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Palau’s status in the implementation of the 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of ICH
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Manage No DI00000664 Country Republic of Korea Author Kiblas SOALADAOB Published Year 2012 Language English Copyright 
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| Description | "According to the 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, intangible culture heritage (ICH) is “the practices, representations, expressions, knowledge, skills—as well as the instruments, objects, artefacts and cultural spaces associated therewith—that communities, groups, and in some cases, individuals recognise as part of their cultural heritage” (UNESCO:2003). ICH is found in every part of the world, whether it is in an industrialised country or a non-industrialised country. However, in many nations, especially among indigenous communities, ICH is being compromised with the processes of globalisation where ICH elements are becoming lost over generations. Thus, UNESCO, in its effort to protect, preserve, and continue on this vast body of knowledge, has taken necessary steps to ensure that ICH all over the world does not lose its role as part of development strategies in ensuring sustainable practices. This presentation will report on the status of the steps Palau has taken in ensuring the continuity of ICH in the community and government level in relation to the 2003 Convention. Current ICH safeguarding measures at the national level with regards to the implementation of ICH convention In Palau, ICH safeguarding measures started as early as the German colonial times of the nineteenth century (see for example, Augustin Kraemer). In terms of the present, there is a wealth of accumulated ICH information that has been published, in which the Bureau of Arts and Culture, a division under the Ministry of Community and Cultural Affairs, has been involved during the 1990s. Books about funeral and birth rituals and chiefly systems have been documented from interviews among knowledge experts in Palau. The Bureau of Arts and Culture has continuously documented ICH even before the 2003 Convention. With this said, the challenge for Palau is really establishing a strategy for indicative measures to successfully safeguard ICH. " | ||
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