The edited volume contains articles presented initially as papers on the 'New Moments in Conceptualizing Cultural Heritage: Theoretical Ideas and Practical Decisions' scholarly conference, held between 30 September and 2 October 2016 at the Institute of Ethnology and Folklore Studies with Ethnographic Museum - Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. The conference, which was part of the events dedicated to the 60th anniversary of Bulgaria's accession to UNESCO, was organized in collaboration with the Bulgarian National ICOMOS Committee, under the aegis and with the financial support of the Bulgarian National Commission for UNESCO.
The basic thematic units in the volume include theoretical understandings related to the interpretation and maintenance of cultural heritage; sharing of innovative ideas for the safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage or of the preservation of tangible cultural heritage; as well as articles dedicated to pertinent problems of the representation of cultural heritage in a museum and archival environment together with the national and regional experience in the implementation of cultural policies. During the conference the problems of tangible and intangible heritage were discussed by a wide circle of specialists with different professional background working in the field of ethnology, folklore studies, cultural studies, archaeology, art history, architecture, museology, restoration and conservation, philology, library studies, etc.
