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Multimedia |
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"UNESCO wished to extend protection to intangible cultural heritage, fragile and perishable but essential for communities’ cultural identity. The lists aside and the world map allow you to browse among the 43 proclaimed masterpieces and to consult detailed information, diaporamas and videos on each of them."
Creator(s): UNESCO | Date Published: 2005
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"The 22 stories that follow were told in Cree and Oji-Cree by the elders of the Omushkegowuk and Nishnawbe-Aski areas respectively. These stories, gathered from 1975 to 1993, were taken from a collection of audio tapes housed at the Ojibway and Cree Cultural Centre in Timmins, Ontario."
Creator(s): Ojibway and Cree Cultural Centre | Date Published: 1999
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Studies & Reports |
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"If recent years have seen a widening interest in the contribution of different knowledge systems to the understanding of the natural environment and biodiversity management, UNESCO’s recognition of the importance of this theme dates back more than half-a-century."
Creator(s): United Nations - Department of Economic and Social Affairs | Date Published: 2005-09
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"The Mi'kmaw people have a rich history which can often best be understood by listening to the elders of the communities."
Creator(s): Mi'kmaq Resource Centre | Date Published: 2005
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"These traditional Japanese performing arts are the world's oldest extant professional theater and have been designated a World Intangible Cultural Heritage by UNESCO. "
Creator(s): The Japan Association for the 2005 World Exposition | Date Published: 2005
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"Intangible heritage concerns both natural and cultural resources."
Creator(s): Amar Galla - Chair, ICOM-ASPAC | Date Published: 2004
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"Intangible cultural heritage is threatened today by cultural standardization due to globalisation, tourism, migration, the degradation of the environment, industrialisation, rural exodus and armed conflict."
Creator(s): International Council of Museums (ICOM) | Date Published: 2004
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"Since the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology opened in 1997, its goal has been to present the intangible cultural heritage within the museum setting. Traditional skills, oral traditions and social practices are presented in craft demonstrations, folk performances, workshops, exhibitions and projects."
Creator(s): Nguyen Van Huy - Director, Vietnam Museum of Ethnology | Date Published: 2004
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"Bibliography: Musuems and Intangible Heritage"
Creator(s): International Council of Museums (ICOM) | Date Published: 2004
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"The aim of the study is to develop an inventory of the financial and legal instruments that exist internationally to underpin the development, promotion and preservation of intangible heritage. "
Creator(s): ICOMOS International | Date Published: 2003-08
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"Much discussion on the protection of “intangible cultural heritage” proceeds as though this concept were uniform and the objectives of those seeking to protect it were in all cases the same."
Creator(s): Lyndel V. Prott Chief International Standards Section Division of Cultural Heritage, UNESCO | Date Published: 2000
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"Paper Presented at the 1998 Annual Meeting of the Canadian Anthropology Society, Toronto."
Creator(s): Brian Thom, PhD Student, Department of Anthropology, McGill University | Date Published: 1998
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"This research report is an interdisciplinary literature review prepared for Indian and Northern Affairs Canada. The objective is to compile and synthesize opinions which address a variety of issues relating to oral narratives about the past. The 50-day study commenced January 15, 1996 and ended April 5, 1996."
Creator(s): Alexander von Gernet, for Indian and Northern Affairs Canada | Date Published: 1996-04
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"Chief Richard Malloway (Th'eláchiyatel), a direct descent of the four original ancestors of the Chilliwacks; Th'eláchiyatel, Yexwpílem, Siyemchess, and Xwexwayleq, was an important and influential Stó:lo individual who lived in the Lower Fraser Valley from 1907 to 1987. Stories of his life are remembered and told frequently in the Stó:lo community today. The objective of this paper is to compile some of his stories in the voices of the people who told them."
Creator(s): Writing by: Brian Thom. Stories Narrated by: Mrs. Edna Malloway, Chief Frank Malloway, Chief Richard Malloway. Prepared for: Stó:lo Tribal Council. March 1994 | Date Published: 1994-03
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"I believe that I can gain further cultural understanding by discussing these historical narratives in the context of the contemporary communities they are told in."
Creator(s): Brian Thom, Department of Anthropology, U.B.C | Date Published: 1994
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Projects & Programs |
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"Our elders remain guardians of this unique historical tradition, providing us with knowledge about the accomplishments and activities of earlier generations. The memories and mementos of three such Ontario residents are featured on this web site."
Lead Managing Organization: Métis Nation of Ontario Cultural Commission | Start Date: 2005
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"Welcome to the Omushkegowak Oral History Project web site. This web site explores the oral traditions and oral history of the Swampy Cree through Louis Bird's stories."
Lead Managing Organization: The Centre for Rupert's Land Studies | Start Date: 2001
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"This paper describes approaches to cultural heritage conservation and protection that emphasize local community participation and give greater attention to “Indigenous Knowledge” (IK)."
Lead Managing Organization: UNESCO Jakarta, Indonesia | Start Date: 2003
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General Reference |
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"This website has been influenced by Our Elders and by our Ancestors. This project is about preserving history, language and culture. We hope that our Elders will educate the generations to come through their knowledge and their wisdom."
Creator(s): Saskatchewan Indian Cultural Centre | Date Published: 2005
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"Bibliography: Musuems and Intangible Heritage"
Creator(s): International Council of Museums (ICOM) | Date Published: 2004
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"The First Peoples of Canada recognize certain members of their communities for their ability as storytellers. The skillful art of storytelling is passed down from one generation to another by chosen, recognized or hereditary storytellers."
Creator(s): This exhibit is a project of the interns in the Aboriginal Training Programme in Museum Practices of the Canadian Museum of Civilization | Date Published: 1997-09
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Guides & Case Studies |
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"For Aboriginal people, the oral tradition has maintained a record of every aspect of Aboriginal peoples’ traditions, customs, and ways of life."
Creator(s): Darwin Hanna | Date Published: 2000-07-25
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"This manual was written for adults and students in the Northwest Territories who want to do their own research, but need help getting started. There is a lot to learn. This manual provides you with an outline of how it can be done using audio recording equipment."
Creator(s): Elisa Hart, Occasional Papers of the Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre, Government of the Northwest Territories | Date Published: 1995
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Newsletter(s) & Bulletin(s) |
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"In this second issue of China Heritage Newsletter we address issues raised by China's embrace of the notion of intangible cultural heritage..."
Creator(s): China Heritage Newsletter | Date Published: 2005-06
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Related Materials
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"The issue of what role the museum - principal custodian of tangible heritage - may play in the collection, conservation, presentation and interpretation of intangible heritage is addressed below, as are the challenges intangible heritage poses to the museum."
Creator(s): Giovanni Pinna - Chair, ICOM-Italy, Member of the ICOM Executive Council | Date Published: 2004
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