CY Cergy Paris University Webinar on Intangible Cultural Heritage and Sustainable Development organised by UNESCO Chair

CY Cergy Paris University invites you to the 4th session of the webinar series “Intangible Cultural Heritage and Sustainable Development” organised by the Unesco Chair on Intangible Cultural Heritage and Sustainable Development. The upcoming session will explore the theme Policy Developments on Crafts in Europe: An Insight in Tracks4Crafts.

Overview

Safeguarding traditional craftsmanship, defined as a domain of intangible cultural heritage in the Unesco 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, may be connected to a diversity of policy and legal contexts, especially regarding a craft as an economic activity. These may include, among others, cultural policies to sustain the transmission of traditional knowledge and skills, and to support the work of creative professionals, as well as intellectual property policies aiming to secure economic benefits for innovation. While exploring examples of policy and legislative developments on crafts in Europe, a question will be asked on how these developments address the linkage between the work of an individual craftsperson and a broader heritage community.

This presentation will provide an insight into the work in progress and initial observations of the research project "Tracks4Crafts. Transforming crafts knowledge for a sustainable, inclusive and economically viable heritage in Europe", funded by the European Commission research and innovation programme Horizon Europe (2023-2027). The Unesco Chair on Intangible Cultural Heritage Policy and Law at the Latvian Academy of Culture is one of altogether fifteen consortium partners.


About the Speaker

Anita Vaivade is Associate Professor of Cultural Heritage Studies and Chairholder of the UNESCO Chair on Intangible Cultural Heritage Policy and Law at the Latvian Academy of Culture. Having background in humanities, cultural sociology and legal sciences, she is interested in intangible cultural heritage related domestic and cross-border regional policy and legislative developments in dialogue with the UNESCO 2003 Convention. She has led Latvian delegation to the UNESCO Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage.

Date: 26 March 2024

Time: 14:00 – 16:00 CET

Location: Zoom

Participate in the seminar by clicking here (Meeting ID: 948 0422 4217)
 

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