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30/05/2024

Calling for Papers and Panels for the International Conference ‘New Frontiers of Research for Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage’ (13-15 February 2025)

Asia-Pacific Research Forum for ICH Safeguarding International Conference New Frontiers of Research for Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage The Asia-Pacific Research Forum for ICH Safeguarding, a new platform for research promotion and c…

panel exhibition held at the Sakai City Museum

17/04/2024

Panel Exhibition ‘ICH Resilience amid COVID-19 Pandemic’ was featured in Yomiuri Shimbun (March 2024)

The panel exhibition ‘ICH Resilience amid COVID-19 Pandemic’ organized by IRCI in cooperation with Sakai City was featured in the evening edition of the Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper on 23 March 2024. As the final year of IRCI’s project ‘Research on ICH …

19/02/2024

[Deadline extended to 15 March 2024] Call for Case Studies on Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage and Climate Actions from Asia-Pacific Region

UNESCO has extended the deadline for 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 con…

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…

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…

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…

23/12/2022

Symposium on SDGs Project to be held on 1st February 2023

The International Research Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region (IRCI) is holding an international symposium under its research project “Research on ICH Contributing to SDGs: Intangible Cultural Heritage for Sustainable …

25/11/2022

The first online seminar for safeguarding ICH in the Asia-Pacific region will be held on 13 December 2022

As the first programme offered by ‘Asia-Pacific Research Forum for ICH Safeguarding’, online seminars addressing various issues and the latest trends in ICH research in the Asia-Pacific region will be launched on 13 December 2022. Inviting Ms Masami …

25/11/2022

‘Asia-Pacific Research Forum for ICH Safeguarding’ and its Facebook group launched

IRCI recently created a new platform, ‘Asia-Pacific Research Forum for ICH Safeguarding’, for enhancing research and international collaboration among ICH researchers in the Asia-Pacific region. This Forum offers programmes such as online seminars an…

25/11/2022

IRCI Official Facebook page

IRCI has launched its official Facebook page. On this page, we will post news about ongoing projects and information on upcoming events and publications. Please follow us to find out about our latest activities: https://www.facebook.com/IRCI.Official…

15/09/2022

A preliminary report of the questionnaire survey on intangible cultural heritage affected by the COVID-19 pandemic is available (August 2022)

The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on intangible cultural heritage (ICH) have caught great attention, as gatherings and activities of people were restricted by the pandemic. Amid this pandemic situation, IRCI conducted a questionnaire survey from S…

17/08/2022

Announcement of the renewal of the IRCI logo

In line with the renewal of the UNESCO logo, the joint logo of IRCI and UNESCO Category 2 Centre in the field of intangible cultural heritage has been renewed as follows. The old logo that appears on official documents, publications, and so on, will …

07/04/2022

Project Report of “Research on ICH’s Contribution to SDGs: Education and Community Development” Published (March 2022)

The project report “Research on ICH’s Contribution to SDGs: Education and Community Development” (FY 2020–2021) is now available online. This project investigated the relationship among intangible cultural heritage (ICH), education, and community dev…

30/11/2021

Public Symposium on SDGs Project to be held on 22 December 2021

The International Research Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region (IRCI) is holding an online public symposium entitled “ICH Contribution to Better Education and Sustainable Communities” on 22 December 2021 as …

27/10/2021

Mr KONO Toshiyuki was designated as Senior Fellow of IRCI

Mr KONO Toshiyuki, Executive Vice President (Senior Vice President), Kyushu University was appointed as Senior Fellow of IRCI as of 1 October 2021. Mr KONO, had been a member of the Governing Board of IRCI for ten years since its establishment. As Se…

07/09/2021

Preliminary Results of the Questionnaire Survey

IRCI conducted a questionnaire survey regarding its activities in the past ten years from 21 July to 23 August 2021. IRCI invited a wide range of domestic and international experts who have collaborated with IRCI’s projects, including researche…

26/07/2021

Questionnaire Survey on IRCI’s activities

IRCI is now conducting a survey on its activities to a wide range of related organisations and experts. You can also participate in the survey through this website. It takes about 5 minutes to complete. Please take this opportunity to share your opin…

26/02/2021

Project report on “ICH’s contribution towards SDGs” project has been published online

IRCI has published a project report under “ICH’s contribution towards SDGs project” which was commissioned by SDGs platform in the framework of the “Platform for Future Co-creation of UNESCO activities” of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, …

06/11/2020

SDGs (Education) and ICH Project – Guidelines (Subanen) Published

IRCI, in cooperation with the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) had conducted the project that aims to contribute SDG4 (Quality education) by incorporating intangible cultural heritage (ICH) into non-formal education from FY 2018 to…

03/03/2020

Project report on “ICH’s contribution towards SDGs” project has been published online

IRCI, in cooperation with the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology (VME), the Vietnam Institute of Educational Sciences (VNIES) and the National Commission for Culture and the Art (NCCA)(The Philippines), has conducted the project that aims to contribute SDG4…

02/03/2020

SDGs (Education) and ICH Project – Guidelines Published

IRCI has implemented the project under two-year research project of ICH’s contribution towards SDGs from FY2018 to FY2019 which incorporates intangible cultural heritage (ICH) into education. In FY 2018, non-formal education in the Philippines and fo…

13/05/2019

Guidelines for “Multi-Disciplinary Study on Intangible Cultural Heritage’s Contribution to Sustainable Development Focusing on Education” for non-formal education in the Philippines (English) have been published online.

IRCI has started a new project “Multi-disciplinary Study on ICH’s Contribution to Sustainable Development – Focusing on Education” for FY 2018 to FY 2019. In this project, guidelines have been created in order to integrate intangible cult…

23/04/2019

“Guidelines for Intangible Cultural Heritage Education in Vietnamese Schools Towards Sustainable Development Goals” (in Vietnamese) have been published online.

IRCI has started a new project “Multi-disciplinary Study on ICH’s Contribution to Sustainable Development – Focusing on Education” for FY 2018 to FY 2019. In this project, guidelines have been issued in order to integrate intangible cultural heritage…

29/10/2018

“Asia-Pacific Regional Workshop on Intangible Cultural Heritage and Natural Disasters” will be held in Sendai from 7 to 9 December 2018

IRCI organises “Asia-Pacific Regional Workshop on Intangible Cultural Heritage and Natural Disasters” from 7 to 9 December 2018 at Sendai International Center and in Onagawa Town, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. The workshop is co-organised by Tokyo Nation…

24/01/2018

Proceedings of the International Symposium on Glocal Perspectives on Intangible Cultural Heritage: Local Communities, Researchers, States and UNESCO has been published (November 2017)

The proceedings of “the International Symposium on Glocal Perspectives on Intangible Cultural Heritage: Local Communities, Researchers, States and UNESCO” is publicly available on the website. The symposium held from 7 to 9 July 2017, was co-hosted b…

20/10/2017

International Symposium “Negotiating Intangible Cultural Heritage” will be held in Osaka from 29 November to 1 December 2017

IRCI is going to organise the International Symposium “Negotiating Intangible Cultural Heritage” from 29 November to 1 December at Conference Room 4, Second Floor, National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka, Japan with National Museum of Ethnology and Agenc…

18/10/2017

Mr. Koïchiro MATSUURA, Former Director-General, UNESCO, was newly appointed as an Honorary Advisor of IRCI

The Letter of appointment to an honorary advisor of IRCI has been handed over to Mr. Koïchiro MATSUURA, Former Director-General, UNESCO by Director-General of IRCI on 1 October, 2017. Mr. Matsuura who had been a member of the Governing Board, provide…

07/02/2017

First International Photography Competition of Tehran Intangible Cultural Heritage Centre (Entry Deadline: 18 Feb 2017)

The Regional Research Centre for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage in West and Central Asia under the auspices of UNESCO (Tehran Intangible Cultural Heritage Centre), a UNESCO Category 2 Centre like IRCI, shall be organising its first …

25/01/2017

Inauguration of IRCI Cooperative Researcher

From 1 January 2017, IRCI set up a cooperative researcher post to further enhance research and cooperation with other institutions. This new system will enable researchers of the National Institutes for Cultural Heritage, Japan, to conduct research a…

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…

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…

26/08/2015

The evaluation report of IRCI is available on UNESCO website

As a category 2 centre of UNESCO, IRCI underwent an external evaluation commissioned by UNESCO in December 2014. The evaluation report “Review of the International Research Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia Pacific Region (IRCI)”, s…

25/09/2014

IRCI has released “Research Database”

As part of the project “Mapping Research for the Safeguarding of ICH in the Asia-Pacific Region,” which was approved at the 2nd IRCI Governing Board Meeting, IRCI has been creating an online database on the research of the safeguarding of ICH in the …

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