Cabeza Monteira, Ángel. 2003, “Las iglesias de Chiloé: su importancia en el contexto de América Latina y Chile”. En: Las Iglesias de Chiloé: La recuperación de destrezas tradicionales. Ángel Cabeza y Susana Siminetti, pp. 7-15. Programa de Patrimonio Cultural de la Cooperación Española. Madrid, España.
Reflexiones sobre la aplicación de las convenciones y cartas sobre el patrimonio cultural en américa latina
» El patrimonio natural y cultural de América tiene una particular significación a nivel mundial. Es el ultimo continente en ser poblado por la Humanidad; durante siglos estuvo alejado de la influencia del resto del mundo hasta que la conquista y colonización europea alteró radicalmente su entorno natural y cultural que por miles de años logró mantener.
Tradicionalmente se nos divide en dos grandes áreas culturales y económicas: los Estados Unidos y Canadá, por una parte, y América Latina, y el Caribe por la otra. En realidad, tanto ayer como hoy las fronteras de tales divisiones son difusas y están en constante proceso de transformación;
las migraciones siguen igual de activas y los fundamentos culturales indígenas, coloniales y modernos están presentes y en contradicción junto a desarrollos desiguales, democracias inestables y el anhelo de construir un mundo más libre y mejor para todos … »
America’s natural and cultural heritage has a special significance worldwide. It was the last continent that was populated by Humanity and for thousands of years it was far from the influences of the rest of the world until the European conquest and colonization radically altered its natural and cultural environment that it had held on to for thousands of years.
We are split, traditionally, into two large cultural and economic areas: the United States and Canada on the one hand and Latin America and the Caribbean on the other. As a matter of fact, both before and now, the borders of such a division are hazy and in constant flux; migrations continue as active as ever and the indigenous, colonial and modern fundaments are still present, contradicting unequal development, shaky democracies and an overwhelming desire to build a freer and better world for all. It is in this context that cultural heritage in Latin America and the Caribbean is undergoing a special process, littler studied and analyzed in its context….
This article is an attempt to awaken archeologists to the new demands there are within different groups of society regarding archeological heritage, specially the indigenous peoples involved. It also analyzes the new world context within which heritage policies are found and how archeologists have had to adapt and focus their objectives and methods. A brief comparative analysis is made and the Chilean situation is explained, specially as regards the new conditions that have come about as a result of recent legislation on indigenous topics and the environment and how work has been done with indigenous people from the State’s viewpoint.
Six presentations were made during the online Annual General Meeting of ICICH on Friday, 2 October, 2020:
Watch the recording of the meeting on YouTube.
Many time zones and countries were represented among the audience! Screenshots were contributed by Sanjib Kumar Borkakoti and Monalisa Maharjan.
Décimo Octava Edición de la Revista MEC-EDUPAZ, con el tema de Artes y Arquitectura Funerarias, Mujeres y COVID19
The Award Ceremony for the 2020 Jeonju International Awards for Promoting Intangible Cultural Heritage will be broadcast via YouTube on September 18 at 20:30 KST. This year’s finalists include: ASAMA (Burkina Faso), Hieu Duc Va (Viet Nam), and Impacto (Mexico).
ICHCAP will, in collaboration with the UNESCO Apia Office, hold a two-day ICH Webinar Series on Maritime ICH on 29 and 30 October 2020. The theme of the web seminar is “Maritime Living Heritage: Building Sustainable Livelihood and Ecosystems in the Asia-Pacific Region”. ICHCAP is calling for presentation submissions for the seminar by 21 September 2020 (Korea Standard Time).
Please find the recordings of two webinars for the virtual launch of Volume 15 of the International Journal of Intangible Heritage held on 15 & 16 July at the following links:
Session 1. Museums and Intangible Cultural Heritage: perspectives, policy making and practice
Session 2 is Identity and Meaning: Traditional knowledge and Traditional craftsmanship
This is the second of two volumes of Historic Environment arising out of the ICOMOS conference ‘Culture: Conserving it Together’ held in Suva Fiji from 1 to 5 October 2018.
UNESCO has launched the web platform on ‘Living Heritage experiences and the COVID-19 pandemic’.
Living heritage may be affected in different ways by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, while at the same time providing a source of resilience, solidarity and inspiration for many communities during these difficult times.
In this context, UNESCO is inviting its partners to share their experiences related to intangible cultural heritage during the pandemic to help enhance our learning on the topic and inspire communities through the exchange of experiences.
Visit the website to view the map and contribute your own experiences.
