heritage? Can cultural heritage take on the challenges and their responses through differentiated approaches to participatory action/management?