2020 World Forum for Intangible Cultural Heritage: "Human, Nature, and Intangible Cultural Heritage"
2020-09-23
The 「2020 World Forum for Intangible Cultural Heritage」 hosted by the National Intangible Heritage Center (Director Yeon-Soo Kim) and organized by UNESCO ICHCAP (Diretor-General Gi Hyung Keum) is to be held online for three days from September 23 to September 25, with global environmental and intangible cultural heritage experts gathering in one place.
ICH Webinar Series on Higher Education to End with a Session on Curriculum Development for ICH Safeguarding
2020-09-22
Session IV of the ICH Webinar Series will be held on 12 August 2020 at 16:00-17:30 (KST). Co-organized by ICHCAP and the UNESCO Bangkok Office, the series has been unearthing talking points and issues about the integration of living heritage into higher education since its inaugural session in June 2020.
Director-General of IRCI performed at the webinar held by ICHCAP
2020-09-22
Mr IWAMOTO Wataru, Director-General of IRCI, played a role of a moderator at the webinar held by ICHCAP (UNESCO C2 Center in Republic of Korea) on August 12th, 2020. The webinar was held under the theme of “Inter-regional Field Experience on Curriculum Development for ICH Safeguarding”.
The eighth General Assembly of UNESCO's Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage to start under unusual circumstances
2020-09-22
The eighth session of the General Assembly will start on 8 September under very particular conditions imposed by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Five communities in Western Uganda participated in documenting and revitalizing Empaako intangible cultural heritage
2020-09-22
In 2017, the Tooro Youth Platform for Action (Engabu Z Tooro) started working with five communities in Western Uganda to revitalize and document ceremonies and practices associated with the Empaako naming system, inscribed on the Urgent Safeguarding List in December 2013, with the support of a UNESCO grant from the Intangible Cultural Heritage Fund. During the last three years, the comprehensive and community-driven process documented knowledge on ceremonies, rituals and practices associated with the Empaako naming system and the meaning, social values and philosophy of the practice for the practitioners who live with the reality of this heritage.
Amid COVID 19, UNESCO Peru defines new ways to inventory living heritage with communities in Ayacucho
2020-08-13
The call for participation in the pilot project 'Community-based inventorying of intangible cultural heritage in the urban context of Ayacucho, Peru' attracted hundreds of applicants.
Eighth session of the General Assembly for the 2003 Convention
2020-08-13
The eighth session of the General Assembly of the States Parties to the 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage will be held at UNESCO Headquarters from 8 to 10 September 2020.
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SDGs (Education) and ICH Project – Guidelines (English) Published
2020-08-13
IRCI, in cooperation with the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology (VME), and the Vietnam Institute of Educational Sciences (VNIES) has conducted the project that aims to contribute SDG4 (Quality education) by incorporating intangible cultural heritage (ICH) into formal education from FY 2018 to FY 2019.
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