Introducing the Convention Unit 2 PowerPoint presentation

Comparing two Conventions (2)

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• Diversity of Cultural Expressions (2005)
• Cultural activities, goods and services (products)
• Cultural expressions: often new, individual creations
• Focus on cultural industries, dissemination and development

• Intangible Heritage (2003)
• Skills, practices, expressions and knowledge
• ICH is a collective practice, transmitted ‘from generation to generation’
• Focus on safeguarding practice and transmission of ICH

Contents of the Intangible Heritage Convention

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• Preamble
• Purposes of the Convention (Article 1)
• Definitions (Article 2)
• Organs of the Convention (Articles 4–10)
• Safeguarding – national level (Articles 11–15)

• Lists and Register (Articles 16–18)
• International cooperation and assistance (Articles 19-24)
• ICH Fund (Articles 25–28)
• Reporting (Articles 29–30)
• Ratification, etc. (Articles 32–33)

Objectives of the Convention

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• Article 1
• Safeguarding
• Respect
• Awareness and mutual appreciation
• International cooperation and assistance

The two Lists of the Convention

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• Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity – RL (Article 16)
• List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding – USL (Article 17)

Sanké mon: collective fishing rite of the Sanké

• The Sanké mon collective fishing rite takes place annually in the Ségou region of Mali to mark the beginning of the rainy season and commemorate the founding of the town of San.
• In recent years, fewer people have attended the rite because of diminishing awareness of its function and history, occasional accidents and the degradation of the Sanké lake.
• Inscribed on the USL in 2009.

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