Transmitting cultural heritage Communicating cultural heritage Promoting cultural heritage
Description:
Sharing language, history, crafts, technology myths, stories, artefacts, music, dance, foods, rituals [etc] which have been handed down over generations.
Claim:
Disseminating common heritage provides people a sense of identity as a group and continuity with a shared social vision.
Counter Claim:
1. Disseminating common heritage reinforces differences between groups, fuelling bigotry and social intolerance. 2. It also reinforces the status quo.