Challenges and Perspectives in Safeguarding Endangered Intangible Cultural Heritage in Developing Countries
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Manage No DI00000653 Country Republic of Korea Author Antonio ARANTES (Professor State University of Campinas, Brazil) Published Year 2012 Language English Copyright 
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| Description | This presentation basically focuses on two themes: (1) the meaning of loss and risk in the context of cultural dynamics and (2) the possible articulation between cultural safeguarding and social development projects. I argue that the loss or abandonment of ICH elements by cultural communities does not simply point out at the impoverishment of cultural repertories, but often makes manifest social conflicts and changes which may sometimes be desired by some social agents, yet seen as undesirable by others within the same social formation. Furthermore, I believe that the safeguarding of ICH, particularly endangered social practices and traditional knowledge, can be a crucial component of social development programmes, above all in relation to education, in raising family income, as well as in strengthening senses of identity and selfesteem of minority groups. | ||
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