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In his 2011 book Anthropology Confronts the Problems of the Modern World, Lévi-Strauss states that “… always and everywhere, scientific explanation is based on what may be termed good simplifications. Given this relationship, anthropology turns necessity into virtue” (L’Anthropologie Face aux Problèmes du Monde Moderne 2011: 21). Such simplifications are then, however, carefully analysed according to disciplinary theories and discursive metonymies. In contrast, the texts of international normative instruments must answer to a very wide range of types of discursive acts and political outlooks, to mention only the most important factor influencing international policy negotiations.
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See at:<http://132.248.35.1/informe/Informe.pdf>.
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The project on intangible cultural heritage began in 2004 at the Center for Multidisciplinary Studies of the National University of Mexico, and since 2010 has been conducted in the framework of a Unesco–Unitwin Chair on Research on Intangible Cultural Heritage and Cultural Diversity.
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The word ‘Malinche’ comes from the Aztec (Nahuatl) Malintzin, originally used by Indians to refer to Hernan Cortes, the Spanish army commander, who had a native woman, Malintzin, translate native languages for him. The term then shifted towards the real Malintzin but became a pejorative term, synonymous with betrayal and, more recently, with anti-Mexican sentiments.
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The author was Assistant Director-General for Culture at UNESCO 1994–1998.
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At that time, this author was President of the International Social Science Council.
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‘Tlahuica’ is the name given in some historic sources to the Nahua peoples of the northern part of the state of Morelos in some historic sources and has been used recently to establish a contrast between speakers of the Nahuatl language in the state of Morelos and those of the adjoining states of Mexico and of Puebla. Again, this is an example of the use of contrast to create a tenuous cultural boundary that reinforces a micro-regional identity.
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The second UNESCO General Conference was held in 1948 in Mexico, where archaeological, ethnographic and educational cultural programmes were demonstrated. A year later, the Culture Sector of UNESCO was created. Mexican specialists were also very active in UNESCO’s work on international conventions to protect cultural and intangible cultural heritage, as well as in other culture programs.
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Lévi-Strauss, Claude, 2011: L’Anthropologie Face aux Problèmes du Monde Moderne (Paris: Seuil).
UNESCO, 1996: Report of the World Commission Culture and Development: Our Creative Diversity (Paris: UNESCO).
UNESCO, 2001: World Culture Report: Culture, Conflicts and Pluralism (Paris: UNESCO).
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Arizpe, L. (2013). Singularity and Micro-Regional Strategies in Intangible Cultural Heritage. In: Arizpe, L., Amescua, C. (eds) Anthropological Perspectives on Intangible Cultural Heritage. SpringerBriefs in Environment, Security, Development and Peace, vol 6. Springer, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-00855-4_2
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