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Garon, Jon M. --- "Localism as a Production Imperative: An Alternative Framework for Promoting Intangible Cultural Heritage" [2012] ELECD 702; in Pager, A. Sean; Candeub, Adam (eds), "Transnational Culture in the Internet Age" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2012)

Book Title: Transnational Culture in the Internet Age

Editor(s): Pager, A. Sean; Candeub, Adam

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN (hard cover): 9780857931337

Section: Chapter 15

Section Title: Localism as a Production Imperative: An Alternative Framework for Promoting Intangible Cultural Heritage

Author(s): Garon, Jon M.

Number of pages: 24

Extract:

15. Localism as a production
imperative: an alternative
framework for promoting intangible
cultural heritage
Jon M. Garon*

15.1 INTRODUCTION
[A]s I look over the grand drama of history . . . I am convinced that the world
is not a mere bog in which men and women trample themselves in the mire and
die. Something magnificent is taking place here amid the cruelties and tragedies,
and the supreme challenge to intelligence is that of making the noblest and best
in our curious heritage prevail. (Charles Austin Beard1)

Worldwide trends of increased connectivity and content-sharing have
changed the landscape for creative content throughout the world, but
they pose both opportunities and threats. One of the pillars of US tele-
communications policy had been the notion of localism ­ the legislative
goal of fostering local community expression and diversity of opinion
and content.2 Elsewhere different explanations for domestic policy often
sought to achieve similar goals. For example, the World Intellectual
Property Organization (WIPO) and the United Nations Educational,


* Prepared as part of the conference Bits Without Borders: Law,
Communications and Transnational Culture Flow in the Digital Age, Michigan
State University College of Law, September 24­25, 2010. Special thanks to Sean
Pager and Adam Candeub. Additional thanks go to many of the co-presenters at the
conference, David Post, Olufunmilayo B. Arewa, Barton Beebe, Kimberly Christen,
W. Wayne Fu, Daniel Gervais, Christoph B. Graber, James Grimmelmann, Mark
Schultz, Michal Shur-Ofry, Joseph Straubhaar, Mary W.S. Wong, and Steve
Wildman, who provided ...