Book review: Charlotte Waelde, Catherine Cummings, Mathilde Pavis and Helena Enright (eds), Research Handbook on Contemporary Intangible Cultural Heritage: Law and Heritage (Edward Elgar, Cheltenham 2018) 448 pp.

Oruç, Pınar

doi:10.4337/qmjip.2019.02.07

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“…e historical value [6,7], educational value [8], aesthetic value [9], and social value [10] have been con rmed one after another by researchers. Su found that the topics that have attracted the most attention are heritage space, the intangible nature and authenticity of cultural heritage, the internationalization of heritage, landscape heritage, heritage education, heritage management, and cultural policy [4], so the exploration of the essence of ICH and its protection is still the mainstream of research.…”

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Exploring the Spatial Distribution of ICH by Geographic Information System (GIS)

Wang

Zhan

2022

Mobile Information Systems

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Exploring the spatial distribution of intangible cultural heritage (ICH) by geographic information system (GIS) is a new perspective. It can help to identify the laws and characteristics of the formation and evolution of ICH to further support the development of protection. This paper takes Shaanxi Province as the research area to analyse and identify the spatial distribution characteristics by mathematical statistics using the nearest neighbour index (NNI) and kernel density estimation (KDE). The results show 1699 ICH items of Shaanxi distributed with obvious geographic characteristics: the geospatial distribution is not uniform; the aggregate spatial distribution pattern demonstrates that ICH has strong spatial dependence; all the high-density core areas and sub-high-density core areas are centralized around Guanzhong area; and the ICH items are relatively dense in specific geographical conditions (plain and mountainous areas with an elevation between 160 m and 800 m; plains and valleys at the confluence of rivers or areas within 10 km of the river; and semi-humid climate regions). We can conclude that the geographic environment is the most fundamental and important factor affecting ICH, indirectly affecting its generation, inheritance, and distribution through regional history, culture, and humanity for a long time.

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