06/11/2025

Representative of IRCI Advisory Body visited IRCI on 23 October 2025

Dr Chris Ballard (Associate Professor of the Australian National University), who is the representative of the IRCI Advisory Body and a member of the Planning Committee of the Asia-Pacific Research Forum for ICH Safeguarding, visited IRCI on 23 Octob…

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16/10/2025

The 9th Online Seminar for Safeguarding ICH in the Asia-Pacific Region was held on 18 September 2025

IRCI’s Asia-Pacific Research Forum for ICH Safeguarding hosted its 9th online seminar for safeguarding ICH in the Asia-Pacific region on 18 September 2025, in conjunction with the ‘Preliminary Research on Intangible Cultural Heritage and Ecosystems’ …

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02/04/2025

Recording of the 8th Online Seminar is now available (March 2025)

Video recording of the 8th Online Seminar titled ‘Leveraging local and indigenous knowledge to enhance adaptive capacity: Examples from Southeast Asian coastal communities’ by Lisa Hiwasaki (Assistant Professor, Department of Marine Affairs, Universi…

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02/04/2025

Recording of the 7th Online Seminar is now available (March 2025)

Video recording of the 7th Online Seminar titled ‘Indigenous and Local knowledge of changing weather and climate: UNESCO experiences of community-led research in Africa and the Caribbean’ by Dr Nigel Thomas Crawhall (Chief of Section, Local and Indig…

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17/03/2025

The 7th and 8th online seminars for safeguarding ICH in the Asia-Pacific region were held (21 and 26 February 2025)

IRCI’s Asia-Pacific Research Forum for ICH Safeguarding, in conjunction with IRCI’s new project ‘Research on Intangible Cultural Heritage and Climate Change in the Asia-Pacific Region’, hosted two online seminars dealing with topics related to local …

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13/03/2025

International Conference ‘New Frontiers of Research for Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage’ held at the National Museum of Ethnology (13–15 February 2025)

As part of the project ‘Asia-Pacific Research Forum for ICH Safeguarding’ (FY2022–2026), the international conference entitled ‘New Frontiers of Research for Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage’ was held from 13 to 15 February 2025, at the Nati…

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13/03/2025

Face-to-Face Workshop of the Publication Programme for Early Career Researchers was held in conjunction with the international conference ‘New Frontiers of Research for Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage’ (12 & 14 February, 2025)

As part of IRCI’s project ‘Asia-Pacific Research Forum for ICH Safeguarding (FY2022–2026)’, the Publication Programme for Early Career Researchers has been running since October 2024. Seven selected programme participants had already attended two onl…

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04/12/2024

The Second Online Workshop of the Publication Programme for Early Career Researchers was held on 29 October 2024

IRCI held the Second Online Workshop of the ‘Publication Programme for Early Career Researchers’ on 29 October 2024, as part of the project of Asia-Pacific ICH Safeguarding Research Forum. The Programme, which started on 1 October 2024 wi…

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23/10/2024

The Publication Programme for Early Career Researchers was launched with the Kick-off Workshop on 1 October 2024

Through the Asia-Pacific ICH Safeguarding Research Forum, a platform established in FY 2022, IRCI has been organizing research seminars and other events. The Forum aims to encourage researchers and research institutions in the Asia-Pacific region to …

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22/03/2024

Recording of the 6th Online Seminar is now available

Video recording of the 6th Online Seminar titled “Synergizing Cultural Heritage in the Multicultural Urban Context of George Town” by Dr ANG Ming Chee (General Manager of George Town World Heritage Incorporated [GTWHI], Malaysia), held on 22 January …

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27/02/2024

Recordings of the Special Online Seminar celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Convention are now available

Video recordings of the Special Online Seminar “20 Years of the 2003 Convention: Retrospect and Prospect” held on 25 October and 1 November 2023 are now available on IRCI’s official YouTube channel. Two sessions, corresponding to the fourth and fifth…

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16/02/2024

The sixth online seminar for safeguarding ICH in the Asia-Pacific region was held on 22 January 2024

The online seminar series for safeguarding ICH in the Asia-Pacific region, launched in FY 2022 to discuss various issues and the latest trends in ICH research in the Asia-Pacific region, offered its sixth seminar on 22 January 2024. At the sixth semi…

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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…

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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…

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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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23/12/2022

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

As an initial programme offered by ‘Asia-Pacific Research Forum for ICH Safeguarding’, a new platform launched by IRCI in this fiscal year, the first online seminar was held on 13 December 2022. Ms Masami Iwasaki (Hokkai-Gakuen University, Japan) as …

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22/12/2022

IRCI promoted its research activities at the 17.COM (Rabat, Morocco, 28 November – 3 December 2022)

IRCI participated in the seventeenth session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (17.COM), which was held from 28 November to 3 December 2022 in Rabat, Morocco. Also, as a side event, IRCI set u…

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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…

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