Making Intangible HeritageIn Making Intangible Heritage, Valdimar Tr. Hafsteinfolklorist and official delegate to UNESCOtells the story of UNESCO's Intangible Heritage Convention. In the ethnographic tradition, Hafstein peers underneath the official account, revealing the context important for understanding UNESCO as an organization, the concept of intangible heritage, and the global impact of both. Looking beyond official narratives of compromise and solidarity, this book