2017年12月

2017

26/12/2017

Sixth Governing Board Meeting of IRCI held in Osaka

The Sixth Governing Board Meeting of IRCI was held on 22 December 2017 at the Osaka International Convention Center. In addition to the 8 members of the governing board, 18 participants such as Mr. Koïchiro Matsuura, Former Director General of UNESCO…

15/12/2017

IRCI Held a Panel Exhibition as the side event of 12th Session of the UNESCO Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage

IRCI held a panel exhibition from 1 to 9 Dec 2017 at the side event of “The twelfth session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH)” and “ICH NGO Capacity Building Workshop” which took place i…

05/12/2017

International Symposium “Negotiating Intangible Cultural Heritage” was held in Osaka, Japan

IRCI hosted an international symposium “Negotiating Intangible Cultural Heritage” from 29 November to 1 December at National Museum of Ethnology (Minpaku) in Osaka in cooperation with Minpaku, and the Agency for Cultural Affairs, Japan. This symposiu…

20/10/2017

International Symposium “Negotiating Intangible Cultural Heritage” will be held in Osaka from 29 November to 1 December 2017

IRCI is going to organise the International Symposium “Negotiating Intangible Cultural Heritage” from 29 November to 1 December at Conference Room 4, Second Floor, National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka, Japan with National Museum of Ethnology and Agenc…

18/10/2017

Mr. Koïchiro MATSUURA, Former Director-General, UNESCO, was newly appointed as an Honorary Advisor of IRCI

The Letter of appointment to an honorary advisor of IRCI has been handed over to Mr. Koïchiro MATSUURA, Former Director-General, UNESCO by Director-General of IRCI on 1 October, 2017. Mr. Matsuura who had been a member of the Governing Board, provide…

28/09/2017

ICH Experts of UNESCO Headquarter and C2 Centres gathered at the annual meeting held in Iran

The Fifth Annual Coordination Meeting of the Category 2 Centres (C2C) Active in the Field of Intangible Cultural Heritage was held in Shiraz, Islamic Republic of Iran on 10, 11 Sep. Participated in the meeting Mr. Tim Curtis, Chief, Intangible Cultur…

07/08/2017

Proceedings of “International Symposium on ICH Safeguarding in the Asia-Pacific Region: Transmitting Art and Spirit of ICH” has been published

The Proceedings of “International Symposium on ICH Safeguarding in the Asia-Pacific Region” (only available in Japanese) has been opened to the public now. The symposium held in 2016, was hosted by IRCI, Agency for Cultural Affairs and Sa…

02/08/2017

24 Specialists of Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) from 7 countries discussed on current safeguarding situation (July 2017)

IRCI hosted an international symposium ‘Glocal Perspectives on Intangible Cultural Heritage: Local Communities, Researchers, States and UNESCO’ from 7th to 9th July in Tokyo under the joint sponsorship of Global Study Centre of Seijo Univ…

01/08/2017

A symposium on Cultural Heritage Held at Tokyo National Museum

Sakai-city and National Institutes for Cultural Heritage hosted the Tokyo Symposium on Cultural Heritage at Tokyo National Museum on 3rd June, 2017. Mr. Johei SASAKI, Director of Kyoto National Museum and Mr. Kenji YOSHIDA, Director General of Nation…

01/08/2017

“Proceedings of 2016 IRCI Experts Meeting” has been published

The proceedings of 2016 IRCI Experts Meeting which is outcome of the meeting has been opened to the public now. You can see discussions on the current research trends and issues of the safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage in the Asia-Pacific …

31/03/2017

Delegation of Mr Ek Buntha (Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts, Cambodia) visits IRCI

On 15 March 2017, the delegation of Mr Ek Buntha (Deputy Director-General, Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts, Cambodia; Professor, Royal University of Fine Arts, Cambodia) paid a visit to IRCI for the first time. Discussion on current issues were hel…

31/03/2017

Reconnaissance Survey in Myanmar for IRCI’s project on natural disasters (March 2017)

As part of its activities for the first year of the project “Preliminary Research on ICH Safeguarding and Disaster-Risk Management in the Asia-Pacific Region,” IRCI sent two researchers, Shigeaki Kodama (Project Research Fellow, National Museum of Et…

22/03/2017

Presentation at Japan Consortium for International Cooperation in Cultural Heritage (March 2017)

On 1 March 2017, Tetsuya Tanaka, Associate Fellow of IRCI, presented about the results of IRCI’s project in FY2016 “Mapping Project for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region” at the 53rd Meeting of the Subcommitt…

22/03/2017

Attendance to Sixth Session of the Governing Board of CRIHAP

The Sixth Session of the Governing Board of the International Training Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region (CRIHAP) was held on 23 February 2017 in Beijing, China. In addition to the 11 members of the governing board, 2…

02/03/2017

Reconnaissance Survey in Marshall Islands for IRCI’s project on natural disasters (February 2017)

IRCI’s research team comprised of Yoko Nojima (Associate Fellow, IRCI) and Huy Nguyen (Technical specialist, Institute for Social and Environmental Transition – Vietnam) visited Majuro, the capital of the Republic of the Marshall Islands during…

14/02/2017

International Working Group Session on “Preliminary Research on ICH Safeguarding and Disaster-Risk Management in the Asia-Pacific Region” (January 2017)

IRCI held the International Working Group Session of the project “Preliminary Research on Intangible Cultural Heritage and Disaster-Risk Management in the Asia-Pacific Region” on 30 January 2017, at the Tokyo National Museum. IRCI organised in FY 201…

07/02/2017

First International Photography Competition of Tehran Intangible Cultural Heritage Centre (Entry Deadline: 18 Feb 2017)

The Regional Research Centre for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage in West and Central Asia under the auspices of UNESCO (Tehran Intangible Cultural Heritage Centre), a UNESCO Category 2 Centre like IRCI, shall be organising its first …

25/01/2017

Inauguration of IRCI Cooperative Researcher

From 1 January 2017, IRCI set up a cooperative researcher post to further enhance research and cooperation with other institutions. This new system will enable researchers of the National Institutes for Cultural Heritage, Japan, to conduct research a…

12/01/2017

“Tool Kit for Planning Legal Mechanisms” developed in the Final Workshop on the Study of Legal Systems Related to ICH in the Greater Mekong Region held in Ha Noi

“Study of Legal Systems related to Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Greater Mekong Region” started in 2013. The project aims to analyse the legal systems to safeguard intangible cultural heritage (ICH) including laws and regulations, policies and …

12/01/2017

Update on Reports & Publications

In celebration of IRCI’s fifth anniversary, “IRCI Brochure 2016 (English version)” has been published. The brochure mainly introduces IRCI’s various research projects on safeguarding intangible cultural heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region…

12/01/2017

Reconnaissance Survey in Viet Nam for IRCI’s project on natural disasters (December 2016)

IRCI’s research team comprised of Yoko Nojima (Associate Fellow, IRCI) and Hiromichi Kubota (Head of Intangible Cultural Properties Section, Tokyo National Research Institute for Cultural Properties) visited Viet Nam during 14-20 December 2016 for it…

12/01/2017

Attendance to Ninth Governing Board Meeting of ICHCAP

The Ninth Governing Board Meeting of the International Information and Networking Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region (ICHCAP) was held on 15 December 2016 in Seoul, Korea. In addition to the 11 members of the governing…

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