How participatory is participatory heritage management? the politics of safeguarding the Alevi Semah ritual as intangible heritage

International Journal of Cultural Property

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 381-405

  Aykan, Bahar ^a  

^a MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

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EID: 84907418977     PISSN: 09407391     EISSN: 14657317     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0940739113000180     Document Type: Article

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