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We would like to invite you to submit your paper proposals to the panel ‘Heritage, beyond materiality: intangible cultural heritage, collaborative methodologies and imaginations of the future ‘(P063). The panel is part of the Royal Anthropological Institute(RAI)’s conference, The Art, Materiality and Representation, which will take place between the 1st and the 3rd of June 2018 at the British Museum, Clore Centre and SOAS, SenateHouse.The panel discusses the ways in which Intangible Cultural Heritage is defined, shaped and recognised by communities, researchers and policy-makers and the collaborations and creative (or not) frictions between them at local, national and international levels. Below you can find a more detailed overview of the panel and its scope.Abstract:This panel explores the relationship between Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH), collaborative methodologies and local identity construction. The analytical drive of this panel is that of looking at ideas of heritage not only through museum representation but through the practices themselves: the ways in which the 'immaterial' itself is constitutive of local and international representations of identity and belonging. Therefore, a central focus point is the shaping and understanding of ICH on a local level: the ways in which ICHs are defined, shaped and recognised by communities, local and interventional.A second aim of the panel is to better understand the collaborative relationships embedded within ICH knowledge-making in connection with the collaborative (and, at times, conflictual) relationships between the former and the practices of defining them as ICH.We therefore invite papers that engage critically with the ways in which ICHs are defined, shaped and reshaped locally, as well as with the political implications of these processes. Some questions to be explore can be: What are the consequences of economic and other forms of 'crisis' regarding ICH? How do members of local communities themselves shape the discourse surrounding practices and knowledge deemed as ICH as well as the forms of participation in ICH policy-making? Finally, can ICH be a platform through which a broader, global connection is established between communities sharing similar practices?We welcome both theoretical and ethnographic studies of ICH, with a particular focus placed on collaboration between local communities, researchers and policy-makers.*The Call for Papers is now open. It closes on 8 January 2018.*All proposals must be sent via the online form that can be found on thepanel page: http://nomadit.co.uk/rai/events/rai2018/conferencesuite.php/panels/6120Proposals should consist of a paper title, a (very) short abstract of 300characters and an abstract of 250 words. On submission the proposal, theproposing author will receive automated email confirming receipt. If you donot receive this email, please first check the login environment (clicklogin on the left on the conference website) to see if your proposal isthere. If it is, it simply means confirmation got spammed or lost; and ifit is not, it means you need re-submit, as process went wrong somewhere.Proposals will be marked as pending until the end of the Call for papers.Decisions on the papers proposed will be communicated by 20 January 2018.If you have any questions about the panel or the submission process, please do not hesitate to contact one of the panel convenors belowMany thanks,The convenorsRaluca Roman (University of St Andrews), rr44@st-andrews.ac.ukPanas Karampampas (EHESS), p.karampampas@ehess.fr