COVID-19 Pandemic

02/12/2024

IRCI’s first Policy Brief published in November 2024

IRCI is pleased to announce the publication of POLICY BRIEF No.1 in November 2024. This first issue introduces our reports published in 2024, including the summary of the research project on safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage in the context of…

Front page of the Final Report of the COVID-19

24/05/2024

Report of the Research on ICH Affected by the COVID-19 Pandemic Project Published (April 2024)

The final report of the ‘Research on ICH Affected by the COVID-19 Pandemic’ project titled ‘Case Studies on Intangible Cultural Heritage amid the COVID-19 Pandemic in the Asia-Pacific Region’ is now available online. The global spread of COVID-19 sin…

panel exhibition held at the Sakai City Museum

17/04/2024

Panel Exhibition ‘ICH Resilience amid COVID-19 Pandemic’ was featured in Yomiuri Shimbun (March 2024)

The panel exhibition ‘ICH Resilience amid COVID-19 Pandemic’ organized by IRCI in cooperation with Sakai City was featured in the evening edition of the Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper on 23 March 2024. As the final year of IRCI’s project ‘Research on ICH …

02/11/2023

Panel Exhibition ‘ICH Resilience amid COVID-19 Pandemic’ (7 November 2023–31 March2024)

In cooperation with the Sakai City Museum, IRCI holds a panel exhibition ‘ICH Resilience amid COVID-19 Pandemic’*. This exhibition aims to disseminate the outcomes of the IRCI’s project ‘Research on ICH Safeguarding and Affected by the COVID-19 Pand…

15/09/2023

Asia-Pacific Regional Conference ‘ICH Resilience and the COVID-19 Pandemic’ was held in Osaka (27–29 July 2023)

Asia-Pacific Regional Conference ‘ICH Resilience and the COVID-19 Pandemic’ was held in Osaka from 27 to 29 July 2023 to conclude IRCI’s project ‘Research on ICH Affected by the COVID-19 Pandemic’ (FY 2021–2023). The project started with a questionna…

06/04/2023

Booklet on intangible cultural heritage affected by the COVID-19 pandemic is published online (March 2023)

The booklet ‘ICH Resilience amid COVID-19 Pandemic’ compiling the results of the questionnaire survey conducted in FY 2021 under IRCI’s project ‘Research on ICH Affected by the COVID-19 Pandemic’ (FY 2021-2023) is now available online. This booklet i…

14/03/2023

IRCI visited Indonesia (5–17 January 2023)

IRCI is currently conducting field research in seven countries in the Asia-Pacific region for the Research on ICH Safeguarding and Disaster Risk Management project (FY2020–2023). As part of this research activity, Ms OKABE Masami, Associate Fellow of…

21/12/2022

IRCI visited Bangladesh and Cambodia (14–18 November 2022)

The IRCI mission composed of Mr W. Iwamoto, Director-General and Ms Y. Nojima, Head of Research Section visited Bangladesh and Cambodia during 14–18 November 2022, to understand the situation of intangible cultural heritage (ICH) safeguarding in thes…

15/09/2022

A preliminary report of the questionnaire survey on intangible cultural heritage affected by the COVID-19 pandemic is available (August 2022)

The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on intangible cultural heritage (ICH) have caught great attention, as gatherings and activities of people were restricted by the pandemic. Amid this pandemic situation, IRCI conducted a questionnaire survey from S…

27/12/2021

Online questionnaire survey on ICH affected by the COVID-19 pandemic (December 2021–February 2022)

IRCI has just started an online questionnaire survey on intangible cultural heritage (ICH) affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. This questionnaire is specifically addressed to individuals or organizations engaged in specific ICH, such as researchers cl…

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