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Shetland knitting and the Inventory of Living Heritage in the UK

Shetland knitting and the Inventory of Living Heritage in the UK

In October 2003, a UNESCO treaty was approved for the safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage. This represented a shift in the understanding of what heritage is. Initially, ‘heritage’ was used to describe physical items and locations of cultural...

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