Policy empowerment and space activation: a blockchain-driven path to community-based activation of folk intangible cultural heritage—An interpretation and pathway design of the "bazaar/performance market" mechanism based on Foucault's critique of power

Hantong Yu

doi:10.54254/2753-7102/2026.31612

Hantong Yu^*

Winchester School of Art, University of Southampton, Park Ave, Winchester SO23 8DL, United Kingdom

^* Corresponding author: hy2y25@soton.ac.uk

Published: 2 February 2026

DOI: https://doi.org/10.54254/2753-7102/2026.31612

Abstract

Against the backdrop of China's current realities—namely the supply of community physical infrastructure, the orientation of cultural and creative economic policies, and the persistently high vacancy rates of community-use spaces—this study focuses on the core profit logic and practical feasibility of implementing folk Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) within community settings. Integrating local and nationally representative ICH resources such as Jinzhou paper-cutting and Jingdezhen ceramics, together with four UNESCO-recognized elements—Kunqu Opera, the Twenty-Four Solar Terms, traditional Chinese tea-making techniques, and Guqin music—the study takes multi-city practices in Jinzhou, Beijing, and Chengdu as empirical samples. Employing a mixed-methods approach that combines policy analysis, multiple case studies, spatial assessment, and quantitative statistical analysis, the research systematically examines the three-dimensional advantages of "policy–resources–demand" and the logic of blockchain-enabled empowerment. The findings indicate that without sustainable profit support, community-based cultural economies cannot be effectively realized or maintained. The establishment of a closed-loop industrial chain integrating "cultural institutions + market-oriented operations + industry–academia–research collaboration," together with blockchain functions such as value attribution and process traceability, constitutes the key to overcoming implementation barriers and bottlenecks in scalable replication. Accordingly, this study proposes an integrated six-dimensional implementation framework—"policy guidance, spatial activation, multi-stakeholder collaboration, resource integration, blockchain empowerment, and closed-loop industrial development"—to provide theoretical support and practical reference for the living transmission of intangible cultural heritage and the revitalization of grassroots cultural economies.

Keywords: folk intangible cultural heritage , community implementation , cultural economy blockchain , profit support , scalable replication , UNESCO intangible cultural heritage , mixed-methods research

ASBR Vol.17 , Issue 2

ISSN (Print): 2753-7102

ISSN (Online): 2753-7110

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Received: 30 January 2026

Published: 2 February 2026

DOI: https://doi.org/10.54254/2753-7102/2026.31612

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Yu,H. (2026). Policy empowerment and space activation: a blockchain-driven path to community-based activation of folk intangible cultural heritage—An interpretation and pathway design of the "bazaar/performance market" mechanism based on Foucault's critique of power. Advances in Social Behavior Research,17(2),46-53.

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