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21/03/2025

‘Sustainable Research Data Collection for ICH Safeguarding: Focusing on Central Asia and Small Island Developing States’ Project Report (Part I) Published in March 2025

IRCI published the first part of its report for the ‘Sustainable Research Data Collection for ICH Safeguarding: Focusing on Central Asia and Small Island Developing States’ project in March 2025, primarily focusing on the collection of ICH research i…

12/03/2025

“Towards Safeguarding Endangered Traditional Crafts in Post-Conflict Areas of Sri Lanka [Second Edition]” published online (March 2025)

IRCI’s publication “Towards Safeguarding Endangered Traditional Crafts in Post-Conflict Areas of Sri Lanka [Second Edition]” is now available online. Being produced as the result of IRCI’s project ‘Research for Endangered Traditional Handicrafts in P…

29/10/2024

New IRCI leaflet is published

IRCI has renewed its leaflet, available in English and Japanese. The leaflet introduces information on IRCI’s research projects for safeguarding ICH in the Asia-Pacific region. You can download the PDF version by clicking the image below.

05/09/2024

‘IRCI Brochure 2024-2025’ is published.

The IRCI Brochure 2024-2025 (PDF version) is now available. This brochure introduces IRCI’s latest research projects and past activities with various pictures. You can download the PDF version by clicking the image below.

Front page of the Final Report of the COVID-19

24/05/2024

Report of the Research on ICH Affected by the COVID-19 Pandemic Project Published (April 2024)

The final report of the ‘Research on ICH Affected by the COVID-19 Pandemic’ project titled ‘Case Studies on Intangible Cultural Heritage amid the COVID-19 Pandemic in the Asia-Pacific Region’ is now available online. The global spread of COVID-19 sin…

08/04/2024

Final Report of the ‘Research on ICH Safeguarding and Disaster Risk Management’ project (FY 2020-2023) was published in March 2024

The final report of IRCI’s four-year research project on ICH Safeguarding and Disaster Risk Management (FY 2020-2023), ‘Natural Hazards and the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage: Experiences from the Asia-Pacific Region’ was published onli…

23/08/2023

‘IRCI Brochure 2023’ is now published

The IRCI Brochure 2023 (PDF version) is now available. This brochure with renewed design introduces the latest research projects and past activities of IRCI with various pictures. You can download the PDF version by clicking the image below.

15/06/2023

UNESCO’s animation series on ICH and education now available in Japanese

UNESCO Animation series: Teaching and Learning with Intangible Cultural Heritage in Asia and the Pacific are added with a new Japanese-subtitled version. IRCI has contributed to the Japanese translation of these video clips. Please visit the followin…

01/05/2023

IRCI official YouTube channel launched

IRCI is pleased to announce that it has just launched an official YouTube channel to enhance its outreach activities. To begin with, video recordings of three online seminars for safeguarding ICH in the Asia-Pacific region held in FY 2022 are made av…

06/04/2023

Booklet on intangible cultural heritage affected by the COVID-19 pandemic is published online (March 2023)

The booklet ‘ICH Resilience amid COVID-19 Pandemic’ compiling the results of the questionnaire survey conducted in FY 2021 under IRCI’s project ‘Research on ICH Affected by the COVID-19 Pandemic’ (FY 2021-2023) is now available online. This booklet i…

23/12/2022

New leaflet is published

IRCI has renewed its leaflet, following the inception of its new long- and medium-term programmes in this fiscal year. The leaflet, available in English and Japanese, introduces information on its research projects for safeguarding ICH in the Asia-Pa…

15/09/2022

A preliminary report of the questionnaire survey on intangible cultural heritage affected by the COVID-19 pandemic is available (August 2022)

The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on intangible cultural heritage (ICH) have caught great attention, as gatherings and activities of people were restricted by the pandemic. Amid this pandemic situation, IRCI conducted a questionnaire survey from S…

01/09/2022

‘IRCI Brochure 2022’ is now available!

The IRCI Brochure 2022 (PDF version) is now available. This brochure introduces the latest research projects and past activities with various pictures. You can download the PDF file by clicking the image below.

07/04/2022

Project Report of “Research on ICH’s Contribution to SDGs: Education and Community Development” Published (March 2022)

The project report “Research on ICH’s Contribution to SDGs: Education and Community Development” (FY 2020–2021) is now available online. This project investigated the relationship among intangible cultural heritage (ICH), education, and community dev…

28/03/2022

Project report “Sustainable Research Data Collection for ICH Safeguarding in the Asia-Pacific Region” published (March 2022)

The report of IRCI’s three-year research project ‘Sustainable Research Data Collection for ICH Safeguarding in the Asia-Pacific Region’ (FY 2019–2021) is now available online. IRCI has been collecting research information on intangible cultural herit…

05/07/2021

“IRCI Brochure 2021” has been published online

“IRCI Brochure 2021” (English version) has been published online. IRCI’s latest research projects on the safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region are plainly introduced with various pictures. It also contains new pages …

26/02/2021

Project report on “ICH’s contribution towards SDGs” project has been published online

IRCI has published a project report under “ICH’s contribution towards SDGs project” which was commissioned by SDGs platform in the framework of the “Platform for Future Co-creation of UNESCO activities” of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, …

06/11/2020

SDGs (Education) and ICH Project – Guidelines (Subanen) Published

IRCI, in cooperation with the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) had conducted the project that aims to contribute SDG4 (Quality education) by incorporating intangible cultural heritage (ICH) into non-formal education from FY 2018 to…

06/03/2020

“Proceedings of the International Researchers Forum: Perspectives of Research for Intangible Cultural Heritage – towards a Sustainable Society” has been published

Proceedings of the “International Researchers Forum: Perspectives of Research for Intangible Cultural Heritage – towards a Sustainable Society” held on 17-18 December 2019, Japan is published. The proceedings contains the two day discussions and all …

03/03/2020

Project report on “ICH’s contribution towards SDGs” project has been published online

IRCI, in cooperation with the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology (VME), the Vietnam Institute of Educational Sciences (VNIES) and the National Commission for Culture and the Art (NCCA)(The Philippines), has conducted the project that aims to contribute SDG4…

02/03/2020

SDGs (Education) and ICH Project – Guidelines Published

IRCI has implemented the project under two-year research project of ICH’s contribution towards SDGs from FY2018 to FY2019 which incorporates intangible cultural heritage (ICH) into education. In FY 2018, non-formal education in the Philippines and fo…

13/05/2019

Guidelines for “Multi-Disciplinary Study on Intangible Cultural Heritage’s Contribution to Sustainable Development Focusing on Education” for non-formal education in the Philippines (English) have been published online.

IRCI has started a new project “Multi-disciplinary Study on ICH’s Contribution to Sustainable Development – Focusing on Education” for FY 2018 to FY 2019. In this project, guidelines have been created in order to integrate intangible cult…

23/04/2019

“Guidelines for Intangible Cultural Heritage Education in Vietnamese Schools Towards Sustainable Development Goals” (in Vietnamese) have been published online.

IRCI has started a new project “Multi-disciplinary Study on ICH’s Contribution to Sustainable Development – Focusing on Education” for FY 2018 to FY 2019. In this project, guidelines have been issued in order to integrate intangible cultural heritage…

29/03/2019

“Proceedings of the Asia-Pacific Regional Workshop on Intangible Cultural Heritage and Natural Disasters” has been published (March 2019)

Proceedings of the Asia-Pacific Regional Workshop on Intangible Cultural Heritage and Natural Disasters(1) held during 7-9 December 2018 in Sendai, Japan is now available for download. The proceedings summarises the discussions over the three days, a…

19/03/2019

“Report on the IRCI Literature Survey on Intangible Cultural Heritage Safeguarding Research (2016-2018)” has been published online (March 2019)

IRCI has been collecting information on intangible cultural heritage safeguarding through the literature survey under the project “Mapping Studies on the Safeguarding of ICH“. The literature survey aims to collect basic information for re…

04/10/2018

“IRCI Leaflet” has been published

“IRCI Leaflet (English version)” which highlights in a comprehensible manner IRCI’s various research activities on safeguarding intangible cultural heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region has been published.

30/07/2018

Report of “Preliminary Research on ICH Safeguarding and Disaster Risk Management” project (FY 2016-2017) has been published

The report of IRCI’s two-year research project, “Preliminary Research on ICH Safeguarding and Disaster Risk Management” (FY 2016- 2017) has been published online. The report consists of three sections: summary of project activities, records of workin…

18/04/2018

Report of the International Symposium “Negotiating Intangible Cultural Heritage” has been published

The report of the International Symposium “Negotiating Intangible Cultural Heritage” is publicly available on the website. The symposium held from 29 November to 1 December 2017, was co-hosted by IRCI, the National Museum of Ethnology, Japan and the …

24/01/2018

Proceedings of the International Symposium on Glocal Perspectives on Intangible Cultural Heritage: Local Communities, Researchers, States and UNESCO has been published (November 2017)

The proceedings of “the International Symposium on Glocal Perspectives on Intangible Cultural Heritage: Local Communities, Researchers, States and UNESCO” is publicly available on the website. The symposium held from 7 to 9 July 2017, was co-hosted b…

07/08/2017

Proceedings of “International Symposium on ICH Safeguarding in the Asia-Pacific Region: Transmitting Art and Spirit of ICH” has been published

The Proceedings of “International Symposium on ICH Safeguarding in the Asia-Pacific Region” (only available in Japanese) has been opened to the public now. The symposium held in 2016, was hosted by IRCI, Agency for Cultural Affairs and Sa…

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 …

12/01/2017

Update on Reports & Publications

In celebration of IRCI’s fifth anniversary, “IRCI Brochure 2016 (English version)” has been published. The brochure mainly introduces IRCI’s various research projects on safeguarding intangible cultural heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region…

01/09/2016

Update on Reports & Publications

The following document has been added to “Reports & Publications” and is available for download: Proceedings of 2015 IRCI Experts Meeting on Mapping Project for Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) Safeguarding in Asia and the Pacific (8-9 December…

21/06/2016

Updates on Reports & Publications

The following document has been added to “Reports & Publications” and is available for download: IRCI Second International Workshop on the Study of Legal Systems Related to Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Greater Mekong Region (Toyama, Japan …

22/01/2016

Updates on Reports & Publications

Reports & Publications of IRCI website are updated. The PDF version of the report of the international researchers’ meeting convened in January 2013, “2013 IRCI Meeting on ICH Evaluating the Inscription Criteria for the Two of UNESCO’s Intangib…

28/03/2013

Report of the 2012 International Field School Alumni Seminar on Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia Pacific is published

Report of the 2012 International Field School Alumni Seminar on Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia Pacific, which was co-hosted by International Research Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region (IRCI), an…

24/01/2013

Two final reports on the meeting and the forum by IRCI are uploaded

The final reports of the following meeting and forum are uploaded to the IRCI website: The First Intensitive Researchers Meeting on Communities and the 2003 Convention: “Documentation of Intangible Cultural Heritage as a Tools for Communitiy’s Safegu…

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