EVENTS
10/09/2024
International Symposium ‘Intangible Cultural Heritage for Sustainable Cities and Communities: Perspectives for Integrated Safeguarding of Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region’ to be held on 11 October 2024
IRCI is holding an international symposium under its research project ‘Research on ICH Contributing to SDGs: Intangible Cultural Heritage for Sustainable Cities and Community (FY 2022—2024)’, on 11 October 2024, to summarize and disseminate the results of the project to the wider public.
This symposium will explore the importance of intangible cultural heritage (ICH) in the context of SDG target 11.4, which calls for strengthening the safeguarding of cultural and natural heritage to achieve sustainable cities and communities, by sharing the cases in the Asia-Pacific region that incorporate ICH in heritage management. It aims to deepen our understanding of the interaction and synergies between the tangible and intangible heritage, as well as the community-centered approaches to the holistic safeguarding of cultural heritage, by highlighting various ‘intangible’ components that constitute cultural and historic landscapes.
Date & Time: Friday, 11 October 2024, 10:00–16:30 (Doors open at 9:30)(JST)
Venue: Kambaikan Building Room A (B1), Doshisha University (Muromachi Campus)
(Address: 103 Goshohachiman-cho, Kamidachiuri-sagaru, Karasuma-dori, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, 602-0023)
Language: English（simultaneous Japanese interpretation available at the venue）
Registration: Please click here for registration
(Free of charge; a maximum of 40 participants accepted on a first-come basis)
Registration deadline: Monday, 7 October 2024 (JST)
*Note that this event will be available on-site only. The recordings of the symposium will be edited afterwards and made available on IRCI’s YouTube channel for a limited time.
Please click here to see the presentation abstracts.
Contact: IRCI Secretariat
TEL: +81-72-275-8050
E-mail: irci@nich.go.jp
Programme:
| Time | Contents |
| 9:30–10:00 | REGISTRATION |
| 10:00–10:10 | OPENING REMARKS MACHIDA Daisuke, Director-General of IRCI UNESCO Regional Office for East Asia (video message) |
| 10:10–10:20 | INTRODUCTION TSUJI Takashi, Associate Fellow, IRCI |
| KEYNOTE SPEECH | |
| 10:20–11:10 | Living Heritage and World Heritage Sites Ananya BHATTACHARYA, Contact Base, India |
| 11:10–12:00 | Evaluation and Preservation of the Uji-cha Tea Cultural Landscape: How Is It Possible to Preserve Landscapes That Are Adaptable to Change? SHIMIZU Shigeatsu, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Japan |
| 12:00–13:15 | LUNCH BREAK |
| CASE REPORTS FROM THE ASIA-PACIFIC REGION | |
| 13:15–13:40 | Traditional Handicraft Contributing to Sustainable Communities at Krabei Riel: Toward Community Development, Safeguarding and Transmitting ICH within Angkor World Heritage Site IM Sokrithy, APSARA National Authority, Cambodia |
| 13:40–14:05 | Traditional Canoes of The Marshall Islands: Sustainable Sea Transportation of Today Alson KELEN, Waan Aelõñ in Majel, Marshall Islands NAGAOKA Takuya, Pasifika Renaissance, Japan |
| 13:05–14:30 | Intertwining Built Heritage Protection and Intangible Cultural Heritage Safeguarding: Case Study of George Town Heritage Celebrations ANG Ming Chee and TING Siew Jing, George Town World Cultural Heritage Incorporated, Malaysia |
| 14:30–14:55 | Local Community Strategies for Safeguarding Cultural Landscapes in Kyrgyzstan Jyldyz DOOLBEKOVA, Taalim–Forum Public Foundation, Kyrgyzstan |
| 14:55–15:10 | BREAK |
| 15:10–16:25 | DISCUSSION Moderator: ISHIMURA Tomo (Tokyo National Research Institute for Cultural Properties) and NOJIMA Yoko (IRCI) Based on the case study presentations, the discussion deals with issues related to the contribution of ICH to SDG 11.4, including the interaction between tangible and intangible heritage, the approaches to integrated heritage safeguarding, and the role of communities. |
| 16:25–16:30 | CLOSING REMARKS MACHIDA Daisuke, Director-General of IRCI |
Click the image to see the flyer
