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2014 Field Survey Report: Intangible Cultural Heritage Safeguarding Efforts in Uzbekistan
  • Manage No DC00000061
    Author ICHCAP
    Published Year 2014
    Category Report
    Language English
    Publishing Country Republic of Korea
    Publisher ICHCAP
    Copyright Copyright
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Description Based on the ICHCAP Field Survey on Intangible Cultural Heritage Safeguarding Efforts in some East and Central Asian countries from 2009 to 2012, this summary provides a brief overview on the ICH situation in Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Kazakhstan . The summary focuses mainly on ICH safeguarding systems, safeguarding policies, and ICH inventories as well as on pending issues and the urgent safeguarding needs of these countries. Moreover, information on the main entities in charge of ICH safeguarding and opinions of each country on the issue of community involvement are provided. To give a quick overview these countries’ participation in ICH safeguarding at the international level, some additional information related to UNESCO is specified as well. This survey report offers a large sample of the diverse ICH situations in East Asian and Central Asian countries. Although each country has a different background on issue of intangible heritage, depending on its cultural, economic, and socio-political situation, the countries participating in the survey share a commonality: They are post-communist countries that were once under the Soviet system. Moreover, they share a traditional culture shaped by nomadic pastoralism that offers a variety of cultural similarities. For instance, they keep an ancient and rich tradition of epic singing, and they are highly concerned about this oral heritage as it is on the brink of disappearance. In this sense, they have much to exchange and share in regards to safeguarding ICH. The countries participating in the survey are concerned with the threats against their ICH, but most of these nations are in the early process of defining ICH and establishing independent national ICH lists. At the same time, each country expresses a high degree of motivation and encouragement for safeguarding ICH, sharing experiences, and participating in international cooperation programmes. Apart from the main subject, a brief glimpse is taken on the situation of intellectual property in ICH safeguarding in each country. Compared to the Southwest Asian countries that participated in the field survey, the East Asian and Central Asian countries provided little information on intellectual property issues, so it is recommended that ICHCAP undertake the Field Survey on Intellectual Property Issues in the Process of ICH Information Building and Information Sharing in some countries to see their status on this subject. - Ratified the ICH Convention in 2008; conducted survey in 2009 - As of April 2013, has four ICH elements on the RL and no accredited NGOs
Contents (Author )
Preface
Introduction
Field Survey Report
I. Introduction
II. Safeguarding System & Policy
III. Intangible Cultural Heritage Inventory
IV. Information on Practitioners (Holders/Bearers/Communities)
V. Relevant Organizations
VI. Meetings on Intangible Cultural Heritage
VII. Inscribed Elements on the UNESCO ICH Lists
VIII. ICH for Social Cohesion and Sustainable Development
IX. Pending Issues & Urgent Needs
X. Conclusion
List of Co-researchers

Information source
Republican Scientific-Methodical Center for Organization of Culture Institutions Activity
http://www.folklore.uz