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13/03/2025

International Conference ‘New Frontiers of Research for Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage’ held at the National Museum of Ethnology (13–15 February 2025)

As part of the project ‘Asia-Pacific Research Forum for ICH Safeguarding’ (FY2022–2026), the international conference entitled ‘New Frontiers of Research for Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage’ was held from 13 to 15 February 2025, at the Nati…

13/03/2025

Face-to-Face Workshop of the Publication Programme for Early Career Researchers was held in conjunction with the international conference ‘New Frontiers of Research for Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage’ (12 & 14 February, 2025)

As part of IRCI’s project ‘Asia-Pacific Research Forum for ICH Safeguarding (FY2022–2026)’, the Publication Programme for Early Career Researchers has been running since October 2024. Seven selected programme participants had already attended two onl…

30/05/2024

Calling for Papers and Panels for the International Conference ‘New Frontiers of Research for Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage’ (13-15 February 2025)

Asia-Pacific Research Forum for ICH Safeguarding International Conference New Frontiers of Research for Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage The Asia-Pacific Research Forum for ICH Safeguarding, a new platform for research promotion and c…

05/10/2023

IRCI attended the Conference “Harmony of Tangible and Intangible Cultural Heritage” in Uzbekistan (September 2023)

The International Scientific and Practical Conference “Harmony of Tangible and Intangible Cultural Heritage” was held on 9 September 2023 in Bukhara, Uzbekistan, jointly by the “Umrboqiy Meros” Center for Propaganda of Culture and Art of …

15/09/2023

IRCI attended “Nomads” World Cultural Festival in Mongolia (18-20 August 2023)

Invited by the Minister of Culture of Mongolia, MACHIDA Daisuke, Director-General of IRCI, and YU Le, Associate Fellow, took part in the “Nomads” World Cultural Festival held in Nalaikh District, Ulaanbaatar during 18–20 August 2023. This festival wa…

15/09/2023

Asia-Pacific Regional Conference ‘ICH Resilience and the COVID-19 Pandemic’ was held in Osaka (27–29 July 2023)

Asia-Pacific Regional Conference ‘ICH Resilience and the COVID-19 Pandemic’ was held in Osaka from 27 to 29 July 2023 to conclude IRCI’s project ‘Research on ICH Affected by the COVID-19 Pandemic’ (FY 2021–2023). The project started with a questionna…

16/02/2023

IRCI Director-General Joins UNESCO’s Regional Consultations for Culture and Arts Education

Iwamoto Wataru, Director-General of IRCI participated as a panelist in the online Regional Consultations on UNESCO Framework for Culture and Arts Education, hosted by the Government of the Republic of Indonesia during 13 and 14 February 2023. In this…

22/12/2022

IRCI promoted its research activities at the 17.COM (Rabat, Morocco, 28 November – 3 December 2022)

IRCI participated in the seventeenth session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (17.COM), which was held from 28 November to 3 December 2022 in Rabat, Morocco. Also, as a side event, IRCI set u…

02/11/2022

IRCI 11th Governing Board Meeting

The 11th Governing Board Meeting of IRCI was held online on 28 October 2022. The meeting was attended by nine members of the Governing Board, 23 observers including Mr. MATSUURA Koïchiro, Honorary Advisor, Mr. KONO Toshiyuki, Senior Fellow, the repre…

17/12/2021

ICH’s contributions to SDGs: Conference in the Kyrgyz Republic (26 November 2021)

On 26 November 2021, IRCI held an international conference “Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage through Education” online, in cooperation with Taalim-Forum Public Foundation (TFPF) and the American University of Central Asia (AUCA) in Bi…

22/02/2021

3rd WGM for Data Collection Project (February 2021)

IRCI held the third working group meeting of the project “Sustainable Research Data Collection for ICH Safeguarding in the Asia-Pacific Region” online on February 9, 2021, inviting 10 experts from Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Tha…

12/02/2020

The Second Group Meeting of Sustainable Data Collection Project Held in Tokyo (February 2020)

IRCI organised “Research on the Safeguarding of ICH in the Asia-Pacific Region” Establishing New Sustainable Mechanism for Systematic Research Data Collection FY2019 the Second Working Group Meeting on 4 and 5 February, 2020 at the Tokyo National Mus…

27/01/2020

C2 Centre’s Collaboration Event Held in Colombia

From 9 to 14 December 2019, the 14th session of Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage was held in Bogota, Republic of Colombia. IRCI and Category 2 Centres in the field of the safeguarding of ICH …

15/11/2019

Attend Conference for Dong Ho Woodblock Printings

On October 31, IRCI was invited by the VICAS (Vietnam National Institute of Culture and Arts Studies) to attend the opening ceremony of Dong Ho Woodblock Printings at Vietnam National Fine Arts Museum and International Conference of the Dong Ho Woodb…

18/09/2019

The National Institutes for Cultural Heritage exhibits a booth at ICOM Kyoto 2019

From September 1st to 7th, 2019, the 25th ICOM (International Council of Museums) General Conference was held in Japan for the first time. More than 4,500 curators and researchers of museums from 120 countries and regions all over the world gathered …

18/09/2019

IRCI sent the delegation to the Regional Meeting for Strengthening the Use of ICH in Education

The delegate of IRCI has participated in the Regional Meeting for Strengthening the Use of ICH in Education – Teaching and Learning With and About Intangible Cultural Heritage in Primary and Secondary Schools in Asia and the Pacific – co-organised by…

12/09/2019

ICH Experts of UNESCO Headquarters and C2 Centres gathered at the annual meeting held in Algeria

The Seventh Annual Coordination Meeting of Category 2 Centres (C2C) Active in the Field of Intangible Cultural Heritage was held in Algiers, Algeria on 2-3 September 2019. Participated in the meeting Mr. Tim Curtis, Chief, Intangible Cultural Heritag…

26/07/2019

The Working Group Meeting for Improving IRCI’s Research Database was held

The IRCI’s research database has provided information on ICH since FY2014 to share the outcome of research on the safeguarding of ICH in cooperation with researchers and experts in the Asia-Pacific region (https://linkcheck.irci.jp/ichdb/). As part o…

08/07/2019

The First Group Meeting of Sustainable Data Collection project was held (June 2019)

IRCI organised “Research on the Safeguarding of ICH in the Asia-Pacific Region” Establishing New Sustainable Mechanism for Systematic Research Data Collection FY2019 the First Working Group Meeting on June 26 and 27, 2019 at Kuroda Memorial Hall in T…

12/09/2018

IRCI sent the delegation to 2018 Sub-regional Meeting for ICH safeguarding in Northeast Asia “ICH in Education: Toward Joint Collaboration for Promoting ICH in Formal and Non-Formal Education”

The 2 delegates of IRCI, Mr. IWAMOTO, Director-General and Mr. HAYASHI, Chief Officer have participated in the 2018 Sub-regional Meeting for ICH safeguarding in Northeast Asia “ICH in Education: Toward Joint Collaboration for Promoting ICH in Formal …

28/09/2017

ICH Experts of UNESCO Headquarter and C2 Centres gathered at the annual meeting held in Iran

The Fifth Annual Coordination Meeting of the Category 2 Centres (C2C) Active in the Field of Intangible Cultural Heritage was held in Shiraz, Islamic Republic of Iran on 10, 11 Sep. Participated in the meeting Mr. Tim Curtis, Chief, Intangible Cultur…

01/08/2017

“Proceedings of 2016 IRCI Experts Meeting” has been published

The proceedings of 2016 IRCI Experts Meeting which is outcome of the meeting has been opened to the public now. You can see discussions on the current research trends and issues of the safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage in the Asia-Pacific …

22/03/2017

Presentation at Japan Consortium for International Cooperation in Cultural Heritage (March 2017)

On 1 March 2017, Tetsuya Tanaka, Associate Fellow of IRCI, presented about the results of IRCI’s project in FY2016 “Mapping Project for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region” at the 53rd Meeting of the Subcommitt…

30/11/2016

2016 IRCI Experts Meeting on Mapping Project for ICH Safeguarding in the Asia-Pacific Region held in Sakai (November 2016)

The “2016 IRCI Experts Meeting on Mapping Project for ICH Safeguarding in the Asia-Pacific Region” was held from 18 to 19 November 2016 at Sun Square Sakai, Osaka, Japan. A total of 25 ICH experts from 14 countries within the Asia-Pacific region atte…

20/10/2016

Attendance to ‘2016 Sub-Regional Meeting for Intangible Cultural Heritage Safeguarding in Northeast Asia’ held in Ulaanbaatar

The ‘2016 Sub-Regional Meeting for Intangible Cultural Heritage Safeguarding in Northeast Asia: The Role of the Media in Raising Awareness about Intangible Cultural Heritage’ was held in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia from 10-12 October 2016. Co-organised by …

27/07/2016

Attendance to International Council of Museums Conference in Milan

The International Council of Museums (ICOM) Conference, held once every three years, was held in Milan, Italy from 3-9 July 2016. From IRCI, Wataru Iwamoto (Director-General) and Takao Mishima (Chief Officer) attended this event. Regarding intangible…

21/06/2016

4th Annual Coordination Meeting of Category 2 Centres Active in the Field of the Intangible Cultural Heritage held in Paris

IRCI participated in the Fourth Annual Meeting of Category 2 Centres under the auspices of UNESCO Active in the Field of the Intangible Cultural Heritage held at the UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, France on 4 June 2016, straight after the Sixth Sessio…

28/03/2016

The final meeting of the project on Vietnamese Dong Ho woodblock printing was held in Tokyo

IRCI has implemented since FY 2013 a research project titled Research for Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage at the Verge of Extinction: Vietnamese ICH Element Dong Ho Woodblock Printing in collaboration with Vietnam Institute for Cultural and…

28/03/2016

A researcher visited Singapore to present papers reflecting research projects of IRCI

Susan McIntyre-Tamwoy (a researcher who has been working for IRCI’s research projects) visited Singapore to present papers, which include the results of field research commissioned by IRCI. On 25 January 2016, she presented a paper on trans-border IC…

29/02/2016

Presentation at the Japan Consortium for International Cooperation in Cultural Heritage (February 2016)

Shigeaki Kodama, Associate Fellow of IRCI, presented the results of IRCI’s Mapping Project in FY 2015 (Mapping Research for the Safeguarding of ICH in the Asia-Pacific Region) at the meeting of the subcommittee for planning of the Japan Consortium fo…

26/01/2016

An international experts meeting of the Mapping Project was held in Bishkek (Kyrgyz Republic) (December 2015)

2015 IRCI Experts Meeting on Mapping Project for ICH Safeguarding in Asia and the Pacific was held on 8-9 December 2015 in Bishkek, the capital city of Kyrgyz Republic, as an activity under IRCI’s project, Mapping Research for the Safeguarding of ICH…

26/08/2015

IRCI participated in the Third Annual Coordination Meeting of Category 2 Centres Active in the Field of Intangible Cultural Heritage

IRCI participated in the Third Annual Coordination Meeting of Category 2 Centres Active in the Field of Intangible Cultural Heritage, held on 6-8 July 2015 in Guiyang, Guizhou Province, People’s Republic of China. This meeting is organised annu…

25/03/2015

IRCI hosted International Experts Meeting of the Project “Mapping Research on the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) in the Asia-Pacific Region” (January 2015)

In cooperation with Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia, IRCI convened an international experts meeting on 26-27 January 2015 in Kuala Lumpur, as part of the project “Mapping Research on the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) in the Asia-Pac…

02/07/2014

IRCI hosted an international experts meeting on “Mapping Research for the Safeguarding of ICH in the Asia-Pacific Region” (February 2014)

IRCI is conducting the project entitled “Mapping Research for the Safeguarding of ICH in the Asia-Pacific Region” based on the work plan approved by the 2nd IRCI Governing Board Meeting. This project is intended to contribute to the safeguarding of I…

06/02/2013

IRCI organised the Experts Meeting on ICH in January 2013

IRCI organised the Experts Meeting on ICH – Evaluating the Inscription Criteria for the Two Lists of the UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage Convention in Tokyo, 10-11 January 2013 in cooperation with the Maison des Cultures du Monde, France. This …

10/03/2012

The First Intensive Researchers Meeting on Communities and the 2003 Convention

IRCI organised “The First Intensive Researchers Meeting on Communities and the 2003 Convention: Documentation of ICH as a Tool for Community’s Safeguarding Activities”at Tokyo, on 3-4 March, 2012. The meeting aimed at sharing good practices, and to f…

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