Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Touching the Intangible: An Introduction
- NEGOTIATING AND VALUING THE INTANGIBLE
- APPLYING THE INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE CONCEPT
- ON THE GROUND: SAFEGUARDING THE INTANGIBLE
- 14 Acquiring the Tools for Safeguarding Intangible Heritage: Lessons from an ICH Field School in Lamphun, Thailand
- 15 Intangible Threads: Curating the Living Heritage of Dayak Ikat Weaving
- 16 Conversation Piece: Intangible Cultural Heritage in South Africa
- 17 Revitalising Amerindian Intangible Cultural Heritage in Guyana and its Value for Sustainable Tourism
- 18 When ICH Takes Hold of the Local Reality in Brazil: Notes from the Brazilian State of Pernambuco
- 19 Reconfiguring the Framework: Adopting an Ecomuseological Approach for Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage
- 20 Conversation Piece: Intangible Cultural Heritage in Italy
- 21 Looking to the Future: The en-compass Project as a Way Forward for Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage
- List of Contributors
- Index
16 - Conversation Piece: Intangible Cultural Heritage in South Africa
from ON THE GROUND: SAFEGUARDING THE INTANGIBLE
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 February 2013
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Touching the Intangible: An Introduction
- NEGOTIATING AND VALUING THE INTANGIBLE
- APPLYING THE INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE CONCEPT
- ON THE GROUND: SAFEGUARDING THE INTANGIBLE
- 14 Acquiring the Tools for Safeguarding Intangible Heritage: Lessons from an ICH Field School in Lamphun, Thailand
- 15 Intangible Threads: Curating the Living Heritage of Dayak Ikat Weaving
- 16 Conversation Piece: Intangible Cultural Heritage in South Africa
- 17 Revitalising Amerindian Intangible Cultural Heritage in Guyana and its Value for Sustainable Tourism
- 18 When ICH Takes Hold of the Local Reality in Brazil: Notes from the Brazilian State of Pernambuco
- 19 Reconfiguring the Framework: Adopting an Ecomuseological Approach for Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage
- 20 Conversation Piece: Intangible Cultural Heritage in Italy
- 21 Looking to the Future: The en-compass Project as a Way Forward for Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage
- List of Contributors
- Index
Summary
Can you say something about yourself and your personal interest in ICH?
I'm a historian with an interest in heritage policy, heritage management and the relationship between heritage and health issues. I got interested in intangible heritage through my work at Robben Island Museum since it is a World Heritage Site with associated intangible values. Then I became interested in the opportunities the 2003 Convention provides to take another look at methods of identification, community engagement, significance assessment and conservation/safeguarding of both tangible and intangible heritage.
In your country, were there policies already in place that have dealt with intangibles before UNESCO's 2003 Convention?
The Arts and Culture White Paper of 1996 defined heritage as including ‘oral traditions’. It states (art 5.2) that:
Attention to living heritage is of paramount importance for the reconstruction and development process in South Africa. Means must be found to enable song, dance, story-telling and oral history to be permanently recorded and conserved in the formal heritage structure.
The Ministry and the National Heritage Council will establish a national initiative to facilitate and empower the development of living heritage projects in provinces and local communities. The recognition and promotion of living heritage is one of the most vital aspects of the Ministry's arts, culture and heritage policy. The aim is to suffuse institutions responsible for the promotion and conservation of our cultural heritage with the full range and wealth of South African customs. (5.28)
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- Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage , pp. 195 - 200Publisher: Boydell & BrewerPrint publication year: 2012