Meetings and Researches
2021 South Asia Sub-regional Meeting for ICH Safeguarding in South Asia
- Date19 Jan 2024
Strengthening Creative Economy through Sustainable Development of ICH
Background
According to the 2003 Convention, Article
2.2 defines domains of intangible cultural heritage (ICH): oral traditions and
expressions; performing arts; social practices, rituals, and festive events;
knowledge and practices concerning nature and the universe; and traditional
craftsmanship. For ICH bearers and communities, ICH skills are their identity
and representation but also the way of living. The relationship between ICH and
the economy has always been a question regarding sustainability: to what extent
and how.
In light of the 2030 Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs) adoption at the 70th UN General Assembly, there have
been cross sectoral efforts to better achieve the SDGs within the framework of
the 2003 Convention. Highly emphasized five SDGs with the Convention are SDG
1(No Poverty), 4(Quality Education), 5(Gender Equality), 11(Sustainable Cities
and Communities), and 17(Partnerships for the Goals). It does not mean that the
other goals are not related to ICH, rather all are intertwined into these five
goals, and they are more noticeable than others. As the branch of SDG11, the
Meeting would like to focus on SDG1, No Poverty, in the sense of human security
and SDG 8, Decent Work and Economic Growth. Particularly, the crafts sector is
related to a diverse economic ripple effect. Therefore, ethical principles for
safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage include both rights and duties for
stakeholders on possible economic conflicts.
In tandem with diverse stakeholders,
including the UNESCO office, government, and NGOs, ICHCAP has organized Sub-regional
Meeting for ICH safeguarding in South Asia since 2015. In between, publication
and online exhibition projects were delivered to raise awareness on ICH in
leading ICH safeguarding discourses. Particularly, in 2019, under the title of
“ICH and Education: Towards Joint Collaboration for Promoting in Formal and
Non-Formal Education,” the ways of integration of value of ICH into education
were discussed, and its outcome document reaffirmed the needs of
interdisciplinary approaches and collaborations or joint projects by expanding
networks.
The expansion of networks is not limited to
the education sector. Recently, Banglanatak dot com hosted an online symposium
and webinars regarding the HIPAMS (Heritage-sensitive Intellectual Property and
Marketing Strategies) Project. Between ideal (safeguarding and transmitting the
ICH) and reality (making a living), its focus lies on empowering the
communities by identifying and creating adequate marketing strategies and
remaining sensitive to heritage at the same time. Additionally, considering the
current situation affected by COVID-19, places or products of practitioners
suffer from economic difficulties. It is a definite threat to sustainability
and the right time to touch on deeply.
Declared at the 74th United Nations General
Assembly, the year 2021 is the International Year of Creative Economy for
Sustainable Development. By highlighting the power of creativity for resilience
and following the Operational Directives 109, “continuous recreation and
transmission of knowledge and skills necessary for safeguarding intangible
cultural heritage,” the Sub-regional Meeting for ICH Safeguarding in South Asia
will focus on introducing and developing participatory approaches by
reiterating the interdependence between the safeguarding of intangible cultural
heritage and sustainable development with all stakeholders in this field. The
organizers of the sub-regional meeting are: International Information and
Networking Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region
under the auspices of UNESCO (ICHCAP), UNESCO New Delhi (Cluster Office for
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal and Sri Lanka) and Banglanatak dot
com, India.
OBJECTIVES
- Goal: To foster international
collaboration and build a sustainable regional network of experts from
government and civil society reflecting on the link between ICH
safeguarding and economic promotion in pursuit of the 2030 SDGs in South
Asia.
- Objective 1. To better
understand the efforts and challenges of the intertwined relationship
between ICH and the economy in South Asia and how that could be
sustainable in a positive way;
- Objective 2. To discuss how we
can draw the line between arts and commodification and can contribute to
achieving SDGs, in particular, SDG 1 through SDG 11;
- Objective 3. To promote
sustainable cooperation networks on regional and international level among
various stakeholders in the field of ICH and the economic sector.
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