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UK to sign Unesco pledge to protect ‘intangible cultural heritage’ – an expert explains its importance

By Natalie Braber, Professor, Linguistics, School of Arts and Humanities, Nottingham Trent University

At the end of last year, the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) announced that the UK was starting a consultation about signing the 2003 Unesco convention on the safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage.

This would bring the UK in line with the 182 other Unesco member states who have already signed the convention. It has been suggested…

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