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2016

30/11/2016

2016 International Symposium on ICH Safeguarding in the Asia-Pacific Region held in Sakai

In celebration of IRCI’s fifth anniversary, the “2016 International Symposium on ICH Safeguarding in the Asia-Pacific Region: Transmitting Art and Spirit of ICH” was held on 19 November 2016 at Sun Square Sakai, Osaka, Japan. The public event attract…

30/11/2016

2016 IRCI Experts Meeting on Mapping Project for ICH Safeguarding in the Asia-Pacific Region held in Sakai (November 2016)

The “2016 IRCI Experts Meeting on Mapping Project for ICH Safeguarding in the Asia-Pacific Region” was held from 18 to 19 November 2016 at Sun Square Sakai, Osaka, Japan. A total of 25 ICH experts from 14 countries within the Asia-Pacific region atte…

21/11/2016

2nd Working Group Session held under the project “Preliminary Research on ICH Safeguarding and Disaster-Risk Management in the Asia-Pacific Region” (November 2016)

On 11 November 2016, IRCI organised the 2nd Working Group Session of the project “Preliminary Research on ICH Safeguarding and Disaster-Risk Management in the Asia-Pacific Region” at the Tokyo National Research Institute for Cultural Properties. The …

21/11/2016

Reconnaissance Survey in Vanuatu and Fiji for IRCI’s project on natural disasters (October 2016)

Since April 2016, IRCI has been implementing a new research project, “Preliminary Research on ICH Safeguarding and Disaster-Risk Management in the Asia-Pacific Region.” As an effort to understand the current situation of disaster-risk management (DRM…

20/10/2016

Attendance to ‘2016 Sub-Regional Meeting for Intangible Cultural Heritage Safeguarding in Northeast Asia’ held in Ulaanbaatar

The ‘2016 Sub-Regional Meeting for Intangible Cultural Heritage Safeguarding in Northeast Asia: The Role of the Media in Raising Awareness about Intangible Cultural Heritage’ was held in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia from 10-12 October 2016. Co-organised by …

07/10/2016

Fifth Governing Board Meeting of IRCI held in Osaka

The Fifth Governing Board Meeting of IRCI was held on 28 September 2016 at the Osaka International Convention Center. In addition to the 10 members of the governing board, 17 observers from 7 organisations such as the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Age…

01/09/2016

Update on Reports & Publications

The following document has been added to “Reports & Publications” and is available for download: Proceedings of 2015 IRCI Experts Meeting on Mapping Project for Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) Safeguarding in Asia and the Pacific (8-9 December…

27/07/2016

Attendance to International Council of Museums Conference in Milan

The International Council of Museums (ICOM) Conference, held once every three years, was held in Milan, Italy from 3-9 July 2016. From IRCI, Wataru Iwamoto (Director-General) and Takao Mishima (Chief Officer) attended this event. Regarding intangible…

27/07/2016

Launch of IRCI’s new research project focusing on natural disasters and ICH

Following the decision made at the 4th Governing Board Meeting (25 September 2015), IRCI adopted a new Medium-term Programme (2016-2020), which emphasises the theme of “ICH Safeguarding and Disaster Risk Management” as one of the activity focuses. Ac…

21/06/2016

4th Annual Coordination Meeting of Category 2 Centres Active in the Field of the Intangible Cultural Heritage held in Paris

IRCI participated in the Fourth Annual Meeting of Category 2 Centres under the auspices of UNESCO Active in the Field of the Intangible Cultural Heritage held at the UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, France on 4 June 2016, straight after the Sixth Sessio…

21/06/2016

IRCI was introduced at the Tokyo Symposium on Cultural Heritage

IRCI was introduced in the panel discussion at the Tokyo Symposium on Cultural Heritage (225 attendees) held on 14 May 2016 at Heiseikan, Tokyo National Museum. IRCI information panels were also displayed in the lobby. (Co-organisers: Sakai City, Nat…

21/06/2016

Mr. Teiichi Sato, former Administrative Vice Minister of Education, Science and Culture of Japan paid a visit to IRCI

Mr. Teiichi Sato, former Administrative Vice Minister of Education, Science and Culture of Japan and professor at International University of Health and Welfare, paid a visit to IRCI on 28 April 2016. As the then ambassador extraordinary and plenipot…

21/06/2016

Delegation of Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre in Thailand paid a visit to IRCI

The delegation of the Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre (SAC) in Thailand headed by Dr. Somsuda LEYAVANIJA (Executive Director) paid a visit to IRCI on 12 April 2016. From IRCI, Misako OHNUKI (Deputy Director-General), Shigeaki KODA…

21/06/2016

Updates on IRCI’s Research Database

Thanks to the researchers who participated in the literature survey that was conducted in FY 2015 under the Mapping Project, Research Database has been updated. The database now contains more than 1000 entries, and is enriched with information of re…

21/06/2016

Updates on Reports & Publications

The following document has been added to “Reports & Publications” and is available for download: IRCI Second International Workshop on the Study of Legal Systems Related to Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Greater Mekong Region (Toyama, Japan …

28/04/2016

New Director-General of IRCI

New Director-General of IRCI Mr. Wataru Iwamoto has been appointed as Director-General of IRCI, with the effect from 1 April 2016 to take over Mr. Akio Arata. IRCI is going to make further progresses on the implementation of its research projects und…

28/03/2016

The final meeting of the project on Vietnamese Dong Ho woodblock printing was held in Tokyo

IRCI has implemented since FY 2013 a research project titled Research for Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage at the Verge of Extinction: Vietnamese ICH Element Dong Ho Woodblock Printing in collaboration with Vietnam Institute for Cultural and…

28/03/2016

A researcher visited Singapore to present papers reflecting research projects of IRCI

Susan McIntyre-Tamwoy (a researcher who has been working for IRCI’s research projects) visited Singapore to present papers, which include the results of field research commissioned by IRCI. On 25 January 2016, she presented a paper on trans-border IC…

04/03/2016

Participation in the ICOMOS Colloquium

The ICOMOS Colloquium titled “Post-Trauma Reconstruction” was held on 4 March 2016 in Paris. Misako Ohnuki was invited to this colloquium to present a paper on “the pillars of recovery” reflecting the case studies in Sri Lanka and Timor-Leste on the …

29/02/2016

Presentation at the Japan Consortium for International Cooperation in Cultural Heritage (February 2016)

Shigeaki Kodama, Associate Fellow of IRCI, presented the results of IRCI’s Mapping Project in FY 2015 (Mapping Research for the Safeguarding of ICH in the Asia-Pacific Region) at the meeting of the subcommittee for planning of the Japan Consortium fo…

24/02/2016

Researchers visited Vietnam and Cambodia for enhancing the implementation of IRCI projects

For the purpose of strengthening the cooperative relationship with institutions and collecting information contributing to several IRCI projects including Study of Legal Systems Related to Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Greater Mekong Region, IR…

27/01/2016

A workshop on the Study of Legal Systems Related to Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Greater Mekong Region was held in Toyama Prefecture

“IRCI 2nd Workshop on the Study of Legal Systems Related to Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Greater Mekong Region” was held on 17-19 December 2015, at Toyama Prefectural Civic Centre in Toyama City. The workshop was attended by 23 exp…

26/01/2016

An international experts meeting of the Mapping Project was held in Bishkek (Kyrgyz Republic) (December 2015)

2015 IRCI Experts Meeting on Mapping Project for ICH Safeguarding in Asia and the Pacific was held on 8-9 December 2015 in Bishkek, the capital city of Kyrgyz Republic, as an activity under IRCI’s project, Mapping Research for the Safeguarding of ICH…

22/01/2016

Updates on Reports & Publications

Reports & Publications of IRCI website are updated. The PDF version of the report of the international researchers’ meeting convened in January 2013, “2013 IRCI Meeting on ICH Evaluating the Inscription Criteria for the Two of UNESCO’s Intangib…

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