Buildings, historic places, monuments, and artifacts are physical intellectual wealth. This collection provides an indepth and uptodate examination of the concept of intangible cultural heritage and the issues surrounding its value to society. Mounir bouchenaki, director, division of cultural heritage and world heritage center, unesco, then addressed the conference as the representative of the directorgeneral of unesco, mr. As richard kurin has rightly remarked, cultural brokers should situate themselves in a contemporary world of multiple, if not contending, cultural narratives and give up the illusion of a singular, monological reality. This routledge companion contains 38 articles written altogether by 54 authors. Richard kurin is a member of the smithsonians senior leadership team, and for over two decades he served as the director of the center. Safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage challenges the authorised heritage discourse. The volume editors explain that one of our main aims was to bring together as many diverse. Convention for safeguarding the intangible cultural. Key factors in implementing the 2003 convention richard kurin director, smithsonian center for folklife and cultural heritage, usa 10 implementing the 2003 convention introduction in 2003, at the biennial general conference of unesco its member states voted overwhelmingly for the adoption. Richard kurin has directed the smithsonian center for folklife and cultural heritage since 1988, where he oversees the smithsonian folklife festival, smithsonian folkways recordings, and a variety of cultural education programs that have won academy, emmy and grammy awards. Academic search premier, ebscohost accessed january 20.
Unpublished report to the unesco observatory for research in. Safeguarding intangible cultural heritage in the 2003 unesco convention. Dr richard kurin, under secretary for history, art, and culture at the smithsonian nstitutioni. Haiti cultural recovery project smithsonian global. Intangible cultural heritage while fragile, intangible cultural heritage is an important factor in maintaining cultural diversity in the face of growing globalization. The routledge companion to intangible cultural heritage undoubtedly broadens the international heritage discourse and is an invaluable learning tool for instructors, students and practitioners in the field. Heritage and cultural diversity at risk in iraq and syria.
Unesco intangible cultural heritage convention has proposed five broad domains of intangible cultural heritage. Consideration of the intangible cultural heritage convention richard kurin smithsonian institution unesco, the united nations educational, scientific, and cultural organization, voted overwhelming at the biennial meeting of its general. An under standing of the intangible cultural heritage of different communities helps with intercultural dialogue, and encourages mutual respect for other ways of life. The definition, as given in the convention, can encompass a broader range of activity than the framers assumed. Supervisor, smithsonian folklife festival member, international jury of unesco for the masterpieces of the oral and intangible heritage. Intangible heritage is comprised of nonphysical intellectual wealth, such as folklore, customs, beliefs, traditions, knowledge, and. Ich lies far from mainstream intellectual property. Should governments bout a year ago, at the meeting of its general conference, unesco tograph or videotape. Consideration of the intangible cultural heritage convention. This ornate and complex fabric unraveled somewhere along the way and is now in the midst of being rewoven. Seeking the limits of culinary intangible cultural heritage within a book on diversity and intellectual property law, a chapter on intangible cultural heritage ich in general, and on culinary practices in particular, is necessarily an outlier, but also one that is necessary.
Critically engaging with the unesco 2003 convention for the safeguarding of the intangible cultural heritage, the book also discusses local. Gabor soos from world heritage to intangible cultural. Richard kurin is the director of the smithsonian institution centre for folklife and cultural heritage which produces the smithsonian folklife festival, smithsonian folkways recordings, and other cultural educational programmes. Key factors in implementing the 2003 convention, international journal of intangible heritage 2 2007. Richard kurin richard kurin born november 27, 1950 an american cultural anthropologist, museum official and author, is the under secretary for history, art, and culture at the smithsonian institution responsible for most of the national museums as well as a variety of cultural and educational programs. Commission for unesco and advised unesco on the drafting of the 2003. This is an innovative document that recognises not only.
The earthquake that struck haiti on january 12, 2010 devastated its capital region, killing 300,000, leaving over a million people homeless, and a nation in ruins. Visit of dr richard kurin, director national programs. The routledge companion to intangible cultural heritage. Some of the contributorssuch as richard kurin, janet blake, and barbara kirshenblattgimbletthave been immersed in intangible cultural heritage ichrelated discourse for decades, while others have joined the discussion much more recently. In this convention, intangible cultural heritage is defined as. Richard kurin, safeguarding intangible cultural heritage in the 2003 unesco convention. Protecting urban spaces of intangible cultural heritage. Richard kurin for his kind words of welcome and expressed his gratitude to him and dr. Richard is a former fulbright fellow with a phd in cultural anthropology from the university of chicago.
Pdf intangible cultural heritage, education and museums. Museums and safeguarding intangible cultural heritage. International journal of intangible heritage 2, 2007, p. Intangible heritage and vancouver island interpreters. Ethnographic museums and intangible cultural heritage can be viewed as two perpendicular and inseparable threads. As previously noted, at first the affirmation of the westernrooted idea of cultural heritage conceived as embodied in the material products of arts and architecture prevented the immaterial portion of culture from emerging as an interest belonging. Janet blake 4, richard kurin 5 and others to exchange and accumulate experiences of successful and failed projects. The intangible cultural heritage, as defined in paragraph 1 above, is manifested inter alia in the following domains. Richard kurin, museum international journal, 221222 may 2004.
As under secretary for history, art, and culture, richard kurin is responsible for most of smithsonians national museums and a variety of cultural and education programs, as well as several research centers including the center for folklife and cultural heritage. These treaties, the intangible visit of dr richard kurin, director national programs, smithsonian act lecture, november 2004 dr richard kurin at the national gallery of victoria. Convention for the safeguarding of the intangible cultural heritage, adopted in october 2003 and entered into force on 20 april 2006 aikawafaure 2009. Safeguarding maritime intangible cultural heritage download pdf. Ethnographic museums and intangible cultural heritage. It is a most welcome addition to literature, and a musthave for all who want to deepen their understanding of the scholarly research into and safeguarding practice of intangible cultural heritage. The intangible heritage of interpreters on southern vancouver island an abridged version of an imagined proposal.
The convention aims to ensure the survival and vitality of the worlds living local, national, and regional culturalheritage in the face of increasing. Project muse the routledge companion to intangible. Saving haitis heritage cultural recovery after the earthquake a book by richard kurin, smithsonian institution. The practices, representations, expressions, knowledge, skills as well as the in. Richard kurin, under secretary for history, art, and culture, smithsonian richard kurin welcomes everyone to the smithsonian campus for this conference. Talk story, spring 2003, no smithsonian institution.