Contents: Introduction, Charlotte Waelde, Catherine Cummings, Mathilde Pavis and Helena Enright
Part I The framework of contemporary ICH
1. Regional and international treaties on intangible cultural heritage: between tradition and contemporary culture / Lucas Lixinski
2. Contemporary intangible cultural heritage: between community and market / Fiona Macmillan
3. Protection and promotion of cultural heritage and human rights though international treaties: two worlds of difference? / Yvonne Donders
4. Contemporary intangible cultural heritage and right of exclusion / Sarah Harding
Part II Debates within contemporary ICH
5. ICH and sustainability : intangible cultural heritage, cultural diversity and sustainable development / Abbe Brown
6. ICH and human rights: intangible cultural heritage, contemporary culture and human rights / Charlotte Waelde
7. ICH and identity: law / Anita Vavaide
8. ICH and identity: the use of intangible cultural heritage among global multicultural citizens / Laia Colomer
9. ICH and authority: lawless 'DIY' approaches to contemporary intangible heritage / John Schofield
10. ICH and authority: the Welsh language and statutory change / Megan Blakely
11. ICH and safeguarding: legal dimensions of safeguarding the intangible cultural heritage of non-dominant and counter-culture social groups / Janet Blake
12. ICH and safeguarding: museums and contemporary intangible culture (let them out of their cases to sing) / Catherine Cummings
13. ICH and safeguarding: uncovering the cultural heritage discourse of copyright / Mathilde Pavis
Part III Contemporary ICH and its uses
14. living cultural heritage in the Netherlands: the debate on the Dutch tradition of Sinterklaas / Lucky Belder and Aydan Figaroa
15. Intangible culture as the prime asset of a cultural landscape and seascape: a case study of the Banda Islands, Indonesia / Joëlla van Donkersgoed and Jessica Brown
16. Cultural heritage sites and contemporary uses: finding a balance between monumentality and intangibility in Eastern Zimbabwe / Njabulo Chipangura
17. Intangible cultural heritage and trade / Valentina Vadi
Index.