When I was invited to participate in the symposium ‘Authentic Change in the Transmission of Intangible Cultural Heritage’ I was asked to speak on the role of ‘outsiders’ in community-based cultural heritage preservation efforts, and specifically my work with the Dayak Ikat Weaving Project based in Sintang, West Kalimantan, Indonesia. The invitation gave me the opportunity to survey the scholarly literature on change and authenticity in traditional arts and to examine the degree to which the Project’s strategies represent current thinking on these topics.
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