SITE POLICY

IRCI WEBSITE POLICY

1. PRIVACY POLICY

When personal information is collected, IRCI appropriately handles such information in accordance with the following policy.

  1. IRCI specifies the scope of the information collected and does not exceed the extent necessary.
  2. IRCI specifies the purpose of the information collected which shall neither be used for any other reasons or provided to a third party without IRCI’s permission.
  3. IRCI carries out the necessary measures to appropriately handle the information gathered to prevent any leakage, loss, or damage.

2. LINKING POLICY

Advance permission to link to the IRCI website is not necessary in principle, provided that this shall not apply to links to information which include annotations on limits to information access and other access. When linking to the IRCI website, the user must:

  1. Clearly specify the link to the IRCI website.
  2. Not insert the IRCI website into other websites.

Please use the following graphic image when using the IRCI logo to link to our website. Users are free to use the IRCI logo, provided that it is not used for any other purposes other than linking to our website.

BANNER IMAGE

3. COPYRIGHT

All individual information on this website is subject to copyrights. Moreover, the entire IRCI website is subject to copyright protection as a compilation, and is protected by the Japanese Copyright Act and international treaties. Upon using the contents and multimedia of this website, the user must cite the source (audio, images, video, etc.)

(Examples of source citation)
Source: IRCI homepage (http://www.irci.jp/)
Source: “RESEARCH MAPPING”　(IRCI)　（http://www.irci.jp/research/mapping/）(accessed on year/month/day)

For commercial use of IRCI’s contents, we may impose license fees to the user according to the regulations. In that case, please contact us.

4. DISCLAIMER

  1. Although IRCI takes all possible measures to maintain the accuracy of information posted on its website, IRCI bears no responsibility for any actions of those utilising information on the IRCI website.
  2. IRCI reserves its exclusive right in its sole discretion to alter, limit or discontinue the Website or any materials in any respect without notice.
  3. The linked sites are not under the control of IRCI, and IRCI is not responsible for the contents of any linked site.
  4. IRCI is responsible for the information and materials contained on this website, which does not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of UNESCO.

 

 

 

FACEBOOK MANAGEMENT POLICY (IRCI official page)

Name：IRCI

Username：IRCI.Official

Facebook page/group: page (business page)

URL：https://www.facebook.com/IRCI.Official/

Moderator：International Research Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region (IRCI)

Language:　English/Japanese

PURPOSE

Official page of the International Research Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region (hereinafter referred to as ‘IRCI’) is created to provide information on its research activities, upcoming events, and intangible cultural heritage (ICH) in a timely manner, whereby promoting the activities of IRCI and raising public awareness of safeguarding ICH.

CONTENTS

• Progress and outcomes of research projects by IRCI
• Information on events organised by IRCI, and their recordings
• Information about IRCI’s publications
• ICH-related information released by organisations in cooperation with IRCI
• Information on ICH in the Asia-Pacific region, etc.

ABOUT FOLLOWING, SHARING, “LIKES” AND COMMENTS

IRCI follows back, responds to friend requests and comments, or shares information only if they are from institutions, organisations, or researchers that are in cooperation with IRCI.

 

 

DELETION OF COMMENTS AND INFORMATION POSTED BY USERS

IRCI has a right to delete a part of or entire comments or information, and block users that posted it without informing them, if said information has no relation to the topic posted by IRCI, or if it falls into the following prohibitions.

[Prohibited contents]

• Statements that are contrary to public order or morals
• Contents that are or are likely to be in violation of laws or regulations
• Statements that in any way promote criminal activities
• Statements that discriminate or slander a third party, or those that violate the privacy or human rights
• Statements that have a political, religious, or commercial purpose
• Statements that are false or remarkably differ from the fact
• Content that violates intellectual property rights such as copyright and portrait right, of IRCI or a third party
• Contents that violate the Terms of Service of Facebook
• Contents that modify a part of or entire contents posted by IRCI
• Other information that IRCI deems inappropriate, and links containing such contents

 

AVAILABILITY

IRCI updates and monitors this page during the office hours, 9:00–17:00 (JST), Monday through Friday, excluding holidays. However, IRCI may post after work hours if needed.

 

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

Intellectual property rights concerning all texts and media contents posted on this page belong to IRCI or to the legitimate right holders. Users are able to “Like” and share the contents on Facebook.

DISCLAIMER

• Although IRCI ensures the accuracy of information provided on this page, IRCI assumes no responsibility for any damage to users or other third parties that is attributed to such information.
• IRCI does not guarantee the accuracy, integrity or accountability of the information provided by other users. Thus, IRCI assumes no responsibility for any damage that is caused to any user or third party as the result of using such information.
• IRCI assumes no responsibility whatsoever for any damage caused to any user or third party as the result of a dispute between users or between a user and a third party in connection with this page.
• IRCI assumes no responsibility for other accounts that use the same name.
• IRCI assumes no responsibility for the information provided by users impersonating others on this page.

 

SUSPENSION OR DELETION OF THE PAGE

In the case of unavoidable difficulties to provide information, this page may be suspended or deleted.

 

 

OTHER

This policy can be modified if needed.

 

 

FACEBOOK MANAGEMENT POLICY (“Asia-Pacific Research Forum for ICH Safeguarding” group)

Name：Asia-Pacific Research Forum for ICH Safeguarding

Username：asiapacificresearchforum

Facebook page/group: group

URL：https://www.facebook.com/groups/asiapacificresearchforum/

Moderator：International Research Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region (IRCI)

Language:　English

Able to post: members of the group

PURPOSE

This group is created to promote activities under the IRCI project “Creation of the Asia-Pacific Regional Hub of Research for the Safeguarding of ICH” (hereinafter referred to as ‘the project’), and to strengthen intangible cultural heritage (hereinafter referred to as ‘ICH’) researchers’ network by sharing information related to ICH provided by the members of the planning committee of the project (hereinafter referred to as ‘the committee’) and other group members.

CONTENTS

• Information on events organised under the project, and their recordings
• Information related to ICH safeguarding and ICH research in the Asia-Pacific region, provided by members of the group (announcements of upcoming conferences and events, information on publications, etc.)

ABOUT FOLLOWING, SHARING, “LIKES” AND COMMENTS

IRCI, if necessary, shares information from institutions, organisations, or researchers that are in cooperation with IRCI; as a rule, however, IRCI does not “Like” or share posts of other users. IRCI may reply to questions concerning the details of upcoming events. IRCI does not assume any responsibility for the comments, “likes”, shares, and follows that are done by the group members. All posts are reviewed by IRCI staff in charge of international affairs and of the project, before being posted on the group page.

 

 

DELETION OF COMMENTS AND INFORMATION POSTED BY USERS

IRCI has a right to delete information or block users that posted it without informing them, if said information has no relation to topics of this group or if it violates rules mentioned bellow.

[Prohibited contents]

• Statements that are contrary to public order or morals
• Contents that are or are likely to be in violation of laws or regulations
• Statements that in any way promote criminal activities
• Statements that discriminate or slander a third party, or those that violate the privacy or human rights
• Statements that have a political, religious, or commercial purpose
• Statements that are false or remarkably differ from the fact
• Content that violates intellectual property rights such as copyright and portrait right, of IRCI or a third party
• Contents that violate the Terms of Service of Facebook
• Contents that modify a part of or entire contents posted by IRCI
• Other information that IRCI deems inappropriate, and links containing such contents

 

AVAILABILITY

Group is updated and monitored during IRCI’s office hours, 9:00-17:00 (JST), Monday through Friday, excluding holidays. However, IRCI may post after work hours if needed.

 

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

Intellectual property rights concerning all texts and media contents posted on this group belong to IRCI or to the legitimate right holders. Users are able to “Like” and share the contents on Facebook.

DISCLAIMER

• Although IRCI ensures the accuracy of information provided on this group, IRCI assumes no responsibility for any damage to users or other third parties that is attributed to such information.
• IRCI does not guarantee the accuracy, integrity or accountability of the information provided by other users. Thus, IRCI assumes no responsibility for any damage that is caused to any user or third party as the result of using such information.
• IRCI assumes no responsibility whatsoever for any damage caused to any user or third party as the result of a dispute between users or between a user and a third party in connection with this group.
• IRCI assumes no responsibility for other accounts that use the same name.
• IRCI assumes no responsibility for the information provided by users impersonating others in this group.

 

SUSPENSION OR DELETION OF THE GROUP

In the case of unavoidable difficulties to provide information, this group may be suspended or deleted.

 

 

OTHER

This policy can be modified if needed.

 

 

IRCI OFFICIAL YOUTUBE CHANNEL MANAGEMENT POLICY

URL：https://www.youtube.com/@IRCI.Official

Managed by：International Research Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region (IRCI)

Language:　English/Japanese

PURPOSE

Official YouTube Channel of the International Research Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region (hereinafter referred to as ‘IRCI’) is created to provide audiovisual recordings of seminars relating to the safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage (ICH) in the Asia-Pacific region and visual outputs of research projects by IRCI, to promote its activities and raising public awareness of safeguarding ICH.

CONTENTS

• Audiovisual recordings of seminars and other programmes organised by IRCI
• Audiovisual recordings of online seminars held under the IRCI project ‘Creation of the Asia-Pacific Regional Hub of Research for the Safeguarding of ICH (FY 2022–2026)’
• Visual outputs of research projects by IRCI
• Information on ICH and its safeguarding in the Asia-Pacific region, etc.

ABOUT COMMENTS

Comments are disabled on this channel.

 

 

AVAILABILITY

IRCI updates the channel during the office hours, 9:00–17:00 (JST), Monday through Friday, excluding holidays. However, IRCI may publish videos after work hours if needed.

 

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

Intellectual property rights concerning all texts and video contents published on this page belong to IRCI or to the legitimate right holders.

DISCLAIMER

Although IRCI ensures the accuracy of information provided on this channel, IRCI assumes no responsibility for any damage to users or other third parties that is attributed to such information. The views and opinions expressed in the video published on this channel are those of speakers and do not reflect the views or opinions of IRCI.

 

SUSPENSION OR DELETION OF THE GROUP

In the case of unavoidable difficulties to provide information, this channel may be suspended or deleted.

 

 

OTHER

This policy can be modified if needed.

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