02/04/2025

Recording of the 8th Online Seminar is now available (March 2025)

Video recording of the 8th Online Seminar titled ‘Leveraging local and indigenous knowledge to enhance adaptive capacity: Examples from Southeast Asian coastal communities’ by Lisa Hiwasaki (Assistant Professor, Department of Marine Affairs, Universi…

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02/04/2025

Recording of the 7th Online Seminar is now available (March 2025)

Video recording of the 7th Online Seminar titled ‘Indigenous and Local knowledge of changing weather and climate: UNESCO experiences of community-led research in Africa and the Caribbean’ by Dr Nigel Thomas Crawhall (Chief of Section, Local and Indig…

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21/03/2025

‘Sustainable Research Data Collection for ICH Safeguarding: Focusing on Central Asia and Small Island Developing States’ Project Report (Part I) Published in March 2025

IRCI published the first part of its report for the ‘Sustainable Research Data Collection for ICH Safeguarding: Focusing on Central Asia and Small Island Developing States’ project in March 2025, primarily focusing on the collection of ICH research i…

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21/03/2025

Final Online Workshop of the ‘Sustainable Research Data Collection for ICH Safeguarding: Focusing on Central Asia and Small Island Developing States’ project held on 28 February 2025

IRCI held the final workshop online for its research project ‘Sustainable Research Data Collection for ICH Safeguarding: Focusing on Central Asia and Small Island Developing States (SIDS)’ (FY 2022–2024)’ on 28 February 2025. This online workshop bro…

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17/03/2025

The 7th and 8th online seminars for safeguarding ICH in the Asia-Pacific region were held (21 and 26 February 2025)

IRCI’s Asia-Pacific Research Forum for ICH Safeguarding, in conjunction with IRCI’s new project ‘Research on Intangible Cultural Heritage and Climate Change in the Asia-Pacific Region’, hosted two online seminars dealing with topics related to local …

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13/03/2025

International Conference ‘New Frontiers of Research for Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage’ held at the National Museum of Ethnology (13–15 February 2025)

As part of the project ‘Asia-Pacific Research Forum for ICH Safeguarding’ (FY2022–2026), the international conference entitled ‘New Frontiers of Research for Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage’ was held from 13 to 15 February 2025, at the Nati…

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13/03/2025

Face-to-Face Workshop of the Publication Programme for Early Career Researchers was held in conjunction with the international conference ‘New Frontiers of Research for Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage’ (12 & 14 February, 2025)

As part of IRCI’s project ‘Asia-Pacific Research Forum for ICH Safeguarding (FY2022–2026)’, the Publication Programme for Early Career Researchers has been running since October 2024. Seven selected programme participants had already attended two onl…

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12/03/2025

“Towards Safeguarding Endangered Traditional Crafts in Post-Conflict Areas of Sri Lanka [Second Edition]” published online (March 2025)

IRCI’s publication “Towards Safeguarding Endangered Traditional Crafts in Post-Conflict Areas of Sri Lanka [Second Edition]” is now available online. Being produced as the result of IRCI’s project ‘Research for Endangered Traditional Handicrafts in P…

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04/03/2025

Recording of the International Symposium ‘Intangible Cultural Heritage for Sustainable Cities and Communities’ is now available

Video recording of the International Symposium ‘Intangible Cultural Heritage for Sustainable Cities and Communities: Perspectives for Integrated Safeguarding of Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region’, held in Kyoto, Japan, on 11 October 2024, …

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12/02/2025

Online Seminar LEVERAGING LOCAL AND INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE TO ENHANCE ADAPTIVE CAPACITY: EXAMPLES FROM SOUTHEAST ASIAN COASTAL COMMUNITIES to be held on 26 February 2025

IRCI’s Asia-Pacific Research Forum for ICH Safeguarding in conjunction with its new project ‘Research on Intangible Cultural Heritage and Climate Change in the Asia-Pacific Region’ is hosting the 8th Online Seminar for Safeguarding ICH in the Asia-Pa…

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07/02/2025

Online Seminar INDIGENOUS AND LOCAL KNOWLEDGE OF CHANGING WEATHER AND CLIMATE: UNESCO EXPERIENCES OF COMMUNITY-LED RESEARCH IN AFRICA AND THE CARIBBEAN to be held on 21 February 2025

IRCI’s Asia-Pacific Research Forum for ICH Safeguarding in conjunction with its new project ‘Research on Intangible Cultural Heritage and Climate Change in the Asia-Pacific Region’ is hosting the 7th Online Seminar for Safeguarding ICH in the Asia-Pa…

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22/01/2025

Call for collaborating institutions to conduct case studies for IRCI project Research on Intangible Cultural Heritage and Climate Change in the Asia-Pacific Region

(Deadline: 20 February 2025) IRCI is seeking research institutions in the Asia-Pacific region to cooperate in its new project ‘Research on Intangible Cultural Heritage and Climate Change in the Asia-Pacific Region’ (FY 2024–2026), to conduct case stu…

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09/01/2025

IRCI attended the ‘Release Ceremony of Selected Cases on ICH Safeguarding for Sustainable Development in the Asia-Pacific Region 2024’ held in Beijing, China (26 November 2024)

On 26 November 2024, the International Training Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region under the auspices of UNESCO (CRIHAP) held the ‘Release Ceremony of Selected Cases on ICH Safeguarding for Sustainable Development in t…

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