The intricacy of intangible cultural heritage: some perspectives on Ndebele earthen architecture

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dc.contributor.author Van Vuuren, Chris J.
dc.date.accessioned 2009-05-28T08:24:24Z
dc.date.available 2009-05-28T08:24:24Z
dc.date.issued 2008
dc.description.abstract Intangible heritage has become a discourse both in the institutionalised heritage domain and in the academic world. This article dismantles the concept, deconstructs existing mythologies, and illuminates some of the core issues which have given rise to the current intricacies and dissonance. By using examples from Ndebele earthen architecture, such as the role of memory in the history of house form, spatial orientation in settlement, the role of gender in space and the intangibility of mural art, it is possible to gain insight into the web that weaves tangible and intangible heritage into a cohesive concept. en_US
dc.description.abstract Die ingewikkeldheid van ontasbare erfenis: perspektiewe aangaande Ndebele grondargitektuur. Ontasbare erfenis het ontwikkel in diskoerse in beide die instellingsgerigte en die akademiese wêreld. Die artikel ontbloot die konsep, dekonstrueer mitologieë en werp lig op sekere van die kerngedagtes wat aanleiding gee to die huidige kompleksiteite en onenighede. Met verwysing na Ndebele grondargitektuur soos die aanwending van geheue by die geskiedenis van woningvorm, ruimtelike orientasie by woning, die rol van geslag in ruimte en die ontasbaarheidsdimensie in muurverfkuns; word dit moontlik om insig te verkry in die net wat tasbare en ontasbare erfenis saamweef tot ‘n eenheid. af
dc.identifier.citation Van Vuuren, CJ 2008, 'The intricacy of intangible cultural heritage: some perspectives on Ndebele earthen architecture', South African Journal of Art History, vol. 23, no.2, pp. 14-24. [http://www.journals.co.za/ej/ejour_sajah.html] en_US
dc.identifier.issn 0258-3542
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2263/10234
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Art Historical Work Group of South Africa en_US
dc.rights Art Historical Work Group of South Africa en_US
dc.subject Earthen architecture en_US
dc.subject Intangible heritage en_US
dc.subject.lcsh Ndebele (African people) -- Architecture en
dc.subject.lcsh Intangible property en
dc.subject.lcsh Oral tradition en
dc.subject.lcsh Ndebele (African people) -- Social life and customs en
dc.subject.lcsh Cultural property en
dc.title The intricacy of intangible cultural heritage: some perspectives on Ndebele earthen architecture en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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