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Showing 1 to 20 of 27 for “"Intangible cultural heritage"”.
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Intangible Cultural Heritage in Armed Conflict: An International Law Perspective
This thesis investigates the safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage (‘ICH’) under international law in armed conflict, addressing the seeming gap in existing legal frameworks. In general usage within international law, the term ‘cultural heritage’ is understood to comprise tangible as well as …
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It’s all relative: the small craft museum's contribution to intangible cultural heritage
The Heritage Crafts Association’s Radcliffe Red List of Endangered Crafts illustrates the importance of perpetuating the intangible cultural heritage of heritage crafts in the UK. This study considers the ways in which small craft museums contribute to the UK’s intangible cultural heritage. This is …
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Tradition, modelling, mechanisms: research on the path of intangible cultural heritage protection for fishermen's music culture in northern Jiangsu
… groups in northern Jiangsu in the context of Intangible Cultural Heritage. The paper selects three main projects in the cultural life of these fishermen, namely, the fishermen’s haozi, which reflects and expresses their basic way of labour; the paifu, an important boat-building technique; and …
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Religion, Heritage, and Power： Everyday Life in Contemporary China
… and Christian culture; and religion and intangible cultural heritage in contemporary China. This research found that both the practitioners of Chinese rituals and the Christian community deploy tactics to resist and negotiate with the hegemonic official culture through spatial and …
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Catching Shadows: The Exhibition of Intangible Heritage of Oceania in Lisa Reihana’s in Pursuit of Venus [infected]
… the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage in 2003 and the increased prevalence of decolonizing objectives in museums, curators have been faced with the challenge of how to exhibit intangible cultural …
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Integrating Futures: Culture Crates Hybrid Digital-Analog Methodology in the Advancement of Cultural Education and Preservation
… era of rapid globalization, the preservation of intangible cultural heritage through education is both crucial and necessary. This thesis explores culturally responsive learning and the innovative combination of hands-on and digital learning techniques introduced through "Culture Crate," an …
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District 1: Mapping memories of an erased space in a transforming post-apartheid city
… of Cape Town in South Africa, to establish the heritage value of the area and how it can be safeguarded. The area was desecrated because of the Group Areas Act, with a large portion of the historic urban landscape demolished and the community displaced to various parts of the Cape Flats1 . …
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Language and Museums: Supporting Alaska Native Languages Through Collaborative Networking
… documentation and preservation of language as intangible cultural heritage (ICH) because of the vital connection between language and culture. This thesis examines how museums in Alaska, particularly the Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center, Alaska Office, are supporting Alaska Native language and …
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Limassol Carnival Serenades: an approach to sustaining sound communities, safeguarding and cultural sustainability
… National Commission for UNESCO of Cyprus as an Intangible Cultural Heritage since 2015. It is the only known Carnival that includes the Serenaders, male choirs, within its celebrations. Originating in the Ionian islands, a Serenade is a harmonised love poem, traditionally sung by men in a waltz …
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Exploring Intimacy and Authenticity in Greek Folk Music Documentaries: A Hybrid Form of Ethnographic Filmmaking
… creating documentaries that resonate with cultural authenticity. Guided by the overarching question, how can documentary filmmaking integrate intimate, authentic narratives while preserving cultural heritage? The research articulates how the filmmaker’s autoethnographic lens enhances …
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Patterns of Identity: hand block printed and resist-dyed textiles of rural Rajasthan
… the preservation of craft knowledge as a form of intangible cultural heritage. The study is primarily located within the field of Indian textile and dress studies. It contributes to contemporary ethnographies of textile crafts through the detailed analysis of print and dye technologies, and, by …
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Archival time-based media : topologies of preservation and access
… have emerged as a growing area of concern for cultural institutions. Collectively, these media constitute a rich body of historical evidence and intangible cultural heritage whose varied physical and technological components incur a wide range of preservation needs. The current moment is also …
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A Meshrep in Our Home... Where There Is No Meshrep: Contrasting Narratives in the Reinvention of a Uyghur Gathering
… Uyghur meshrep gatherings to the UNESCO List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in 2010 has influenced the way the gathering is promoted and understood by different segments of Uyghur society. Interviews and conversations with Uyghurs in western China together with Uyghur academic articles show how …
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(Re)Turn to Stone
… under stone tiles. Stone is a vital part of the cultural fabric, holding both physical as well as intangible cultural heritage. During a period described as the Dark Age for the Byzantine Empire, Armenian masons developed advanced stone building techniques, producing a rich heritage of religious …
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Modernising Cantonese opera through contemporary sound production design
… It shares a strong inseparable historical and cultural background with Hong Kong. In 2009, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization classified Cantonese opera as a form of Intangible Cultural Heritage manifesting Cantonese opera’s importance. For the past four …
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Recovering evicted memories : an exploration of heritage policies, intangible heritage, and storytelling in Vancouver, BC
… the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage to officially recognize the value of non-physical heritage. Previously, established conservation standards focused on physical heritage, namely historic architecture, which generally reflected the values of western …
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The history and heritage of the Pinghu Pipa School
… 19th century to its contemporary status under intangible cultural heritage (ICH) safeguarding. Moving beyond narratives of linear progression or decline, this study asks: How has the Pinghu School sustained its cultural vitality across societal upheavals—spanning the late-Qing crisis, the New …
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Living heritage in the historic urban landscape: a case study of the Grand Parade Market
… Grand Parade to see if it constitutes living heritage. If it does, how is it connected with the urban landscape it inhabits, and how might it be acknowledged or safeguarded? Heritage practice in South Africa has long focused on the fabric of the historic built environment (not on the people …
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Revitalizing an indigenous musical tradition: a study of Korankye's approach to sustaining the seperewa musical tradition
The Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) convention of UNESCO is arguably the most powerful institutional voice in the field of conserving cultural practices on an international level. This initiative and other initiatives of UNESCO have become prominent guidelines and blueprints in international, …
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The transmission and transformation of traditional building crafts : an apprentice-style ethnography with drystone wallers in Italy
… times. Drystone walling is considered a valuable intangible cultural heritage, but at the same time is also particularly relevant today because of its widely recognised features in terms of sustainable management and relationship with the environment. This research explores the current importance …
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