ABOUT BOOK

This chapter deliberately ranges across disciplines because we wish to move ~towards a better understanding of the notion of performance in relation to ~ICH, where both terms are inherently transdisciplinary. We fi rst examine the ~concept of performance as it is understood in Theatre and Performance Studies, ~focussing on those aspects which are pertinent to ICH – embodiment, liminality ~and effi cacy. Second, we turn to Heritage Studies and outline how ideas ~of and about performance shape our understanding of heritage and its sociocultural ~dimensions. Thirdly, and fi nally, we investigate aspects of the tension ~between the performance of and the research on ICH through the lens of ~ethnomusicology, a discipline that is shaped by the tensions between the wealth ~of tacit cultural knowledge acquired by learning to perform works of ICH and ~the need to communicate such knowledge in research outputs.