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Papers by Rieks Smeets

Research paper thumbnail of The Reorientation of a Convention

Routledge eBooks, Nov 16, 2023

Research paper thumbnail of Les langues comme véhicule du patrimoine culturel immatériel

Mohammed Bedjaoui presided over the meeting of government experts in charge of developing the Con... more Mohammed Bedjaoui presided over the meeting of government experts in charge of developing the Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage. He gives his opinion on the value and fragility of intangible cultural heritage as well as the objectives and stakes of the Convention

Research paper thumbnail of Intangible heritage safeguarding and intellectual property protection in the context of implementing the UNESCO ICH Convention

Research paper thumbnail of North East Caucasian languages

Research paper thumbnail of A Circassian Mevlid

In what follows we present a Circassian (Circ) text, a poem of about 1000 lines, which has been w... more In what follows we present a Circassian (Circ) text, a poem of about 1000 lines, which has been written, edited and printed by Circassians. These activities were carried out in the early part of this century, in Turkey. Apart from the fact that any text written consistently in a particular dialect adds to our knowledge of the language in question, this text is especially interesting because it enables one to make generalizations about a Circassian idiolect as it was spoken 70 years ago. Seventy years is a considerable age for a Circ text. That it has been written down by a native speaker who had obvious linguistic talents renders our text still more valuable.

Research paper thumbnail of The examination of nomination files under the UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage

Research paper thumbnail of Naar een samenhangend taalbeleid voor het Nederlands vanuit Europees perspectief

Research paper thumbnail of Indigenous Languages of the Caucasus ( four volumes : vol . edited

Research paper thumbnail of Les langues comme véhicule du patrimoine culturel immatériel

Museum International, 2004

Research paper thumbnail of 対談 沖縄のいまに生きる無形文化遺産 (平成15年度 沖縄国際フォーラム)

Research paper thumbnail of A Circassian Mevlid

Research paper thumbnail of Language as a Vehicle of the Intangible Cultural Heritage

Museum International, 2004

Research paper thumbnail of The Indigenous Languages of the Caucasus, Vol. 4: North East Caucasian Languages, Part 2

Research paper thumbnail of Circassia

Central Asian Survey, 1995

Research paper thumbnail of Language as a Vehicle of the Intangible Cultural Heritage

Museum International, 2004

Research paper thumbnail of The Indigenous Languages of the Caucasus, Vol. 4: North East Caucasian Languages, Part 2

Language, 1996

... languages (com-pared to the five languages of the Abkhaz-Adyghean family and the four lan-gua... more ... languages (com-pared to the five languages of the Abkhaz-Adyghean family and the four lan-guages of the Kartvelian family, which ... Of the minor Daghestanian lan-guages, those spoken in Russia are not endangered at present because their speakers live in remote mountain ...

Research paper thumbnail of Authenticity, Value and Community Involvement in Heritage Management under the World Heritage and Intangible Heritage Conventions

Heritage & Society, 2013

The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage and... more The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage and Intangible Heritage Conventions illustrate a broader trend towards greater appreciation of the role of communities concerned in identifying, managing and protecting their heritage today. This paper will discuss requirements for greater community involvement in heritage identification and management under the two Conventions, with special attention to the determination of heritage value and the question of authenticity. The Nara Document on Authenticity of 1994, incorporated into the Operational Guidelines of the World Heritage Convention in 2005 (UNESCO 2012a: Annex 4), encouraged a broader definition of authenticity that is sensitive to cultural context. Nevertheless, the determination of heritage value and authenticity still remains largely in the hands of experts outside communities associated with World Heritage properties. Although there is no reference to authenticity in the Intangible Heritage Convention (UNESCO 2003), States Parties are specifically requested to ensure that it is communities, groups or individuals concerned who identify the value of their own intangible heritage. Yet because of a lack of oversight mechanisms under the Convention, it is difficult to ensure that this is done, especially since there is no permanent mechanism for community representation to the Organs of either Convention.

Research paper thumbnail of H.J. Deacon and R. Smeets, ‘Authenticity, Value and Community Involvement in Heritage Management under the World Heritage and Intangible Heritage Conventions’, Heritage and Society, Vol. 6 No. 2, November 2013, 1–15.

Heritage and Society, Nov 2013

The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage and... more The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage and Intangible Heritage Conventions illustrate a broader trend towards greater appreciation of the role of communities concerned in identifying, managing and protecting their heritage today. This paper will discuss requirements for greater community involvement in heritage identification and management under the two Conventions, with special attention to the determination of heritage value and the question of authenticity. The Nara Document on Authenticity of 1994, incorporated into the Operational Guidelines of the World Heritage Convention in 2005 (UNESCO 2012a: Annex 4), encouraged a broader definition of authenticity that is sensitive to cultural context. Nevertheless, the determination of heritage value and authenticity still remains largely in the hands of experts outside communities associated with World Heritage properties. Although there is no reference to authenticity in the Intangible Heritage Convention (UNESCO 2003), States Parties are specifically requested to ensure that it is communities, groups or individuals concerned who identify the value of their own intangible heritage. Yet because of a lack of oversight mechanisms under the Convention, it is difficult to ensure that this is done, especially since there is no permanent mechanism for community representation to the Organs of either Convention.

Research paper thumbnail of The Reorientation of a Convention

Routledge eBooks, Nov 16, 2023

Research paper thumbnail of Les langues comme véhicule du patrimoine culturel immatériel

Mohammed Bedjaoui presided over the meeting of government experts in charge of developing the Con... more Mohammed Bedjaoui presided over the meeting of government experts in charge of developing the Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage. He gives his opinion on the value and fragility of intangible cultural heritage as well as the objectives and stakes of the Convention

Research paper thumbnail of Intangible heritage safeguarding and intellectual property protection in the context of implementing the UNESCO ICH Convention

Research paper thumbnail of North East Caucasian languages

Research paper thumbnail of A Circassian Mevlid

In what follows we present a Circassian (Circ) text, a poem of about 1000 lines, which has been w... more In what follows we present a Circassian (Circ) text, a poem of about 1000 lines, which has been written, edited and printed by Circassians. These activities were carried out in the early part of this century, in Turkey. Apart from the fact that any text written consistently in a particular dialect adds to our knowledge of the language in question, this text is especially interesting because it enables one to make generalizations about a Circassian idiolect as it was spoken 70 years ago. Seventy years is a considerable age for a Circ text. That it has been written down by a native speaker who had obvious linguistic talents renders our text still more valuable.

Research paper thumbnail of The examination of nomination files under the UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage

Research paper thumbnail of Naar een samenhangend taalbeleid voor het Nederlands vanuit Europees perspectief

Research paper thumbnail of Indigenous Languages of the Caucasus ( four volumes : vol . edited

Research paper thumbnail of Les langues comme véhicule du patrimoine culturel immatériel

Museum International, 2004

Research paper thumbnail of 対談 沖縄のいまに生きる無形文化遺産 (平成15年度 沖縄国際フォーラム)

Research paper thumbnail of A Circassian Mevlid

Research paper thumbnail of Language as a Vehicle of the Intangible Cultural Heritage

Museum International, 2004

Research paper thumbnail of The Indigenous Languages of the Caucasus, Vol. 4: North East Caucasian Languages, Part 2

Research paper thumbnail of Circassia

Central Asian Survey, 1995

Research paper thumbnail of Language as a Vehicle of the Intangible Cultural Heritage

Museum International, 2004

Research paper thumbnail of The Indigenous Languages of the Caucasus, Vol. 4: North East Caucasian Languages, Part 2

Language, 1996

... languages (com-pared to the five languages of the Abkhaz-Adyghean family and the four lan-gua... more ... languages (com-pared to the five languages of the Abkhaz-Adyghean family and the four lan-guages of the Kartvelian family, which ... Of the minor Daghestanian lan-guages, those spoken in Russia are not endangered at present because their speakers live in remote mountain ...

Research paper thumbnail of Authenticity, Value and Community Involvement in Heritage Management under the World Heritage and Intangible Heritage Conventions

Heritage & Society, 2013

The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage and... more The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage and Intangible Heritage Conventions illustrate a broader trend towards greater appreciation of the role of communities concerned in identifying, managing and protecting their heritage today. This paper will discuss requirements for greater community involvement in heritage identification and management under the two Conventions, with special attention to the determination of heritage value and the question of authenticity. The Nara Document on Authenticity of 1994, incorporated into the Operational Guidelines of the World Heritage Convention in 2005 (UNESCO 2012a: Annex 4), encouraged a broader definition of authenticity that is sensitive to cultural context. Nevertheless, the determination of heritage value and authenticity still remains largely in the hands of experts outside communities associated with World Heritage properties. Although there is no reference to authenticity in the Intangible Heritage Convention (UNESCO 2003), States Parties are specifically requested to ensure that it is communities, groups or individuals concerned who identify the value of their own intangible heritage. Yet because of a lack of oversight mechanisms under the Convention, it is difficult to ensure that this is done, especially since there is no permanent mechanism for community representation to the Organs of either Convention.

Research paper thumbnail of H.J. Deacon and R. Smeets, ‘Authenticity, Value and Community Involvement in Heritage Management under the World Heritage and Intangible Heritage Conventions’, Heritage and Society, Vol. 6 No. 2, November 2013, 1–15.

Heritage and Society, Nov 2013

The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage and... more The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage and Intangible Heritage Conventions illustrate a broader trend towards greater appreciation of the role of communities concerned in identifying, managing and protecting their heritage today. This paper will discuss requirements for greater community involvement in heritage identification and management under the two Conventions, with special attention to the determination of heritage value and the question of authenticity. The Nara Document on Authenticity of 1994, incorporated into the Operational Guidelines of the World Heritage Convention in 2005 (UNESCO 2012a: Annex 4), encouraged a broader definition of authenticity that is sensitive to cultural context. Nevertheless, the determination of heritage value and authenticity still remains largely in the hands of experts outside communities associated with World Heritage properties. Although there is no reference to authenticity in the Intangible Heritage Convention (UNESCO 2003), States Parties are specifically requested to ensure that it is communities, groups or individuals concerned who identify the value of their own intangible heritage. Yet because of a lack of oversight mechanisms under the Convention, it is difficult to ensure that this is done, especially since there is no permanent mechanism for community representation to the Organs of either Convention.