Social Practices, Rituals and Festive Events

Legal protection of Intangible Cultural Heritage as a tool of sustainable development in Jordan: initiatives, challenges, and opportunities

Author : Alaeldin Alkhasawneh
Region : Region,    Year : 2024   Vol. 19

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#Intangible cultural Heritage#legal protection#sui generis#UNESCO#Jordan#sustainability.

Northern Lights on Indigenous Intangible Heritage: a changing legal landscape in Sápmi

Author : Anita Vaivade
Region : Region,    Year : 2024   Vol. 19

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#Heritage law#Indigenous peoples#intellectual property#international law#legal scholarship#Sámi#Sápmi#traditional livelihoods#UNESCO 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage

Negotiating the intangible heritage of Awka traditional paraphernalia in modern society

Author : Ngozi Ezenagu, Chinazor Ezenagu, Ikechukwu Efosa Ezenagu
Region : Region,    Year : 2024   Vol. 19

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#traditional paraphernalia#traditional religion#tangible and intangible heritage#art#woodcarving

The role of the morung age groups in expressing and transmitting agricultural knowledge in Nagaland, with particular reference to Khonoma Village

Author : Shisachila Imchen
Region : Region,    Year : 2024   Vol. 19

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#age groups#morung#bachelors’ or men’s house#agricultural knowledge#Nagaland

Quinceañera: a living cultural heritage safeguarding ethnic identity across borders

Author : Choi Myoung-Ho, Ha Sang-Sub
Region : Region,    Year : 2024   Vol. 19

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#Mexico#Cultural Heritage#Quinceañera#Ethnic Identity#Cultural Artifact#Cultural Narratives#Local Economic Structures#Collective Self-Awareness

Connecting Tokyo 2020 with people and places: a case of the Nanairo Ekiden as sport heritage

Author : Devena Haggis
Region : Region,    Year : 2024   Vol. 19

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#Nanairo Ekiden#Tanzaku#Ribbons#Memory#Tokyo 2020

UNESCO’s Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage and the ‘goodness criteria’

Author : Helga Janse, PhD
Region : Region,    Year : 2023   Vol. 18

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#heritage#human rights#discrimination#tradition#equality#UNESCO#gender#convention

Heritage, the illusion of inheritance and the volatility of memory: A reflection on the Procession of the Passion of Our Lord the Good Jesus, Macau

Author : Ka Yin Caspar Chan
Region : Region,    Year : 2023   Vol. 18

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#collective memory#individual memory#inheritance#Procession of the Passion of Our Lord the Good Jesus#Macau

Intangible cultural heritage as a resource for ‘self-stakeholderisation’: fieldwork among politically active civil society stakeholders in the province of Vojvodina, Serbia

Author : Jelena Ćuković, PhD Miloš Milenković, PhD
Region : Region,    Year : 2023   Vol. 18

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#identity politics#intercultural relations#south-eastern Europe#Vojvodina province#stakeholder inclusion#heritage management#post-conflict regions#UNESCO#anthropology

Between representation and performance: celebrating intangible cultural heritage in the Longji Ancient Zhuang Village, Longji Terraces, China

Author : Wang Yahao, PhD
Region : Region,    Year : 2023   Vol. 18

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#intangible cultural heritage#representation#performance#official heritage discourse

Portraying feminist beliefs and transcending cultural norms: Korean women artists’ reinterpretation of songs traditionally performed by men

Author : Heeyoung Choi, PhD
Region : Region,    Year : 2023   Vol. 18

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#Jongmyo jerye#Jongmyo jeryeak#gagok#contemporary performing arts#feminist music criticism#fusion gugak#electronic sounds#women artists

Heritage preservation vs. adaptation to achieve sustainability – A case study of the Fishermen’s Dances, Rizhao city, Shandong province, China

Author : Zhang Yongjia, Cheong Kee Cheok, Wang Qianyi
Region : Region,    Year : 2023   Vol. 18

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#heritage preservation#cultural assets#historical preservation#culture development

Safeguarding language as intangible cultural heritage

Author : Natalie Braber, Victoria Howard
Region : Region,    Year : 2023   Vol. 18

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#dialect#pit talk#UNESCO#lexicon

Safeguarding manuscript-reading tradition as living heritage through ritual: mocoan tradition of an Osing family in Banyuwangi, Indonesia

Author : Agus Iswanto, Wiwin Indiarti, Mashuri, M. Agus Noorbani, Mahmudah Nur, Fiqru Mafar, Sastri Sunarti
Region : Region,    Year : 2023   Vol. 18

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#living manuscript#manuscript-reading tradition#safeguarding#living heritage#mocoan lontar Hadis Dagang#Banyuwangi#Indonesia

Intangible cultural heritage values in the Sunda Wiwitan ritual and ancient Sundanese manuscripts as basic concepts of traditional building in Indonesia

Author : Nuryanto
Region : Region,    Year : 2023   Vol. 18

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#Sunda Wiwitan#imah panggung#buana#ngadegkeun#Warugan Lemah#tangtungan jelema#Sanghyang Siksakanda-ng Karesyan#ritual

Practical considerations for safeguarding intangible cultural heritage

Author : Anca Claudia Prodan, PhD
Region : Region,    Year : 2023   Vol. 18

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#Anca Claudia Prodan

Integrating ICH and education: A review of converging theories and methods

Author : Angela M. Labrador
Region : Region,    Year : 2022   Vol. 17

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#education#cultural transmission#culturally relevant pedagogy#education for sustainable development#literature review#intergenerational learning#vocational education and training

‘Our Culture is dying’: Safeguarding versus representation in the implementation of the UNESCO ICH Convention

Author : Lisa Gilman, PhD
Region : Region,    Year : 2022   Vol. 17

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#intangible cultural heritage#cultural sustainability#economic development#folklore#dance#Malawi

The Origin Myth of Sun and Moon in the Andean and Korean Traditions*

Author : Park Ho-Jin, Rodolfo Sánchez Garrafa
Region : Region,    Year : 2022   Vol. 17

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#origin myths#the sun and the moon#the rope motif#‘The Brother and Sister who Became Sun and Moon’ (or ‘Brother Sun and Sister Moon’)#‘Wakon and the Willkas’ (or ‘Pachamama and Her Willkas’)

‘We paint stories we heard from our ancestors’: Intangible heritage of the Pardhan Gonds of Central India

Author : Shivangi Pareek
Region : Region,    Year : 2022   Vol. 17

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#Indigenous intangible heritage#Adivasi cultures and oral stories#environment and aesthetics

Hermano mayor: fiesta sponsorship in the contemporary Philippines

Author : Jose Antonio Lorenzo L. Tamayo
Region : Region,    Year : 2022   Vol. 17

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#hermano mayor#hermana mayor#hermanos mayores#sponsorship tradition#religious practice#colonisation#cofradia#hermandad#Catholicism#Philippines

UNESCO’s intangible cultural heritage and its polarising nature: A case study on Aalst Carnival

Author : Marthe Van Damme, Dirk Jacobs
Region : Region,    Year : 2022   Vol. 17

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#UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage#multiculturalism#cultural diversity#controversial practices#Carnival of Aalst

Uncast in stone: Inspired by absence to build a solid museum practice

Author : Bonita Bennett
Region : Region,    Year : 2022   Vol. 17

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#memory social justice#memory work#memory and affect#personal narrative#public art#absence national heritage#site work

Between People and Place: Folklore Pertaining to the Natural Environment in a Farming Community in Argao, Cebu

Author : Ian Dale Batac Rios
Region : Region,    Year : 2022   Vol. 17

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#folklore#natural environment#culture and nature#associative values#landscapes#traditional knowledge#Mangaw#precolonial values#Mount Lantoy#Argao#Cebu#Philippines

Exploring sonority embedded in cultural heritage: Path, transit and listen through the Silver Route (Way of St James, NW Spain)

Author : Mª Celia Adrián Rodríguez, Elena De Uña-Álvarez
Region : Region,    Year : 2022   Vol. 17

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#sound#sonority#audible spectrum#soundscape#sound-walk#musical piece#Way of St James#Silver Route#Galicia#Spain

Shipwrecks and graves: Their treatment as intangible heritage

Author : Elena Perez-Alvaro
Region : Region,    Year : 2022   Vol. 17

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#underwater cultural heritage#shipwrecks#watery graves#respect#sacred places

Turkish bath tradition: The example of Gaziantep, Turkey

Author : Tülay Karadayı Yenice, Meltem Ararat
Region : Region,    Year : 2022   Vol. 17

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#holistic conservation#bath (hammam) structures#Turkish bath culture#spatial transformation#culture and architecture#cultural sustainability#plan typologies of hammams#historical Gaziantep bath structures#Gaziantep#UNESCO

Cultural impacts of state interventions: Traditional craftsmanship in China’s porcelain capital in the mid to late 20th century

Author : Yawen Xu, Yu Tao
Region : Region,    Year : 2022   Vol. 17

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#state intervention#attributes of traditional craftsmanship#state–society relations#porcelain manufacture#state-owned enterprises#China#Jingdezhen

Renewing museum meanings and action with intangible cultural heritage

Author : Michelle L. Stefano
Region : Region,    Year : 2022   Vol. 17

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#Michelle L. Stefano

Museums of Language and the Display of Intangible Cultural Heritage

Author : Inge Kral
Region : Region,    Year : 2022   Vol. 17

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#Inge Kral

Research flows and results of studies on intangible cultural heritage: A network analysis of articles in related international journals, 2002–2020

Author : Oh Jung-shim, PhD
Region : Region,    Year : 2021   Vol. 16

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#research trend#main research topics#knowledge system#academic system#keyword network analysis#knowledge map#big data analysis#big data mining

Safeguarding intangible cultural heritage through formal education in Flanders: A critical analysis of the implementation of the 2003 UNESCO Convention

Author : Joris Van Doorsselaere, MA
Region : Region,    Year : 2021   Vol. 16

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#safeguarding#2003 UNESCO Convention#Overall Results Framework#formal education#curriculum#learning outcomes#Operational Directives#implementation#primary and secondary education

Intangible cultural heritage and societal gender structures: An interview study focusing on changes in gender roles and gender restrictions in Japanese float festivals

Author : Helga Janse, PhD
Region : Region,    Year : 2021   Vol. 16

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#gender#heritage#tradition#change#festival#gender roles#gender restrictions

A woman can become a 'man': Rituals and gender equality among the Nsukka Igbo of south-eastern Nigeria

Author : Christian Chukwuma Opata Apex Apeh Chidi Mike Amaechi, Hillary Oguejiofor Eze
Region : Region,    Year : 2021   Vol. 16

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#rituals#gender equality#incarnate beings#Igbo#Nigeria

The status of women weavers as heritage bearers: Accounts of social transformation and empowerment in the province of Canchis, Cuzco, Peru

Author : Giulia Avanza, MSc
Region : Region,    Year : 2021   Vol. 16

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#crafts#craftsmanship#weaving#women#social inequality#empowerment#Andes#Peru#cultural expression#creative legacy#traditional ecological knowledge#resilience

The conservation and management of intangible cultural qualities as the fragments of the spirit of place: The case of the Istanbul Land Walls

Author : Figen Kıvılcım Çorakbaş
Region : Region,    Year : 2021   Vol. 16

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#cultural heritage#intangible cultural qualities#World Heritage Site#the Istanbul Land Walls#cultural landscape#site management

An approach to enhancing contemporary handmade products with historic narratives

Author : Nikolaos Partarakis, PhD, Effie Karuzaki (Mrs.), Paraskevi Doulgeraki (Mrs.), Carlo Meghini (Mr.), Cynthia Beisswenger (Mrs.), Hansgeorg Hauser (Mr.), Xenophon Zabulis, PhD
Region : Region,    Year : 2021   Vol. 16

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#traditional crafts#contemporary craft products#semantic knowledge representation#augmented reality#narratives#storytelling

Heritage Discourses in Europe. Responding to Migration, Mobility, and Cultural Identities in the Twenty-First Century

Author : Pamela Inder, PhD
Region : Region,    Year : 2021   Vol. 16

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Living site, living values: the Matendera festival as practice in community conservation and presentation

Author : Njabulo Chipangura, PhD & Robert T. Nyamushosho & Takudzwa B. Pasipanodya, MA
Region : Region,    Year : 2019   Vol. 14

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#Vahera#archaeological ethnography#Shona#Matendera#conservation#heritage interpretation and presentation#museums#festivals#staged authenticity#Buhera#NMMZ#Zimbabwe#Njabulo Chipangura#PhD & Robert T. Nyamushosho & Takudzwa B. Pasipanodya#MA

Intangible heritage in the United States: a history of separate initiatives

Author : William Chapman, MS DPhil
Region : Region,    Year : 2019   Vol. 14

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#UNESCO#Library of Congress#Smithsonian Institution#Folklife#Global Sound Collection#blues#jazz#National Heritage Fellowship#National Park Service#tribal preservation#Interior Department#Pacific Islands#William Chapman#MS DPhil

(Co-)curating the rural traditions and material culture of villages: a case study in Wanju, Korea

Author : Seong-mi Jeong
Region : Region,    Year : 2019   Vol. 14

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#material culture#cultural resources#ontological analysis#community curatorship#Korean rural villages#Wanju#gotgamkal#on-dol heating system#jak-du#yogang#1945 liberation#Seong-mi Jeong

Contemporising Custom: the re-imagining of the Mari Lwyd

Author : David R. Howell
Region : Region,    Year : 2018   Vol. 13

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#Mari Lwyd#Wales#devolution#revivals#artificiality#Trac#pwnco#David R. Howell

In Search of Honour: Eya Ebule as a Legacy of Igbo resistance and food security from World War 2

Author : Christian Chukwuma Opata, Apex A Apeh
Region : Region,    Year : 2018   Vol. 13

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#garri traders#World War II#Igbo#yam farms#Eya Ebule#women farmers#cassava production#politics of labour recruitment#colonial resistance#Lejja#Nigeria.#Christian Chukwuma Opata#Apex A Apeh

Zhao Mu: The Presence of the Past in the Meaning(s) of Space in Confucius’ Graveyard

Author : Zongjie Wu & Bailan Qin
Region : Region,    Year : 2016   Vol. 11

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#Spatial heritage#Cemetery of Confucius#Kinship ties#Kong clan#China#Authorised Heritage Discourse (AHD)#Qufu#Chicha#Virtues of filial piety and loyalty#Zhao Mu#Kong Qinghe#Kong Shangren#‘Dukes for Fulfilling the Sage’#Zongjie Wu & Bailan Qin

Classical Horsemanship and the Dangers of the Emergent Intangible Cultural Heritage Authorised Discourse

Author : Sarah Sargent
Region : Region,    Year : 2016   Vol. 11

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#Authorised Heritage Discourse (AHD)#Classical Horsemanship#Cadre Noir#Spanish Riding School#Implicit criteria#Emergent authorised ICH discourse#ICH inscription#Sarah Sargent

Sanctuary of the Spirits: Okwu-muo, Ori Oke and ‘Mammy Water’ in the Veneration of Sacred Natural Sites in Southern Nigeria

Author : Temitope Israel Borokini
Region : Region,    Year : 2016   Vol. 11

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#Sacred trees#Sacred groves#Sacred mountains#Sacred waters#Sacred Natural Sites (SNS)#Dendrolatry#Tree worship#Biodiversity conservation#Traditional religion#Nigeria#Temitope Israel Borokini

Masquerade as Memory: Conflict as Heritage in Lavras do Abade, Brazil

Author : Diogo Menezes Costa
Region : Region,    Year : 2016   Vol. 11

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#Collective memory#Cultural memory#Historical archaeology#Environmental conflict#Economic disparity#Political struggle#Mid-western Brazil#Gold mining#Water pollution#Festa do Divino Espírito Santo#Cavalhadas#Mascarados or Curucucús#Remembering and forgetting#Meia Ponte#Lavras do Abade#Pirenópolis#Brazil#cherished memories#conflicts#el compas#memories#town#Diogo Menezes Costa

Ụzọ mma: Pathway to Intangible Cultural Heritage in Otobo Ugwu Dunoka Lejja, South-eastern Nigeria

Author : Christian Chukwuma Opata & Apex Anselm Apeh
Region : Region,    Year : 2016   Vol. 11

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#Nigeria#Igboland#Iron smelting#Otobo Ugwu Dunoka Lejja#Okiti Akpurigedege Oshimiri#Omabe#Adada#Oshuru#Ofo#Mask#Masquerade#Kola nut#Christian Chukwuma Opata & Apex Anselm Apeh

The Name of the Game: Oware as Men’s Social Space from Caribbean Slavery to Post-Colonial Times

Author : Richard W. Stoffle & Mamadou A. Baro
Region : Region,    Year : 2016   Vol. 11

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#West Africa#Caribbean#Barbados#Creole Social Space#Oware (Warri) Game#Male Agency#Slavery#Herskovits#Richard W. Stoffle & Mamadou A. Baro

The Fiesta of the Patios: Intangible Cultural Heritage and Tourism in Cordoba, Spain

Author : Tomás López-Guzmán & Francisco Gonzalez Santa Cruz
Region : Region,    Year : 2016   Vol. 11

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#Heritage Tourism#Motivation#Satisfaction#Tourist#Economic Development#Spain#Cordoba#Fiesta of the Patios#vacationers#cultural heritage#tourist#c처rdoba#heritages#Tomás López-Guzmán & Francisco Gonzalez Santa Cruz

Why Local Governments Matters in Implementing the UNESCO 2003 Convention: the Case for ICCN

Author : Heekyung Choi & Sumi Nam
Region : Region,    Year : 2015   Vol. 10

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#Inter-City Intangible Cultural Cooperation Network (ICCN)#local government#sustainable development#ICCN festival#Gangneung#Gangneung Danoje Festival#Gangneung Declaration#Gannat#Santa Fé#Isfahan#International Round Table of Mayors#safeguard#goverment#cultural heritage#heritages#protecting#Heekyung Choi & Sumi Nam

Marshal Nezha ‘transformed’: Techno Nezha in Taiwan

Author : Leo Yuan
Region : Region,    Year : 2014   Vol. 9

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#Marshal Nezha (哪吒)#Techno Nezha (哪吒)#Chinese folklore#Taiwan#Din Tao#Dragon Lord of the Eastern Sea#Sinying Taizih Temple#taipei#deity#china#taiwanese#gods#Leo Yuan

Ethnological Values and Opportunities for Establishing a Heritage Policy around Tuna-trapping in Andalusia (Spain)

Author : David Florido-Corral
Region : Region,    Year : 2013   Vol. 8

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#immaterial heritage#ethnological heritage#heritage management#Andalusia#Straits of Gibraltar#tuna fishing nets#tuna-trapping#tradition#heritagisation#David Florido-Corral

The Role of Intellectual Property in Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage in Museums

Author : Caroline Joelle Nwabueze
Region : Region,    Year : 2013   Vol. 8

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#Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH)#UNESCO 2003 Convention#Seoul International Conference on Museums and ICH#safeguarding#Intellectual Property Law (IP)#patents#copyright#collective marks#trademarks#Geographical Indications#unfair competition#TRIPS Agreement#TRIPS Article 39#museum#would#using#communties#relating#Caroline Joelle Nwabueze

The Ritual of Boat Incineration on the Island of Vis, Croatia: an Interpretation

Author : Joško Božanić & Eni Buljubašić
Region : Region,    Year : 2012   Vol. 7

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#traditional boats#incineration ritual#Komiža#St. Nicholas#Vis#maritime culture#anthropomorphic conceptualisation#semiotics#Joško Božanić & Eni Buljubašić

Asian Indian Celebrations of Ethnicity: Perspectives from the Mid-western United States

Author : M. Gail Hickey
Region : Region,    Year : 2012   Vol. 7

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#Asian Indian#migration#diaspora#traditions#gender#oral history#qualitative research#Mid-western United States#immigrant#acculturation#cultural maintenance#feminist#M. Gail Hickey

The System of Sponsorship for Processional Images and the Traditions Associated with them in Cabiao, Nueva Ecija, the Philippines

Author : Romeo B. Galang, Jr.
Region : Region,    Year : 2012   Vol. 7

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#religious images#traditions#processions#élite#santo sponsorship#lands#festivals#Holy Week#chants#colonial art#Cabiao#Philippines#Romeo B. Galang#Jr.

Contemporary Falconry in Altai-Kazakh in Western Mongolia

Author : Takuya Soma
Region : Region,    Year : 2012   Vol. 7

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#Altai Mountains#animal-herding economy#Bayan-Ölgii#ecology#ethnic identity#ethnic minority#golden eagle#heritage sociology#transhumance#human-animal interaction#Sagsai#zoo-anthropology#Mongolia#tajik#eagle#kazakhstani#deer hunting#hunting#Takuya Soma

Safeguarding the 'path of the souls' : the Don Bosco Museum of Cultures

Author : Aivone Carvalho Brandão & Dulcília Silva
Region : Region,    Year : 2011   Vol. 6

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#Indigenous#custodians#sacred#burials#human remains#first voice#preventive conservation#skull#museum#object#museums#ken#Aivone Carvalho Brandão & Dulcília Silva

'Quaker Sweat' as Intangible Heritage

Author : Benjamin Gratham Aldred
Region : Region,    Year : 2011   Vol. 6

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#religion#syncretism#education#ritual#sweat lodge#Lakota#Religious Society of Friends(Quakers)#Wampanoag#Native American#James Arthur Ray#Benjamin Gratham Aldred

Investigative research towards the designation of shamanic village rituals as 'intangible cultural properties' of the Seoul Metropolitan Government

Author : Jongsung Yang
Region : Region,    Year : 2009   Vol. 4

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#Jongsung Yang

Preserving Intangible Heritage in Japan: the Role of the Iemoto System

Author : Voltaire Garces Cang
Region : Region,    Year : 2008   Vol. 3

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#Voltaire Garces Cang

Defining Intangible Cultural Heritage and its Stakeholders: the Case of Japan

Author : Voltaire Garces Cang
Region : Region,    Year : 2007   Vol. 2

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#Voltaire Garces Cang

Linking the Present with the Past through Intangible Heritage in History Museums

Author : Sally Yerkovich
Region : Region,    Year : 2006   Vol. 1

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#exhibit#exhibitions#story#exhibiton#tradition#Sally Yerkovich

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