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#HeritageAlive short film festival will be held in Paraguay on December 3 #heritageAliveNews

#HeritageAlive short film festival will be held in Paraguay on December 3

***Le français suit*** The very first #HeritageAlive short film festival will be held in Asuncion (Paraguay) on December 3 from 1:15 p.m. in the Copa America room. Great films on the safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage, proposed by NGOs accredited within the framework of the UNESCO-ICH Convention, will be screened…
ICH NGO Forum
November 25, 2024
#HeritageAlive – Call for Articles: Basketry, preserving basket braiding traditions from the field #heritageAliveNews

#HeritageAlive – Call for Articles: Basketry, preserving basket braiding traditions from the field

(For the french version click here) #HeritageAlive, is a journal published every two years, with the support of ICHCAP, to promote NGOs’ experiences with the safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage (#HeritageAlive - ICH NGO Forum). So far, 4 editions in the Living Heritage Serie have been published successfully. In December…
ICH NGO Forum
January 23, 2024
Albert van der Zeijden Prize: the 2023 winner is Charlotte Courtois #heritageAliveNews

Albert van der Zeijden Prize: the 2023 winner is Charlotte Courtois

On December 6th, 2023, during the UNESCO 18.COM in Kasane, Botswana, #HeritageAlive and the ICH NGO Forum had the pleasure to award Charlotte Courtois from the UNESCO accredited NGO Konstelacio in France, this year’s Albert van der Zeijden Prize. With this award Charlotte is being recognized for her contributions to…
ICH NGO Forum
January 11, 2024
Storytelling: the new book from #HeritageAlive #heritageAliveNews

Storytelling: the new book from #HeritageAlive

Storytelling is more than stories. Storytelling connects generations, families, friends, creates identity, curiosity and stimulates creativity, in the spirit of the 2003 Convention. This book, with the topic Storytelling, was made with contributions from twelve writers, representing different NGOs, from countries across the globe. Here you can download and read…
ICH NGO Forum
December 21, 2023
Minutes from the #HeritageAlive Editorial board meeting #heritageAliveNews

Minutes from the #HeritageAlive Editorial board meeting

November 29th, 2022 in Rabat, Rose garden at Sofitel hotel Present: Antoine Gauthier, Rachel Gefferie, Ananya Bhattacharya, Laura Lopez, Vakil Jayaran, Hanhee Ham, Paulina Adamska, Eivind Falk Welcome / introduction Eivind gave a short introduction to the #HeritageAlive history and concept for the new members of the Editorial Board Thursdays…
ICH NGO Forum
December 2, 2022
#HeritageAlive – Call for Articles: extended deadline for Storytelling #heritageAliveNews

#HeritageAlive – Call for Articles: extended deadline for Storytelling

In order to receive more contributions, the #HeritageAlive Editorial board have decided to extend the deadline for submission of articles on Storytelling to November 20. Call for Articles: Storytelling At 16.COM in Paris, the #HeritageAlive Editorial Board chose “storytelling” as the topic for the next book in the Living Heritage…
ICH NGO Forum
October 20, 2022
The Marcianisana Tammurriata and the Music of Sant’Antuono in Campania (Italy) #heritageAlive

The Marcianisana Tammurriata and the Music of Sant’Antuono in Campania (Italy)

The Music of Sant’Antuono performed by the bottari of Macerata Campania (Vincenzo Polcari, Macerata Campania 17-01-2020) Vincenzo Capuano, Luca De Simone, Luigi Ferraiuolo, Associazione Sant'Antuono & le Battuglie di Pastellessa In Campania, in South Italy, we find a series of traditional musical instruments with a strong identity value: among these…
ICH NGO Forum
March 29, 2022
Traditional Musical Instruments, sharing experiences from the field #heritageAlive

Traditional Musical Instruments, sharing experiences from the field

The #HeritageAlive in cooperation with ICHCAP, are proud to present our new publication, a new book in the Living Heritage Series – Traditional Musical Instruments: Sharing Experiences from the field. #HeritageAlive is one of the ICH NGO Forum's many wonderful activities. First time #HeritageAlive joined forces with ICHCAP, was the…
ICH NGO Forum
December 17, 2021
Traditional food, sharing experiences from the field #heritageAliveNews

Traditional food, sharing experiences from the field

ICHCAP published the book Living Heritage Series – Traditional Food in collaboration with the ICHNGO Forum’s #HeritageAlive. The Living Heritage Series is a serial publication on regional/national transmission and safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage elements. It focuses on a different topic each time, discussing the relevant intangible cultural heritage of…
ICH NGO Forum
March 4, 2020
Symposium on Traditional Medicine, sharing experiences from the field #heritageAliveNews

Symposium on Traditional Medicine, sharing experiences from the field

Tuesday 5th of December 6.30 pm - 9.00 pm - NGO Room – ICC With gratitude for the generous support of ICHCAP – International Information and Networking Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region under the auspices of UNESCO – based in Korea Download here the programme. Contact: Eivind Falk…
ICH NGO Forum
November 27, 2017
ICH as a Legitimation Strategy for Traditional and Complementary Healing Methods? #heritageAlive

ICH as a Legitimation Strategy for Traditional and Complementary Healing Methods?

© Manfred Danner Intangible Cultural Heritage as a Legitimation Strategy for Traditional and Complementary Healing Methods? By Michaela Noseck-Licul, Krems   As a cultural anthropologist with a special interest in healing knowledge situated outside classic biomedicine, I have been observing Austria’s implementation of the UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of…
ICH NGO Forum
November 23, 2016
Spiritual renewal and the safeguarding of religious traditions in the Netherlands HERITAGE ALIVE - Spiritual renewal and the safeguarding of religious traditions in the Netherlands#heritageAlive

Spiritual renewal and the safeguarding of religious traditions in the Netherlands

By Albert van der Zeijden, Dutch Centre for Intangible Heritage (VIE) Driekoningen Zingen in Brabant The Dutch Centre for Intangibe Heritage, the organization I work for, is responsible for the implementation of the UNESCO convention in the Netherlands. This means that we are assigned by the Dutch government to make…
ICH NGO Forum
April 22, 2014
Concerns of Diversity – Living crafts, Methodology for the continuation of craftsmanship #heritageAlive

Concerns of Diversity – Living crafts, Methodology for the continuation of craftsmanship

The Author Eivind Falk By Director Eivind Falk, Norwegian Crafts Institute - Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage. The rich tradition of crafts is like a treasure chest. The many variations and diversities in boat building, traditional costumes, wood carving and log houses are a rich material refined through generations -…
ICH NGO Forum
February 5, 2014