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Festival of Politics Joanne Orr UNESCO Scotland Committee

Intangible Cultural Heritage in Scotland: An Inclusive Approach. Festival of Politics Joanne Orr UNESCO Scotland Committee. A UN agency which contributes to peace and security by promoting collaboration among nations through Education, culture, science and communication

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Festival of Politics Joanne Orr UNESCO Scotland Committee

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  1. Intangible Cultural Heritage in Scotland: An Inclusive Approach Festival of Politics Joanne Orr UNESCO Scotland Committee

  2. A UN agency which contributes to peace and security by promoting collaboration among nations through Education, culture, science and communication UNESCO Scotland Committee – part of the UK National Commission

  3. 2003 Convention on Intangible Cultural Heritage a) to safeguard the intangible cultural heritage; b) to ensure respect for the intangible cultural heritage of the communities groups and individuals concerned; c) to raise awareness at the local, national and international levels of the importance of the intangible cultural heritage, and of ensuring mutual appreciation thereof; d) to provide for international cooperation and assistance

  4. The domain definitions set out in Article 2.2 of the Convention: • oral traditions and expressions, including language as a vehicle of the intangible cultural heritage; • performing arts; • social practices, rituals and festive events; • knowledge and practices concerning nature and the universe; • traditional craftsmanship. • Article 15 –participation of communities, groups and individuals

  5. ? Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) . . . livingpractices, representations, expressions knowledge, and skills - as well as the instruments, objects, artefacts and cultural spaces associated therewith - that communities, groups and individuals themselves recognise as part of their cultural heritage . . . central to their identities

  6. Elements and Environment Knitted Fish project, part of the Deirdre Nelson residency held at TaighChearsabhagh in early 2008. Fish and long line hooks

  7. The Approach to ICH in Scotland Collaboratively inspired and driven Community centred and owned Inclusive of all / accessible to all Unforced / uncontrived Celebrates community diversity Promotes community cohesion Puts heritage in the context of shared spatial & social identity

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  9. Different Approaches Pro-active & aggressive re-presentation of fragile and ‘at risk’ Galician ICH Produces pseudo-events as in theme parks Or prescriptive – Austria 3 generation rule, Croatia 2 generation rule ICH in Scotland uses a participative Wiki-based approach

  10. Online Inventory of ICH in Scotland • Collection of web pages • Flexible: can manage changing priorities • Free software • Ease of data entry • Attractive for end users www.ichscotlandwiki.org/ Wiki

  11. Inventory of ICH inScotland Website www.ichscotland.org/ http://ichscotland.org/

  12. ICH in Scotland: a summary (The UK is not signed up to the UNESCO Convention) ICH is alive and well in Scotland ICH is embedded at community People in Scotland are comfortable with ICH Starting point for the ICH wiki is heritage as a dynamic process not a fixed end product contained in a building. ICH is reliant on community knowledge and contribution

  13. www.ichscotland.org/ http://www.unesco.org.uk/scotland iuny@unesco.org.uk www.museumsgalleriessscotland.com @MuseumsGalScot

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