While Europe witnesses the rise of nationalist politics and Britain recently started negotiating the conditions of its exit from the European Union against a background of sectarian narratives, numerous cultural initiatives have flourished in the UK and elsewhere that intend to counter these tendencies and reinvent the meanings of culture and heritage through intercultural dialogue (Innocenti, 2016).  Traditional cultural heritage actors such as museums, archives and libraries play...

Kahina Le Louvier

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Le 5 décembre 2012, le comité intergouvernemental de l’Unesco pour la sauvegarde du patrimoine culturel immatériel (PCI) proclame l’inscription du fest-noz, « rassemblement festif basé sur la pratique collective des danses traditionnelles de Bretagne, accompagnées de chants ou musiques instrumentales », sur la liste représentative de la Convention de 2003. Cette inscription est le fruit du travail d'un collectif composé majoritairement d'associations issues du renouveau culturel breton des...

Julie Léonard

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This research project aims to study the “community of practice” of fishermen in Brindisi (in the south of Italy), so as to revalue their centrality in the history and culture of the city. Now that  Brindisi is experiencing an economic and political crisis, the city aspires to pursue the touristic wave, like the rest of the Salento area. This attempt may be achieved only by providing a genuine  tourist offer based on authentic features, such as the heritage of this local community that has ...

Lucia Cappiello

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