Coster, Anne-Baukje (2020) A Sustainable Future for Frisian Folklore, opportunities and challenges for sustainable preservation of intangible cultural heritage and tourism in Friesland. Master thesis, Sustainable Entrepreneurship (SE).
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Abstract
This thesis explores opportunities and challenges faced by intangible cultural heritage communities in Friesland-Netherlands, when it comes to managing sustainable preservation and cultural tourism. The relevance of this qualitative research lies in exploring strategies to sustainably combine tourism, as a pressing sustainability issue, and heritage preservation in four distinctive Frisian intangible heritage communities. Utilising semi-structured interviewing, this research draws on developing research in the field of intangible cultural heritage protection and tourism by UNESCO and the Dutch Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage, defined as ‘sustainable safeguarding’. The biggest challenge appears finding ways to enthuse young community members and ensuring enough public and financial support to keep intangible heritage lively and interesting. Consequently, opportunities present themselves in modern technologies, experience creation and collaboration with local entrepreneurs, authorities and cultural institutions. Recommendations are founded on a basis of equity, encouraging further in-depth research into specific opportunity exploration for each individual heritage community.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Master) |
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| Name supervisor: | Jong, J.B.M. de |
| Date Deposited: | 16 Jun 2020 14:41 |
| Last Modified: | 08 Jul 2020 14:21 |
| URI: | https://campus-fryslan.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/37 |
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