Cultural Heritage

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MT (MicroThesaurus): subset of a thesaurus, usually containing terms from a subject area narrower than the scope of the whole thesaurus;
NT (Narrower Term): used to indicate the relationship of the generic concept to a more specific one, together with an indication of the number of hierarchical steps between the broader term and each narrower term;
RT (Related Term): preferred label for a concept that has an associative relationship with the one in question.

28 Social questions

MT 2831 culture and religion

cultural policy
NT1 culture industry
NT1 cultural event
NT1 museum
NT1 cultural heritage
NT2 work of art
NT2 customs and traditions
NT2 architectural heritage
NT2 cultural object
NT2 art trade
NT2 monument
NT2 historic site
NT1 artistic creation
NT1 heritage protection
NT1 cultural relations
NT1 patronage
NT1 literary and artistic property
NT1 cultural transmission
NT1 cultural promotion
arts
NT1 fine arts
NT2 architecture
NT2 painting
NT2 sculpture
culture

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Handbook of the Economics of Art and Culture

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