'What is Europe? It's not just a series of banknotes', an interviewee remarked when asked about European heritage. Our study of European Capitals of Culture (ECoC), one of the main European heritage programmes, proceeds in the same spirit, informed by the complex and disputed di…
Traditional arts practices and festivals have attracted increasing and diverse attention in the European context since policymakers discovered 'culture' as a resource in the 1980s (see, e.g., Kilday 1998 ). Their impact on their respective communities of practice, modes of produ…
Heritage and Festivals in Europe critically investigates the purpose, reach and effects of heritage festivals. Providing a comprehensive and detailed analysis of comparatively selected aspects of intangible cultural heritage, the volume demonstrates how such heritage is mobilise…
Heritage and Festivals in Europe critically investigates the purpose, reach and effects of heritage festivals. Providing a comprehensive and detailed analysis of comparatively selected aspects of intangible cultural heritage, the volume demonstrates how such heritage is mobilise…