Liệu nghệ thuật hát chèo có nên được bảo vệ như di sản văn hoá phi vật thể? Một số suy tư phản biện về việc phong thánh và tính sáng tạo. [Should Chèo Music Theatre be Safeguarded as Intangible Cultural Heritage? Some Critical Reflections on Canonisation and Creativity]

Norton, Barley. 2024. Liệu nghệ thuật hát chèo có nên được bảo vệ như di sản văn hoá phi vật thể? Một số suy tư phản biện về việc phong thánh và tính sáng tạo. [Should Chèo Music Theatre be Safeguarded as Intangible Cultural Heritage? Some Critical Reflections on Canonisation and Creativity]. In: Hằng Thị Vũ and Thu Thị Hoàng, eds. Bảo vệ và phát huy giá trị di sản trình diễn dân gian và nghệ thuật chèo trong xã hội đương đại [Safeguarding and Promoting the Folk Performance and Art of Chèo in Contemporary Society]. Hanoi: Nhà Xuất Bản Văn Hoá Dân Tộc, pp. 28-45. ISBN 9786047041275 [Book Section]

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As discourse on ‘intangible cultural heritage’ (ICH) has become increasingly pervasive around the world, the thriving field of critical heritage studies has offered numerous critiques of policies and initiatives. For instance, research on ICH has raised concerns about the commodification and ossification of creative practices (Titon 2009), and it has explored how heritage regimes can give rise to forms of neoliberal governmentality (Coombe 2012) and to state sponsored exploitation of indigenous culture and the dispossession of communities (Salemink 2016). Notwithstanding the importance of critiquing UNESCO-driven heritage discourse, there is a growing realisation that critical work which starts with the study of 'heritage' can predetermine the terms of debate and limit analysis of how cultural practices intersect with political struggles and the promotion of social justice (Dirksen 2022). Moving beyond "the all-too-determining straightjackets of the 'neoliberal' this and the 'UNESCO' that", Michelle Bigenho and Henry Stobart argue for a ‘heritage otherwise’ approach that opens up space "for considering current heritage politics in relation to a longer-term historical perspective on local politics of culture" (Bigenho and Stobart 2018: 1352, 1333).

Informed by a ‘heritage otherwise’ perspective, this paper situates contemporary discourse on the sustainability of cultural heritage in Vietnam within a longer historical frame. To historically contextualise current debates, it discusses the canonisation of ‘classic chèo’ (chèo cổ) since the early twentieth century, focusing on the transformation of the play Súy Vân and musical creativity. It is argued that any attempt to address the question ‘should chèo be safeguarded as ICH?’ must consider the extent to which moves to ‘safeguard’ and ‘promote’ chèo in contemporary society mark a shift from past interventions that aimed to ‘preserve’, ‘develop’ and ‘modernise’ Vietnamese music theatre.

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13 Jan 2025 13:28

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14 Jan 2025 11:05

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https://research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/38093

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