Premier Forum de chercheurs du PCI: Recent Episodes
Maison des Cultures du Monde
The Convention for the safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (hereinafter referred to as the “ICH-Convention”) and its Operational Directives recommend the involvement of experts of ICH in the implementation of the ICH-Convention. And indeed, many researchers in the domains of ICH and its safeguarding from the South and the North as well as from the West and the East have come to the various meetings of the organs of the ICH-Convention. However those unique opportunities so far have not been utilized for involving researchers, or for discussing relevant research topics in a systematic way during or in the margin of those meetings, although well targeted research in the various domains of the ICH and its safeguarding is a prerequisite for a sound development of the ICH-Convention. Thus some experts took the initiative to organize a Forum of ICH Researchers as well as a first meeting of this Forum that in principle is to take place as a side-event before the biannual meetings of the General Assembly. The Forum is meant to be an open space where experts present their views, analyze the implementation of the ICH Convention so far and engage in discussion on topics that may further the development of the Convention.
Identifying future directions for research FORUM: How to identify priority areas for research?
Opening by Harriet Deacon
• Documentation as a Tool for Safeguarding Community’s Intangible Cultural Heritage by Misako Ohnuki, Deputy Director, International
Research Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage in Asia and the Pacific Region (IRCI) (Japan)
• Tracking current research relevant to the implementation of the Convention by Harriet Deacon, Hon. Research Fellow, University of
Cape Town (South Africa)
• Identifying future directions for research by Chiara Bortolotto, Marie Curie Fellow, Laboratoire d’Anthropologie des Mondes Contemporains, Free University Brussels (Belgium/Italy)
Tracking current research relevant to the implementation of the Convention FORUM: How to identify priority areas for research?
Opening by Harriet Deacon
• Documentation as a Tool for Safeguarding Community’s Intangible Cultural Heritage by Misako Ohnuki, Deputy Director, International
Research Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage in Asia and the Pacific Region (IRCI) (Japan)
• Tracking current research relevant to the implementation of the Convention by Harriet Deacon, Hon. Research Fellow, University of
Cape Town (South Africa)
• Identifying future directions for research by Chiara Bortolotto, Marie Curie Fellow, Laboratoire d’Anthropologie des Mondes Contemporains, Free University Brussels (Belgium/Italy)
FORUM: How to identify priority areas for research?
Opening by Harriet Deacon
• Documentation as a Tool for Safeguarding Community’s Intangible Cultural Heritage by Misako Ohnuki, Deputy Director, International
Research Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage in Asia and the Pacific Region (IRCI) (Japan)
• Tracking current research relevant to the implementation of the Convention by Harriet Deacon, Hon. Research Fellow, University of
Cape Town (South Africa)
• Identifying future directions for research by Chiara Bortolotto, Marie Curie Fellow, Laboratoire d’Anthropologie des Mondes Contemporains, Free University Brussels (Belgium/Italy)
Beyond tradition: customary views about the ownership of intangible cultural heritage 2nd session: Community participation in the safeguarding of their ICH under the Convention
Chaired by Toshiyuki Kono
• The relation between communities and their living culture as represented in audiovisual files by Wim van Zanten, Ethnomusicologist,
University of Leiden (the Netherlands)
• Communities and the Contested Politics of Representation by Kristin Kuutma, Professor, University of Tartu (Estonia)
• Cultural brokerage, heritage communities and safeguarding programs by Marc Jacobs, Director of the Flemish Interface Center for
Cultural Heritage; Professor, Free University Brussels (Belgium)
• Beyond tradition: customary views about the ownership of intangible cultural heritage by Antonio Arantes, Professor, State University
of Campinas (Brazil)
Cultural brokerage, heritage communities and safeguarding programs
2nd session: Community participation in the safeguarding of their ICH under the Convention
Chaired by Toshiyuki Kono
• The relation between communities and their living culture as represented in audiovisual files by Wim van Zanten, Ethnomusicologist,
University of Leiden (the Netherlands)
• Communities and the Contested Politics of Representation by Kristin Kuutma, Professor, University of Tartu (Estonia)
• Cultural brokerage, heritage communities and safeguarding programs by Marc Jacobs, Director of the Flemish Interface Center for
Cultural Heritage; Professor, Free University Brussels (Belgium)
• Beyond tradition: customary views about the ownership of intangible cultural heritage by Antonio Arantes, Professor, State University
of Campinas (Brazil)
Communities and the Contested Politics of Representation 2nd session: Community participation in the safeguarding of their ICH under the Convention
Chaired by Toshiyuki Kono
• The relation between communities and their living culture as represented in audiovisual files by Wim van Zanten, Ethnomusicologist,
University of Leiden (the Netherlands)
• Communities and the Contested Politics of Representation by Kristin Kuutma, Professor, University of Tartu (Estonia)
• Cultural brokerage, heritage communities and safeguarding programs by Marc Jacobs, Director of the Flemish Interface Center for
Cultural Heritage; Professor, Free University Brussels (Belgium)
• Beyond tradition: customary views about the ownership of intangible cultural heritage by Antonio Arantes, Professor, State University
of Campinas (Brazil)
The relation between communities and their living culture as represented in audiovisual files 2nd session: Community participation in the safeguarding of their ICH under the Convention
Chaired by Toshiyuki Kono
• The relation between communities and their living culture as represented in audiovisual files by Wim van Zanten, Ethnomusicologist,
University of Leiden (the Netherlands)
• Communities and the Contested Politics of Representation by Kristin Kuutma, Professor, University of Tartu (Estonia)
• Cultural brokerage, heritage communities and safeguarding programs by Marc Jacobs, Director of the Flemish Interface Center for
Cultural Heritage; Professor, Free University Brussels (Belgium)
• Beyond tradition: customary views about the ownership of intangible cultural heritage by Antonio Arantes, Professor, State University
of Campinas (Brazil)
Reflections on the criteria for inclusion on both lists of intangible cultural heritage 1st session:Interpretation of the criteria for inscription on the lists and the register of the Convention
Chaired by Chérif Khaznadar
• Knowledge for safeguarding intangible heritage and creativity by Lourdes Arizpe, President, Technical Committee, National Commission
on intangible cultural heritage of Mexico; the Chair of the Commission on Intangible Cultural Heritage of the International
Social Science Council (Mexico)
• The Committee and its Bodies by Rieks Smeets, Consultant; Former chief of the ICH section of UNESCO (the Netherlands)
• The national inventory and the fifth criterion of two lists of intangible cultural heritage by Öcal Oguz, Professor, Gazi University
(Turkey)
• Reflections on the criteria for inclusion on both lists of intangible cultural heritage by Ahmed Skounti, Anthropologist, Institut National
des Sciences de l’Archéologie et du Patrimoine (INSAP) (Morocco)
INTRODUCTION
Opening by Toshiyuki Kono, Professor, Kyushu University (Japan)
Opening address by Cécile Duvelle, Chief of the ICH section, UNESCO
Key Note Speech, Ten Years after – Pandora’s Box, by Chérif Khaznadar, President, Maison des Cultures du Monde (France)
The national inventory and the fifth criterion of two lists of intangible cultural heritage
1st session:Interpretation of the criteria for inscription on the lists and the register of the Convention
Chaired by Chérif Khaznadar
• Knowledge for safeguarding intangible heritage and creativity by Lourdes Arizpe, President, Technical Committee, National Commission
on intangible cultural heritage of Mexico; the Chair of the Commission on Intangible Cultural Heritage of the International
Social Science Council (Mexico)
• The Committee and its Bodies by Rieks Smeets, Consultant; Former chief of the ICH section of UNESCO (the Netherlands)
• The national inventory and the fifth criterion of two lists of intangible cultural heritage by Öcal Oguz, Professor, Gazi University
(Turkey)
• Reflections on the criteria for inclusion on both lists of intangible cultural heritage by Ahmed Skounti, Anthropologist, Institut National
des Sciences de l’Archéologie et du Patrimoine (INSAP) (Morocco)
The Committee and its Bodies
1st session: Interpretation of the criteria for inscription on the lists and the register of the Convention
Chaired by Chérif Khaznadar
• Knowledge for safeguarding intangible heritage and creativity by Lourdes Arizpe, President, Technical Committee, National Commission
on intangible cultural heritage of Mexico; the Chair of the Commission on Intangible Cultural Heritage of the International
Social Science Council (Mexico)
• The Committee and its Bodies by Rieks Smeets, Consultant; Former chief of the ICH section of UNESCO (the Netherlands)
• The national inventory and the fifth criterion of two lists of intangible cultural heritage by Öcal Oguz, Professor, Gazi University
(Turkey)
• Reflections on the criteria for inclusion on both lists of intangible cultural heritage by Ahmed Skounti, Anthropologist, Institut National
des Sciences de l’Archéologie et du Patrimoine (INSAP) (Morocco)
Knowledge for safeguarding intangible heritage and creativity
1st session:Interpretation of the criteria for inscription on the lists and the register of the Convention
Chaired by Chérif Khaznadar
• Knowledge for safeguarding intangible heritage and creativity by Lourdes Arizpe, President, Technical Committee, National Commission
on intangible cultural heritage of Mexico; the Chair of the Commission on Intangible Cultural Heritage of the International
Social Science Council (Mexico)
• The Committee and its Bodies by Rieks Smeets, Consultant; Former chief of the ICH section of UNESCO (the Netherlands)
• The national inventory and the fifth criterion of two lists of intangible cultural heritage by Öcal Oguz, Professor, Gazi University
(Turkey)
• Reflections on the criteria for inclusion on both lists of intangible cultural heritage by Ahmed Skounti, Anthropologist, Institut National
des Sciences de l’Archéologie et du Patrimoine (INSAP) (Morocco)