Six presentations were made during the online Annual General Meeting of ICICH on Friday, 2 October, 2020:

• President’s Report, Hee Sook Lee-Niinioja
• Secretary-General’s Report, Marilyn Truscott
• ICICH Website Report, Angela Labrador
• India Case Study, Vice-President, Munish Pandit
• Brazil Case Study, Vice-President, Antonio Arantes
• Emerging Professionals Report, Monalisa Maharjan

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.

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). 

Visit the website for details.

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).

Click here to read the full call

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 

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.

12-13 novembre 2020
Paris, Institut national du patrimoine, amphithéâtre Colbert

Colloque de la direction générale des Patrimoines du ministère de la Culture, en partenariat avec l’Institut national du patrimoine et le CNRS

La manifestation portera sur les « nouveaux » risques pesant sur le patrimoine, entendu au sens le plus large, incluant ses dimensions matérielle, immatérielle, numérique et naturelle. Elle traitera des risques qui sont apparus ou se sont renforcés depuis le début du siècle, résultant de catastrophes naturelles ou de facteurs anthropiques − intentionnels ou non −, sur leur accélération, leur accumulation, leur convergence, ainsi que sur les réponses apportées aujourd’hui par la communauté des professionnels et plus largement, par l’ensemble des acteurs du patrimoine culturel.

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Les propositions de communication doivent être envoyées avant le 30 mai 2020.

Elles se présenteront sous la forme d’un texte de 1000/1500 signes.

Les propositions devront être envoyées par courriel à Béatrice Berchon: beatrice.berchon@culture.gouv.fr

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Contributed by ICICH Expert Member, Dr Junjie Su. 

In order to continue the success of the 2018 China-Africa Workshop on the Protection and Inheritance of Intangible Cultural Heritage , Yunnan University held the 2019 China-South Africa Ethnic Cultural Exchange Workshop from 14 to 20th of December, 2019. This Workshop was supported by the Ministry of Education, China and organised by the Cultural Development Institute of Yunnan University and the Research Centre for China-South Africa Peopleto- People Exchanges, Yunnan University. As an Expert Member of the ICICH of ICOMOS, Associate Professor Dr. Junjie SU acted as the Convener of the Workshop.

14 South African artists and scholars attended this workshop, including those from University of Stellenbosch, University of Johannesburg, Durban University of Technology, The University of Cape Town and South African National Gallery. Among other Chinese scholars and experts, Director Guo Hong of China-Africa Institute attended the Workshop. The Workshop was themed on Exchange and Mutual Learning, Sharing and Collaborative Creation. Through activities such as forum, workshop and visits, this Workshop aims to enable Chinese and South African intangible cultural heritage practitioners, artists, scholars, experts and officials to exchange and work together in regard to the protection, use and creative use of ethnic culture, arts, and intangible cultural heritage.

Read the report and view photos from the workshop

This year’s International Day for Monuments and Sites took place against an historical backdrop that posed new challenges for celebrations. The theme, “Shared Cultures, Shared Heritage, Shared Responsibility,” invited participants to explore the idea of sharing—and its counterpoints, contestation and resistance. For those living in areas under quarantine or social distancing protocols, virtual celebrations through digital tools and social media brought sharing to the fore in a new way. Here, we present some highlights:

• ICOMOS About the day (English)
• ICOMOS A propos de la journée (French)
• ICOMOS Sobre el Día (Spanish)

World Heritage Day 2020 ICICH Seminar in Jammu and Kashmir, India by Munish Pandit

During the difficult times and lockdowns due to COVID-19, heritage experts and enthusiasts from Jammu and Kashmir, India continued the tradition of celebration of International Day for Monuments and Sites.

View a short compilation on YouTube 

Watch full interviews and messages on YouTube

Read a report on the production of the video documentary

World Heritage Day 2020 ICOMOS-INDIA, by Ananya Bhattacharya

Worldwide the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the cultural heritage sector. A cross section of professionals came together  to raise important questions which need to be considered for exploring the way forward in a webinar titled “Heritage at Cross Roads: Shared Responsibilities”. The program was live streamed in the Facebook page of the event partner Alliance francaise du Bengale and reached out to 3000+ people.

View on Facebook

World Heritage Day 2020 ICOMOS-NEPAL by Monalisa Maharjan

Read the document, “Impact of Pandemics on Cultural Heritage”

A video conference on 15th April 2020.

Every year, on the occasion of the International Day for Monuments and Sites, ICOMOS proposes a theme for the celebrations and activities to be organised by the ICOMOS National and International Scientific Committees and by other organisations that wish to participate. In 2020, the theme is Shared Cultures, Shared Heritage, Shared responsibility.

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Chaque année, à l’occasion de la Journée internationale des monuments et des sites, l’ICOMOS propose un thème central pour les célébrations et les activités organisées par les Comités nationaux et scientifiques de l’ICOMOS, ainsi que par d’autres organisations souhaitant également célébrer et sensibiliser le public au thème proposé. En 2020, le thème est Cultures partagées, patrimoine partagé, responsabilité partagée.

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Cada año, con motivo del día internacional de monumentos y sitios, el ICOMOS propone una temática para las celebraciones y actividades que son organizadas por sus Comités Nacionales y Científicos y por otras organizaciones que deseen participar. El tema de 2020 es Culturas Compartidas, Patrimonio Compartido, Responsabilidad Compartida.

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ICOMOS Morocco hosted the 2019 ICOMOS Annual General Assembly, Advisory Committee Meeting & Scientific Symposium 12-18 October. ICICH was well represented at the meeting, whose theme was  “Rural Heritage-Landscapes and beyond” . 

The full programme and details about the meeting are still available online.  The following three presentations by ICICH members are available for download below:

• Monalisa Marhajan, ICICH and ICOMOS Nepal Intangible Heritage in the Changing Landscape: A case of Khokana in Kathmandu Valley

• Graciela Mota Botello and 2 others Pilar Rincón Torress and Sara Naváez Martínez, Graciela ICICH, all 3 ICOMOS Mexico, Camino Real de Tierra Adentro as Rural Landscape: A Living History

• Siame Hanna Ishac, ICOMOS France (from Lebanon) Sauvegard des Moulins de Akkar, et des savoirs faire associés  (presented by Marilyn Truscott)