:Social scientists are increasingly approaching the World Heritage Committee itself as an entry-point to understanding global heritage processes and phenomena. This article explores the subject of human rights in the operations of the World Heritage Committee—the decision-making body established by the 1972 UNESCO World Heritage Convention. It seeks to address the epistemological and methodological implications of approaching the World Heritage Committee as a point of departure for understanding global heritage and rights dynamics. It builds on an “event ethnography” undertaken by the authors to understand how rights discourse appeared in multiple contexts during the Thirty-Ninth World Heritage Committee session held in Bonn, Germany, in June 2015.In this article, we discuss the methodological and ontological implications of studying rights discourses in the context of World Heritage events and processes. We have a particular interest in the interplay of formal and informal dynamics, revealing the entangled and multi-sited processes that shape and are shaped by the annual event. While much of the debate and analysis in heritage studies is understandably concerned with formal decision-making processes and position-taking, this work demonstrates the significance of a range of informal dynamics in appreciating future possibilities.

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在世界遗产委员会探讨人权：捕捉全球遗产进程中的情境对话、复杂性和活力

: 社会科学家越来越多地将世界遗产委员会本身作为了解全球遗产进程和现象的切入点。本文探讨了世界遗产委员会（根据 1972 年联合国教科文组织世界遗产公约设立的决策机构）运作中的人权主题。它旨在解决将世界遗产委员会作为理解全球遗产和权利动态的出发点的认识论和方法论影响。它建立在作者进行的“事件民族志”的基础上，以了解权利话语在 2015 年 6 月在德国波恩举行的第 39 届世界遗产委员会会议期间如何在多种背景下出现。在本文中，我们讨论了在世界遗产事件和过程的背景下研究权利话语的方法论和本体论意义。我们对正式和非正式动态的相互作用特别感兴趣，揭示了年度活动塑造和塑造的纠缠和多点过程。虽然遗产研究中的大部分辩论和分析都关注正式的决策过程和立场，但这项工作证明了一系列非正式动态在评估未来可能性方面的重要性。