The construction of intangible cultural heritage: A Foucauldian critique

Within tourism studies, there has been limited attention to the concept of World Intangible Cultural Heritage, its discursive normalisation and effects at level nation or public sphere. Through a discourse analysis institutional document on intangible cultural heritage in Scotland, we demonstrate how Foucault's power/knowledge dyad unfolds one points application. Our key findings include that strategies conviction (such as inventorying) are deployed frame within an existing field relationship articulates with Scotland's contested political position United Kingdom; notions concerning importance safeguarding have constructed through discourses fragility immateriality.