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2023

27/12/2023

Online Seminar ‘SYNERGIZING CULTURAL HERITAGE IN THE MULTICULTURAL URBAN CONTEXT OF GEORGE TOWN’ to be held on 22 January 2024

IRCI’s Asia-Pacific Research Forum for ICH Safeguarding is hosting the sixth online seminar for safeguarding intangible cultural heritage (ICH) in the Asia-Pacific region on 22 January 2024, inviting Ms ANG Ming Chee, General Manager of the George To…

30/11/2023

The 12th Governing Board Meeting of IRCI

The 12th meeting of the Governing Board of IRCI was held online on 21 November 2023. The meeting was attended by ten members of the Governing Board and observers including Mr. KONO Toshiyuki, Senior Fellow, representatives from the Agency for Cultura…

15/11/2023

Special Online Seminar ‘20 Years of the 2003 Convention: Retrospect and Prospect’ was held

IRCI’s Asia-Pacific Research Forum for ICH Safeguarding hosted the special online seminar entitled ‘20 YEARS OF THE 2003 CONVENTION: RETROSPECT AND PROSPECT’ on 25 October and 1 November 2023, as a part of UNESCO’s celebration for the 20th Anniversar…

10/11/2023

Call for Case Studies on Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage and Climate Actions from Asia-Pacific Region

UNESCO is inviting interested teams and individuals to submit case studies from Asia and the Pacific that illustrate the roles of and risks to intangible cultural heritage (ICH), as well as strategies for safeguarding ICH in the context of climate ch…

02/11/2023

Panel Exhibition ‘ICH Resilience amid COVID-19 Pandemic’ (7 November 2023–31 March2024)

In cooperation with the Sakai City Museum, IRCI holds a panel exhibition ‘ICH Resilience amid COVID-19 Pandemic’*. This exhibition aims to disseminate the outcomes of the IRCI’s project ‘Research on ICH Safeguarding and Affected by the COVID-19 Pand…

19/10/2023

Final Workshop of the Research on ICH Safeguarding and Disaster Risk Management Project was held in Nara (27-29 September 2023)

IRCI held the Final Workshop of the IRCI project ‘Research on ICH Safeguarding and Disaster Risk Management’ (FY 2020–2023) in Nara from 27 to 29 September 2023. The workshop was co-organized with the Cultural Heritage Disaster Risk Management Center…

18/10/2023

Keynote lecture on the Fusion of Intangible and Tangible heritage is now available online

A keynote lecture titled ‘Fusion of “Intangible” and “Tangible”’ by Mr Motonaka Makoto, Director General of Nara National Research Institutes for Cultural Properties, Japan, is now available on IRCI’s official YouTube channel. This lecture was given …

13/10/2023

Special Online Seminar ‘TWENTY YEARS OF THE 2003 CONVENTION: RETROSPECT AND PROSPECT’ to be held on 25 October & 1 November 2023

To mark the 20th Anniversary of the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (the 2003 Convention), IRCI’s Asia-Pacific Research Forum for ICH Safeguarding is hosting the special online seminar entitled ‘TWENTY YEARS OF THE…

05/10/2023

IRCI attended the Conference “Harmony of Tangible and Intangible Cultural Heritage” in Uzbekistan (September 2023)

The International Scientific and Practical Conference “Harmony of Tangible and Intangible Cultural Heritage” was held on 9 September 2023 in Bukhara, Uzbekistan, jointly by the “Umrboqiy Meros” Center for Propaganda of Culture and Art of …

05/10/2023

Notice: Temporary Suspension of Website and Database is Over

The website and databases were temporarily unavailable due to temporary maintenance from 21 September at 12:00 until 3 October at 16:00(JST). We apologize for any inconvenience caused during the maintenance period.

15/09/2023

IRCI attended “Nomads” World Cultural Festival in Mongolia (18-20 August 2023)

Invited by the Minister of Culture of Mongolia, MACHIDA Daisuke, Director-General of IRCI, and YU Le, Associate Fellow, took part in the “Nomads” World Cultural Festival held in Nalaikh District, Ulaanbaatar during 18–20 August 2023. This festival wa…

15/09/2023

Asia-Pacific Regional Conference ‘ICH Resilience and the COVID-19 Pandemic’ was held in Osaka (27–29 July 2023)

Asia-Pacific Regional Conference ‘ICH Resilience and the COVID-19 Pandemic’ was held in Osaka from 27 to 29 July 2023 to conclude IRCI’s project ‘Research on ICH Affected by the COVID-19 Pandemic’ (FY 2021–2023). The project started with a questionna…

23/08/2023

‘IRCI Brochure 2023’ is now published

The IRCI Brochure 2023 (PDF version) is now available. This brochure with renewed design introduces the latest research projects and past activities of IRCI with various pictures. You can download the PDF version by clicking the image below.

04/08/2023

IRCI visited George Town, Malaysia (July 2023)

Being invited by the George Town World Heritage Incorporated (GTWHI), which is in cooperation with IRCI under the project “Research on ICH Contributing to SDGs –Intangible Cultural Heritage for Sustainable Cities and Communities”, two staff members o…

06/07/2023

IRCI Attended the National Webinar on Kazakhstan Intangible Cultural Heritage (June 2023)

IRCI participated as a supporting organization in the Kazakhstan National Webinar “Kazakhstan Intangible Cultural Heritage: Perspectives of Gaining New Academic Knowledge using the Accumulated Bibliographic and Museum Funds” on 26 June 2023. This web…

29/06/2023

<3 July 2023> Notice of Website Maintenance

We would like to inform you about upcoming website maintenance scheduled for the following date and time: 【Maintenance Schedule】3 July 2023 (Monday) 9:00-12:00 (JST)　(scheduled) During this maintenance period, you may experience temporary unavailabil…

15/06/2023

UNESCO’s animation series on ICH and education now available in Japanese

UNESCO Animation series: Teaching and Learning with Intangible Cultural Heritage in Asia and the Pacific are added with a new Japanese-subtitled version. IRCI has contributed to the Japanese translation of these video clips. Please visit the followin…

01/05/2023

IRCI official YouTube channel launched

IRCI is pleased to announce that it has just launched an official YouTube channel to enhance its outreach activities. To begin with, video recordings of three online seminars for safeguarding ICH in the Asia-Pacific region held in FY 2022 are made av…

19/04/2023

New Director-General of IRCI

We are pleased to announce that Mr MACHIDA Daisuke has been appointed as the new Director-General of IRCI, effective from 1st April 2023, succeeding Mr IWAMOTO Wataru. We are confident that under Mr MACHIDA’s leadership, IRCI will continue to f…

06/04/2023

Booklet on intangible cultural heritage affected by the COVID-19 pandemic is published online (March 2023)

The booklet ‘ICH Resilience amid COVID-19 Pandemic’ compiling the results of the questionnaire survey conducted in FY 2021 under IRCI’s project ‘Research on ICH Affected by the COVID-19 Pandemic’ (FY 2021-2023) is now available online. This booklet i…

29/03/2023

The second and the third online seminars for safeguarding ICH in the Asia-Pacific region were held on 17 and 23 March 2023

The online seminar for safeguarding ICH in the Asia-Pacific region launched in December 2022 aims to address various issues and the latest trends in ICH research in the Asia-Pacific region. Its second and third seminars were held on 17 and 23 March 2…

29/03/2023

IRCI visited Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan (13-17 March 2023)

Within the ongoing ‘Sustainable Research Data Collection for ICH Safeguarding: Focusing on Central Asia and Small Island Developing States’ project (FY 2022–2024), IRCI Associate Fellows Inoue Aina and Dudko Anastasia visited Uzbekistan and Kazakhsta…

29/03/2023

IRCI visited the Maldives (8–9 March 2023)

Director-General Mr Iwamoto Wataru and Ms Sasaki Kazue, a staff member of the International Research Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region (IRCI) visited the Maldives during 8 – 9 March 2023 to develop its cooperative par…

24/03/2023

IRCI held a Working Session for Collecting Research Information Related to ICH and Its Safeguarding targeting SIDS (21 February 2023, Online)

IRCI held an online working session inviting cooperating institutions in Small Island Developing States (SIDS) under the project “Sustainable Research Data Collection for ICH Safeguarding: Focusing on Central Asia and Small Island Developing States” …

14/03/2023

IRCI visited Indonesia (5–17 January 2023)

IRCI is currently conducting field research in seven countries in the Asia-Pacific region for the Research on ICH Safeguarding and Disaster Risk Management project (FY2020–2023). As part of this research activity, Ms OKABE Masami, Associate Fellow of…

07/03/2023

The third online seminar for safeguarding ICH in the Asia-Pacific region will be held on 23 March 2023

The online seminars for safeguarding ICH in the Asia-Pacific region launched in December 2022 aim to address various issues and latest trends in ICH research in the Asia-Pacific region. Its third seminar will be held on 23 March 2023. Inviting presen…

27/02/2023

The project team of the Korean National Commission for UNESCO visits IRCI

On 17 February 2023, five project members of the Korean National Commission for UNESCO, which consists of delegates from Mokpo National University, Incheon National University, Seoul National University and Sogang University, South Korea, visited IRC…

22/02/2023

The second online seminar for safeguarding ICH in the Asia-Pacific region will be held on 17 March 2023

As the first programme offered by ‘Asia-Pacific Research Forum for ICH Safeguarding’, online seminar series addressing various issues and latest trends in ICH research in the Asia-Pacific region was launched by IRCI in December 2022. Its second semin…

22/02/2023

ICH’s contribution to SDGs project: the first international symposium was held (February 2023)

The International Research Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region (IRCI) held the first symposium in Nara, Japan on 1–2 February 2023 as a kick-off event of its new project “Research on ICH Contributing to SDGs – Intangibl…

16/02/2023

IRCI Director-General Joins UNESCO’s Regional Consultations for Culture and Arts Education

Iwamoto Wataru, Director-General of IRCI participated as a panelist in the online Regional Consultations on UNESCO Framework for Culture and Arts Education, hosted by the Government of the Republic of Indonesia during 13 and 14 February 2023. In this…

11/01/2023

Recording of the first online seminar for safeguarding ICH in the Asia-Pacific region is available online

The recording of the first online seminar held on 13 December 2022 under the Asia-Pacific Research Forum for ICH Safeguarding is now available online. It includes Opening remarks by the Director-General of IRCI, Lecture by Masami Iwasaki (Hokkai-Gaku…

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