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Abstract
Korean version of a contribution about ethics and the 2003 Convention. Since December 2015, a set of twelve Ethical Principles for
Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage enriches the
paradigm of the 2003 UNESCO Convention. At the meeting of its
Intergovernmental Committee at Windhoek where those
principles were endorsed, and where a whole chapter of new
operational directives was fine-tuned in order to respond to the
2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (UN General
Assembly, 25 September 2015), the UNESCO Secretariat was
instructed to build an on-line platform with a toolkit about
ethics and safeguarding intangible heritage. Accredited NGOs
were also finally invited to collaborate and play a role in
developing and updating the 2003 UNESCO Convention and its
operational directives. This is a major breakthrough. In this article we trace and discuss this ‘hop’ (1999), ‘skip’ (2012-2015) and ‘jump’ process (2016 onwards) in the emerging paradigm of safeguarding ICH. Why twelve principles and not a supermodel code of ethics for (safeguarding) intangible heritage?
How do innovations like ‘sustained free and informed consent’ or ‘benefit sharing’ open new doors? What do anthropology, folklore studies and museology have to offer? Is the online platform a good idea, in the light of recent developments in
international conventions on biodiversity, bioethics or the work of WIPO and other organisations ?
Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage enriches the
paradigm of the 2003 UNESCO Convention. At the meeting of its
Intergovernmental Committee at Windhoek where those
principles were endorsed, and where a whole chapter of new
operational directives was fine-tuned in order to respond to the
2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (UN General
Assembly, 25 September 2015), the UNESCO Secretariat was
instructed to build an on-line platform with a toolkit about
ethics and safeguarding intangible heritage. Accredited NGOs
were also finally invited to collaborate and play a role in
developing and updating the 2003 UNESCO Convention and its
operational directives. This is a major breakthrough. In this article we trace and discuss this ‘hop’ (1999), ‘skip’ (2012-2015) and ‘jump’ process (2016 onwards) in the emerging paradigm of safeguarding ICH. Why twelve principles and not a supermodel code of ethics for (safeguarding) intangible heritage?
How do innovations like ‘sustained free and informed consent’ or ‘benefit sharing’ open new doors? What do anthropology, folklore studies and museology have to offer? Is the online platform a good idea, in the light of recent developments in
international conventions on biodiversity, bioethics or the work of WIPO and other organisations ?
Original language | Undefined/Unknown |
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Pages (from-to) | 135-171 |
Number of pages | 36 |
Journal | International Journal of Intangible Heritage |
Volume | 11 |
Publication status | Published - 26 Dec 2016 |
Keywords
- Ethics
- UNESCO
- intangible cultural heritage
- prior and informed consent
- ethical
Projects
- 2 Finished
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GIFT170: UNESCO CHAIR on Critical Heritage Studies and Safeguarding the Intangible Cultural Heritage.
Jacobs, M. & Tys, D.
15/03/14 → 15/03/18
Project: Fundamental
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ADSI347: Borgen van immaterieel erfgoed in de 21ste eeuw: speerpuntonderzoeksthema voor kritische erfgoedstudies
Tys, D. & Jacobs, M.
1/01/13 → 31/12/13
Project: Fundamental