En un mundo en el que la información se transmite cada vez con mayor velocidad, es casi imposible distinguir con facilidad entre lo auténtico y lo falso. Noticias falsas, popularmente conocidas con el anglicismo de fakenews, abundan y son tomadas por ciertas por las masas ansiosas por un mundo exótico y exuberante que sirva de contrapeso a lo vano de su vida cotidiana.

Lo mismo ocurre con el patrimonio cultural en general y todavía más con el patrimonio cultural inmaterial. No es fácil distinguir entre lo falso y lo auténtico pues cada día son más las “tradiciones” inventadas para ser un producto turístico al alcance de los interesados. Es por eso que este artículo tiene como objetivo analizar a la luz de la teoría de la conservación el valor de la autenticidad en el Tendido de Cristos de San Martín de Hidalgo, insigne muestra del patrimonio cultural inmaterial en México.

Our Common Dignity Initiative x ICOMOS Brazil

Our Common Dignity Initiative, together with ICOMOS Brazil, are looking forward to offering a week-long workshop on Human Rights and Heritage Management where we focus on what can be considered the two most difficult aspects of human rights theory: 

1. how do we understand “culture” and
2. how can we deal with the fact that some rights are group-based or collective and others are individual? How can we balance conflicts between the rights of different communities?

To submit your application, you must submit a summary in which you address a specific issue or problem in your own work that seems to involve human rights and which you suspect can be better managed or resolved by being more human rights conscious. How has it been addressed historically and what is the current management approach? 

Send your short report to hrba@icomos.org.br by 30 October 2020. Summaries related to the workshop proposal will be selected. 

The workshop will be held in Spanish from 9am to 5pm (-3 UTC), in online format. There is a limit of 25 participants. The target audience is researchers, professionals and managers of cultural heritage. The online format allows the admission of applicants from anywhere.

9 November – 13 November
9am – 5pm (-3 UTC)
https://www.facebook.com/events/3577839365593634/

ICOMOS India and NSC-Intangible Cultural Heritage is organising a webinar on ‘Crafting Resilience: Craft communities and their resilience as embedded in the traditional knowledge: A critical component of intangible cultural heritage.’ on October 31 2020 as part of ICOMOS International webinar series.

India has been home to diverse traditional handicrafts since times immemorial. Like any other occupation, these craftsmen have been practising their crafts amidst disasters as well, be it natural or otherwise. These disasters with their frequent occurrences have affected the craftsmen, at times forcing them to abandon their crafts, to take up other vocations, at the risk of losing the knowledge of producing a craft. But in many situations, these communities have also reoriented themselves in producing artefacts, albeit in a much-modified context, with altered relationships to resources and markets. Crafting Resilience webinar is a narrative of four case studies from different parts of the country with a historic perspective of crafts communities, their struggles, and adaptation to disasters over the years. The webinar brings together individuals who have led movements of crafts revival in their respective regions and worked for a resilient future for crafts and their practitioners.

Please register in advance here:

https://us02web.zoom.us/…/tZYpf-qrpjkpG9Kt55DuM…

Garcia Petit, Lluis. 2020, Territorial Food Identities: Tips for Gastronomy Actors. World Gastronomy Institute Global Report 2020. Pp. 67 – 69.

Australia NSC-ICH Webinar, 5 November 2020, 4-6pm (AEST) – Online

Join us for our annual event on intangible cultural heritage, this year focusing on the diversity of cultures and expressions, and their transmission and recording.

Our three presentations span multiple cultures: from Karanga – the ancient Māori art of calling, to recording and protecting Aboriginal intangible heritage in Victoria, and the challenges of ‘trans-cultural’ intangible heritage in diverse contemporary societies.

Advanced registration is required. Learn more on the website.

Presenters

Women’s business: Karanga as an Expression of Heritage: Lynda Toki & Dr Diane Menzies

Opening and closing with a Karanga, composed by Lynda Toki for this event, Diane Menzies will then speak about Karanga – the ancient art of calling – and explain what it how, how it is used and what it means. This powerful expression of intangible cultural heritage is an important part of women’s roles in traditional Māori culture and protocol.

Recording Indigenous intangible heritage: Dr Coral Montero Lopez & Amanda Goldfarb

The 2016 amendment to the Victorian Aboriginal Heritage Act 2006 opened the door to recording and listing Aboriginal intangible heritage, including social, ritual and material expressions, as well as environmental and ecological Indigenous values. This presentation will discuss the legislative requirements involved in registering Aboriginal intangible values.

Recognising intangible trans-cultural heritage in multicultural societies: Dr Mirjana Lozanovska

Multiculturalism in Australia has fostered a population rich in cultural diversity. Customs and practices adapt and connect trans-cultural communities, and affect local environments. What challenges arise from ‘trans-cultural’ intangible heritage for heritage frameworks of identification and value, and how can they be assessed and recorded? 

After many years of colonisation and oppressive policies, Indigenous cultures in Canada are reviving elements of their cultural heritage. As such, numerous Indigenous communities are working with higher learning institutions to safeguard elements of their heritage, specifically, knowledge and land-based practices. In this article, we discuss one case study of Dakelh (Indigenous) knowledge- holders that merged the practice of traditional moose-hide tanning with academic components surrounding issues in cultural heritage. With the intention of transmitting information about the field of ICH as well as safeguarding one Dakelh intangible cultural heritage element, we developed an experiential-learning university course that grounded theoretical issues in Indigenous cultural heritage. In discussing our methodology of merging the two ways of learning and teaching, including the benefits and challenges of such a course, the article elaborates how the combination of traditional and academic methodologies in a university setting can help Indigenous communities transmit their intangible cultural heritage to younger generations.

Cabeza Monteira, Ángel. 2006, Las Rutas del Capricornio Andino. Editor y autor de un artículo. Consejo de Monumentos Nacionales.

¿Cuáles son los desafíos para la conservación del patrimonio de Isla de Pascua hoy y en los próximos años? ¿Qué herramientas institucionales y recursos poseemos para enfrentar esta tarea? ¿Cómo lograremos que el patrimonio sea un aspecto importante de las políticas nacionales y locales de desarrollo?¿Qué alianzas debemos impulsar a nivel local, nacional e internacional para avanzar en la solución de los problemas?¿Cómo llevar a la práctica nuestra responsabilidad como país para que el patrimonio de Isla de Pascua sea la base de la identidad cultural del pueblo rapanui, y que su investigación y conservación sirva para su futuro y que al mismo tiempo sea útil para construir nuevos puentes de entendimiento entre culturas diferentes?

En las últimas décadas el concepto de patrimonio se ha expandido y profundizado en todos los sentidos y hoy cubre muchos tipos de bienes materiales e inmateriales. Desde su concepción original, centrada primero en los objetos y después en sitios y lugares, se ha pasado a su comprensión más amplia fundamentada en su significación cultural y en el conjunto de valores que representaron o representan para un determinado grupo social o toda una nación. En este contexto, el patrimonio ya no sólo es parte de la historia sino también un reflejo de la permanente construcción social de la memoria…

Este artículo analiza de manera general la situación de los paisajes culturales en Chile, particularmente los mecanismos de protección, entendiendo este concepto en el sentido definido por UNESCO a través de la Convención de Patrimonio Mundial Natural y Cultural de 1972 y sus posteriores normas reglamentarias, que se encuentran en la Guía Operativa de la Convención, la cual ha sido actualizada por el Comité de Patrimonio Mundial de la UNESCO. Por otro lado se discute la legislación chilena actual sobre la materia, particularmente la de monumentos nacionales y la de áreas silvestres protegidas, indicándose además qué paisajes culturales se encuentran ya protegidos o incluidos en algunas de las categorías de manejo territorial actualmente vigentes en Chile. También se formulan algunas reflexiones en torno a los métodos y enfoques que deben adoptarse si se desea clasificar los paisajes culturales de valor nacional o local, con el fin de fijar prioridades para la protección de aquellos que pudieran estar amenazados.