:Intangible cultural heritage elements are shared across state borders. In many instances, states join in multinational nominations to inscribe the heritage element in a way that reflects this reality. But, at times, states are unwilling or unable to cooperate in a mutual nomination that reflects the shared nature of the heritage element. The consequence of this is that heritage elements can then be nominated by individual states without any reflection of the multinational or cross-border nature of the element; thus leaving the heritage elements shorn of this aspect of their nature. The current international heritage legal regime, through the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, does not adequately acknowledge or address this problem. This article, through a case study of the successful nomination by Azerbaijan of the horseback game of chovqan, examines the causes and consequences of these “fractured resemblances.” It analyzes the links between cultural heritage, conflict, and the use of heritage as a form of soft power. It focuses on the use of single-state inscription as a soft-power means of obtaining international prestige and support and the resultant effects on shared cultural heritage elements. From this, suggestions for changes to international heritage laws for the inscription of cultural heritage are suggested to accommodate the reality of the connection between cultural heritage, conflict, and power and to avoid the occurrence of “fractured resemblances” of heritage shared across state lines.

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“断裂的相似之处”：有争议的跨国遗产和软实力

：非物质文化遗产元素跨越国界共享。在许多情况下，国家加入多国提名，以反映这一现实的方式铭刻遗产元素。但是，有时，各州不愿意或无法在反映遗产元素共同性质的相互提名中进行合作。这样做的结果是遗产元素可以由个别国家提名，而无需反映该元素的多国或跨国性质；从而使遗产元素失去了其性质的这一方面。目前通过联合国教育、科学及文化组织的国际遗产法律制度并没有充分承认或解决这个问题。本文，乔夫坎，检查这些“断裂的相似性”的原因和后果。它分析了文化遗产、冲突和将遗产用作软实力形式之间的联系。它侧重于将单一国家铭文用作获得国际声望和支持的软实力手段，以及由此产生的对共享文化遗产元素的影响。据此，建议修改关于文化遗产登记的国际遗产法，以适应文化遗产、冲突和权力之间联系的现实，避免发生跨州共享遗产的“断裂相似”。