Category Archives: Outreach

What did Confucius eat? China’s struggle with culinary heritage

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By Philipp Demgenski

Paper presented at the American Folklore Society 2017 Annual Conference in Minneapolis, USA, October 18-21, 2017.

Panel: Traditions in Transition: Intangible Cultural Heritage in Asia

Abstract:

In this paper, I focus on the example of Confucian Family Cuisine (kongfu cai), which was selected as a potential nomination for the UNESCO ICH list, but which also remains strikingly unknown to the general Chinese public. The case reflects a struggle at national and local level, among and within different heritage bodies to get the UNESCO label attached to elements of Chinese cuisine. My paper illustrates some of the frictions that exist at the nodes where a global (food) heritage regime intersects with national and local heritage policies and discourses and also reflects upon some general problems pertaining to the meaning and purpose of food as ICH.

ICH and development: a controversial relationship

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Paper presented at the International Academy on UNESCO Designations and Sustainable Development, UN Campus, Turin, 8-13 October 2017.

The Academy consists in a mix of lectures, working sessions, seminars and debates, together with visits and meetings with relevant stakeholders. Local case studies have been selected considering their specifi
c relevance and their capacity to show good practices in relation to the role of cultural and natural resources towards the attainment UN Agenda 2030 Sustainable Development Goals.

Safeguarding measures for the recognized ICH

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By Morena Salama and Natalia Brayner

This panel will be held on June 21st , in Ouro Preto (Minas Gerais, Brazil) during the Seminar “ Intangible Cultural Heritage – impacts and repercussions from the recognition”, organized by IPHAN, The National Institute of Historical and Artistic Heritage. This seminar is part of the 50th Edition of Winter Festival of Ouro Preto. The panel will explore the implementation of safeguarding measures for intangible elements declared as national cultural heritage. Having in mind the measures carried out by IPHAN from 2004 to 2014, Salama will present the construction, application and the findings of the methodology for the evaluation and monitoring of the safeguarding processes set after an element is recognized as national cultural heritage.

For more information and the Seminar Programme (in Portuguese): http://festivaldeinverno.feop.com.br/evento/206

Atelier sur la mise en œuvre de la Convention de l’Unesco pour la sauvegarde du patrimoine culturel immatériel

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img_424224-28 octobre, Saint-Denis de la Réunion

L’objectif de cet atelier, organisé par le Centre Français du Patrimoine culturel immatériel en collaboration avec la Région Réunion et avec le soutien du ministère de la Culture et de la Communication, est de familiariser les participants avec les principes et les mécanismes de la Convention pour la sauvegarde du patrimoine culturel immatériel.

Les participants à la formation sont les acteurs impliqués dans la pratique, transmission, gestion et mise en valeur du patrimoine immatériel : fonctionnaires, étudiants, professionnels du patrimoine, représentants d’associations, spécialistes de la communication et porteurs du patrimoine.