Knowra Cultural heritage Cultural heritage Cultural heritage comprises practices, expressions, knowledge, objects, and places inherited from the past and valued by communities as part of their cultural identity. It includes both living traditions and material remains.
Intangible cultural heritage : Practices, expressions, knowledge, and skills that communities recognize as part of their cultural heritage. Captures heritage carried through practice and transmission rather than physical objects.
Cultural transmission : The passing of learned behaviors, knowledge, and symbols between people and generations. Describes the broad process by which inherited practices and knowledge continue.
World Heritage Convention : The 1972 UNESCO treaty establishing international cooperation to protect cultural and natural heritage of outstanding universal value. Provides the principal international framework for protecting designated cultural sites.
Heritage tourism : Travel motivated partly by interest in historical sites, traditions, and cultural landscapes. Shows how heritage can support local economies while changing how places are presented.
Cultural property : Objects and sites valued for their cultural, historical, artistic, or archaeological significance. Frames disputes over legal ownership and control of culturally significant objects and sites.
Tangible cultural heritage : Physical objects, buildings, sites, and landscapes valued as cultural inheritance. Covers the material remains and places through which communities express historical continuity.
Intergenerational transmission : The transfer of knowledge, practices, and values between generations. Shows how families and communities carry heritage from elders to younger members.
Historic preservation : The identification, protection, and maintenance of historic buildings, sites, and districts. Shows how heritage values guide decisions about conserving built places.
Cultural appropriation : The adoption or use of elements from another culture, especially amid unequal power relations. Raises disputes over who may use cultural expressions and who benefits from them.
Indigenous cultural heritage : The tangible and intangible heritage associated with Indigenous peoples and their communities. Highlights questions of sovereignty, consent, and community authority over heritage.
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