scholarly journals Gherghina Boda, The Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage (Paris, 1972) and Romania

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 17-31

The notion of the cultural heritage of humanity is relatively recent, but its protection and conservation date back to the Renaissance. Over time, this type of initiatives has been supported legislatively, which provided a legal framework, including the obligation to protect and rescue humanity’s exceptional natural and cultural assets. One form of legislation on the protection and conservation of heritage is the Paris Convention of November 1972 which, for the first time, brought to public attention the idea of World Heritage. Romania adopted the convention by Decree No. 187/1990. Since then, our country has managed to list eight UNESCO cultural and natural sites and with the promulgation of Law No. 410 of December 29, 2005, on the protection of intangible cultural heritage, it registered six other heritage elements, the Romanian culture thus occupying a well-deserved place among the cultures of the world. The 1972 Convention is important due to the impetus was given to the countries of the world to preserve, protect and promote their national values, but also to place them among other world property of exceptional value.

2011 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 45
Author(s):  
Fathi Saleh

<p>In Egypt, the Center for Documentation of Cultural and Natural Heritage (CULTNAT) is treating cultural heritage in a holistic approach whether regarding the diversity of themes of cultural heritage or in the case of museums, the presence of objects in the different museums both within the country or abroad (a sort of global virtual museum). The establishment of CULTNAT marks a unique experience in the application of the latest innovations in the world of telecommunications and information technology towards heritage issues. CULTNAT’s main mandate is to document the various aspects of Egypt's tangible and intangible cultural heritage as well as its natural heritage.</p>


2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. 4369 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qing Lin ◽  
Zheng Lian

With the development of globalization, intangible cultural heritage (ICH) has come under increasing threat, making the safeguarding of ICH a crucial task for the governments and peoples of the world. This paper examines China’s current state of intellectual property (IPR) protection for ICH and proposes that ICH be placed under China’s legislative protection as intellectual property. Due to the immense diversity and complexity of ICH and the difficulty in reconciling various interests involved, the existing IPR protection mode faces many obstacles in practice. We present two case studies and three sets of recommendations on improving the protection of ICH in China. The first set relies on improving copyright protection for ICH, the second set relies on improving trademark and geographical protection for ICH, and the third set relies on improving patent protection for ICH.


2017 ◽  
Vol 54 (6) ◽  
pp. 691-710 ◽  
Author(s):  
Craig Owen ◽  
Nicola De Martini Ugolotti

Capoeira is an Afro-Brazilian bodily discipline that has now become a global phenomenon. In 2014 the cultural significance of capoeira was recognized on the world stage when it was awarded the special protected status of an ‘Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity’ by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation. In the application to this organisation, and in wider advertising material and practitioner literature, capoeira is celebrated as a practice that promotes social cohesion, inclusivity, integration, racial equality and resistance to all forms of oppression. This paper seeks to problematize this inclusive discourse, exploring the extent to which it is both supported and contradicted in the gendered discourses and practices of specific capoeira groups in Europe. Drawing upon ethnographic data, produced through two sets of ethnographic research and the researchers’ 24 years of combined experience as capoeira players, this paper documents the complex and contradictory contexts in which discourses and practices of gender inclusivity are at once promoted and undermined.


space&FORM ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (48) ◽  
pp. 263-282
Author(s):  
Piotr Krzysztof Arlet ◽  

Almost all over the world, archaeological museums present collections of prehistoric small houses made of clay, bronze and wood. These artefacts were part of tombs equipment, some of high artistic level. Models discussed in the article represent five different cultures from distant geographic regions: Egypt, Italy, Northern Poland, Western Mexico, and Honshu in Japan. Since these cultures were additionally separated on a timeline this excluded interaction between them. A number of articles published contains information about such artefacts. However, according to the best knowledge of the author none has tried to juxtapose and compare the oldest architectural models.


2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-68
Author(s):  
Rinitami Njatrijani

Abstract Traditional Cultural Expressions (TCE) is all the intangible cultural heritage, developed by local communities, collectively or individually in a non-systemic manner and that are inserted in the cultural and spiritual traditions of the communities. The catagories of TK and TCE ... “expressions of folklore in the form of  tekstual fonetic or verbal, music, dances, theater, fine art, ritual ceremony”. The legal framework of TCE in Indonesia that can be implemented as contained in the 1945 Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia (Fourth Amendment) Article 32 (1), Article 38 and 39 on Copyright Law Number 28 Year 2014 on Copyright, Law Number 5 Year 2017 on Futherance Culture, Presidential Regulation No.78 Year 2007 on the Convention on Protection of Intangible Cultural Heritage), Permendikbud N0.106 of 2013 on Intangible Cultural Heritage of Indonesia. Further provisions by the state are required to immediately ratify the Traditional Knowledge Bill and EBT into a separate law in Indonesia  Defensive protection TCEin Blora community is urgent to be protected as a whole so as not to be abused by others. The process of recording, stipulating, proposing to the Indonesian Conservation Heritage Agency on ICH Unesco's list is the final process of digital documentation in the database of intangible cultural heritage as official data of the state which has a positive impact on the welfare of its supporting community. This research indicates that there are only 16 cultural works for the community in Blora Regency that have been designated as Indonesian Culture Heritage / Intangible Cultural Heritage in accordance with UNESCO Convention Year 2003. While there are still many cultural works that need to be prioritized for immediate recording for next year. (Barong, batik motif etc). Keywords : Defensive Protection, Traditional  Cultural Expressions (Tce), Misappropriation, Digital Document. Abstrak TCE/Ekspresi budaya tradisional (EBT) adalah semua warisan budaya tak benda, yang dikembangkan oleh masyarakat lokal, secara kolektif atau individual dengan cara yang tidak sistemik dan disisipkan dalam tradisi budaya dan spiritual masyarakat. Kategori warisan budaya tak benda meliputi tradisi lisan, seni pertunjukkan, praktek-praktek sosial, ritual, perayaan-perayaan, pengetahuan dan praktek mengenai alam dan semesta atau pengetahuan dan ketrampilan untuk menghasilkan kerajinan tradisional. Kerangka hukum EBT di Indonesia  yang dapat diimplementasikn sebagaimana terdapat  dalam UUD RI Tahun 1945 (Amandemen ke empat) Pasal 32(1), Pasal 38 dan 39 tentang Undang-undang Hak Cipta Nomor 28 Tahun 2014 tentang Hak Cipta, Undang-Undang Nomor 5 Tahun 2017 tentang Undang- Undang Pemajuan Kebudayaan yang lahir dalam rangka melindungi, memanfaatkan dan mengembangkan kebudayaan Indonesia, Perpres RI No.78 Tahun 2007 tentang Konvensi Perlindungan Warisan Budaya Takbenda), Permendikbud N0.106 Tahun 2013 tentang Warisan Budaya Takbenda Indonesia. Diperlukan ketentuan lebih lanjut oleh negara untuk segera mengesahkan RUU Pengetahuan Tradisional dan EBT menjadi Undang-Undang tersendiri di Indonesia.Perlindungan defensif EBT di masyarakat Kabupaten Blora sangat mendesak untuk dilindungi secara keseluruhan agar tidak disalahgunakan oleh pihak lain. Proses pencatatan, penetapan,  pengusulanke Badan Warisan Budaya Takbenda Indonesia dalam  daftar ICH Unesco merupakanproses akhir dokumentasi secara digital dalam database warisan budaya takbenda  sebagai data resmi negara yang memberikan dampak positif bagi kesejahteraan masyarakat pendukungnya.Penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa baru ada 16 karya budaya bagi masyarakat di Kabupaten  Blora yang telah ditetapkan sebagai Warisan Budaya Tak Benda Indonesia/Intangible Cultural Heritagesesuai Konvensi UNESCO Tahun 2003.Sementara masih banyak karya-karya budaya yang perlu diprioritaskan untuk segera dilakukan pencatatan untuk tahun-tahun mendatang.(Barong, motif batik dll). Kata Kunci: Perlindungan Defensif, Ekspresi Budaya Tradisional (EBT), Penyalahgunaan,  Dokumen Digital.


Ethnologies ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 36 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 383-403
Author(s):  
Richard MacKinnon

Since Canada has signed the UNESCO Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage of 1972, it has had some eighteen cultural and natural sites selected for the World Heritage List that represent internationally significant nature reserves and natural wonders, significant Canadian architectural history, important sites representing Canadian aboriginal culture and geological treasures of world-wide importance. These internationally significant sites have put Canada on the world stage in both the heritage conservation field and in the national and international tourism sector. What Canada has decided to inscribe on this list has had a major impact at the local, regional, national and international arenas. The author of this paper reflects on some of the ancillary guiding charters and conventions since the World Heritage Convention was implemented that have led to where we are today in the field of heritage conservation in Canada. He goes on to predict some areas where heritage conservation will be going in Canada in the near future. He argues that Canada could likewise have its rich intangible culture play a similarly significant role if the Canadian government signed the UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage of 2003. Last, he discusses some of the recent developments in eastern Canada in intangible cultural heritage, conservation and the sustaining of traditions.


2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (7) ◽  
pp. 40-44
Author(s):  
Jianping Zhao

China’s intangible cultural heritage as an important part and the soul of the traditional Chinese culture is the cultural treasure of China and even the world. As the concept of cultural protection is deeply rooted in the minds of people, the state attaches increasing importance to intangible cultural heritage. The unique forms of cultural expressions and the special places of these expressions are deeply rooted in the Chinese culture and they should also be an important content in China’s efficient ideological and political education. This article mainly explores the significance of intangible cultural heritage in ideological and political teaching as well as the strategies to effectively integrate intangible cultural heritage into ideological and political teaching in order to achieve the educational purposes of condensing the consensus of traditional Chinese culture, enhancing the cultural consciousness among teachers and students in colleges and universities, and enhancing the patriotic enthusiasm and cultural confidence.


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