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13/05/2025

‘Intangible Cultural Heritage and Sustainable Communities in the Asia-Pacific Region: Report of the Research on ICH Contributing to SDGs Project (FY 2022–2024)’ published in March 2025

IRCI published ‘Intangible Cultural Heritage and Sustainable Communities in the Asia-Pacific Region: Report of the Research on ICH Contributing to SDGs Project (FY 2022–2024)’ in March 2025.

From FY 2022 to 2024, the project explored how ICH could contribute to SDG target 11.4 with the title of ‘Research on ICH Contributing to SDGs: Intangible Cultural Heritage for Sustainable Cities and Communities’. This report includes the project summary and the reports of case studies conducted as part of the project in cooperation with the partner organizations in Cambodia, Malaysia, and the Marshall Islands, as well as other cases from various countries in the Asia-Pacific region that were shared in two symposia held in the course of the project in 2023 and 2024.

Check the table of contents below to download selected papers. To download the entire report (PDF), click the cover image at the bottom of the page.

Table of Contents

PREFACE
INTRODUCTION

ICH AND WORLD HERITAGE

ICH AND CULTURAL LANDSCAPE

Preface (MACHIDA Daisuke [Director-General of IRCI])
Summary of the Research on ICH Contributing to SDGs: Intangible Cultural Heritage for Sustainable Cities and Communities (FY 2022–2024) (International Research Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region [IRCI])
The Contribution of Traditional Handicraft to Sustainable Communities at Krabei Riel: Toward Safeguarding and Transmitting ICH within Angkor World Heritage Property (IM Sokrithy, OU Kong Kea, PHON Tara, TOUCH Sopheak, and LIM Bunhong)
Intertwining Built Heritage Protection and Intangible Cultural Heritage Safeguarding: Case Study of George Town Heritage Celebrations (TING Siew Jing and ANG Ming Chee)
Living Heritage and World Heritage Sites (Ananya BHATTACHARYA)
Sustainable Community-based Conservation and Management at the Chief Roi Mata’s Domain World Heritage Site, Vanuatu (Chris BALLARD, Meredith WILSON, Richard MATANIK, Leisara KALOTITI, Topie WARRY, Lakaka SUPUSA, Salome MAX, Helen MAIKA, and Joe KALOTITI)
Rice Rituals and the Continuity of Ifugao Intangible Heritage (Marlon MARTIN)
Fusion of ‘Intangible’ and ‘Tangible’: ‘Cultural Space (Intangible Heritage)’ and ‘Cultural Landscape (World Heritage)’ (MOTONAKA Makoto)
Evaluation and Preservation of the Uji-cha Tea Cultural Landscape: How is It Possible to Preserve Landscapes that are Adaptable to Change? (SHIMIZU Shigeatsu)
Marshallese Seafaring and Weaving Heritage and Sustainable Communities (NAGAOKA Takuya and Alson KELEN)
Local Community Strategies for Safeguarding Cultural Landscapes in Kyrgyzstan (Jyldyz DOOLBEKOVA)
Reconstruction of Intangible Cultural Heritage and Traditional Ainu Living Spaces (Iwor) (YOSHIHARA Hideki and FUJIYA Rumiko)
The Study of Intangible Cultural Heritage Associated to the Historical-cultural Objects and Holy Places of Tajikistan (Dilshod RAHIMI)
The Role of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Sustainable Historic Cities: Newar Traditional Crafts and the Dwelling Culture of Craftsmen in Nepal (Lata SHAKYA)

‘Intangible Cultural Heritage and Sustainable Communities in the Asia-Pacific Region: Report of the Research on ICH Contributing to SDGs Project (FY 2022-2024)