Output details
34 - Art and Design: History, Practice and Theory
University of East Anglia
Article title
Le secret exposé: Révélation et reconnaissance d’un patrimoine immatériel au Sénégal
Type
D - Journal article
DOI
-
Title of journal
Gradhiva
Article number
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Volume number
18
Issue number
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First page of article
98
ISSN of journal
0764-8928
Year of publication
2013
URL
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Number of additional authors
0
Additional information
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Interdisciplinary
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Cross-referral requested
-
Research group
None
Proposed double-weighted
No
Double-weighted statement
-
Reserve for a double-weighted output
No
Non-English
Yes
English abstract
In 2005 UNESCO declared the Kankurang and Manding initiation ritual Masterpieces of Oral and Immaterial Heritage. This article examines the increased commodification of these traditions as a result of its recognition as World Heritage. Rejecting the idea of an ‘original’ culture, the article posits that cultural continuity and commodification are not necessarily antagonistic, but may mutually reinforce each other. Demonstrating that the participants themselves have adopted another visual regime in order to achieve recognition for their art, this article rejects pessimist readings that presuppose that commodification can only lead to cultural loss.
