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4. Mapping the profession of heritage interpreter 49 With Azcárate et al. (2009, 606 ff.) this model is renamed as “heritage value chain”, extending its scope to cultural heritage management modelling in general, and deploying seven operational stages that go as far as the analysis of heritage social and economic impact on society, among other effects. As this theoretical model helps us understand management, the value chain of cultural heritage might be extended to all heritage, to any of the forms in which heritage is usually presented, as it shows a logical order of its management where: · The work is arranged in order to show that the outcome of each stage is the nutrient that provides the knowledge and contents that allow to operate in subsequent stages. · A multidisciplinary process is illustrated, involving a broad spectrum of professionals. · Heritage interpretation is placed on the conceptual map of heritage management, at the final stages of the chain. XXI Conference of the Asociación para la Interpretación del Patrimonio, AIP. (Association for Heritage Interpre- tation). Seville, Spain 2022. Picture by AIP.