Language heritage and the UK public: successes and challenges of the UK heritage sector

Braber, N ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2611-1190 and Howard, V, 2024. Language heritage and the UK public: successes and challenges of the UK heritage sector. Heritage and Society. ISSN 2159-032X

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Abstract

The United Kingdom (UK) lacks a uniform approach to safeguarding intangible cultural heritage (ICH) such as language. The UK ratified the UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage in June 2024. In the absence of any UK-wide ICH framework, various approaches to safeguarding ICH have been taken at nation-level and at the level of (usually individual) museums, libraries and heritage groups. ICH can bring tangible heritage to life and give objects meaning and enhance the dynamic of cultural heritage. However, although language is included in the UNESCO Convention, to the extent that it is a “vehicle” of ICH, only recently have some museums and other organizations started to exhibit language. This article sets out our research findings from a pilot study undertaken in 2022 where we engaged with heritage sector professionals to identify how their organizations currently work with language heritage. Participants in our study voiced concerns that language heritage can be hard to encapsulate. We outline the challenges and successes of language heritage work, as well as the support that professionals felt they needed to undertake further work to enable them to engage with the public and local communities in order to safeguard this important aspect of ICH.

Item Type:	Journal article
Publication Title:	Heritage and Society
Creators:	Braber, N. and Howard, V.
Publisher:	Routledge
Date:	2 August 2024
ISSN:	2159-032X
Identifiers:	Number Type 10.1080/2159032x.2024.2382625 DOI 2201345 Other
Rights:	© 2024 the author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, and is not altered, transformed, or built upon in any way.
Divisions:	Schools > School of Arts and Humanities
Record created by:	Jonathan Gallacher
Date Added:	27 Aug 2024 14:17
Last Modified:	27 Aug 2024 14:17
URI:	https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/52102

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