1th international conference challenges, Reviving and sustaining Intangible Heritage
from 5 - 7 July 2022
1th international conference challenges, Reviving and sustaining Intangible Heritage 2022 organized by the Future Egypt Foundation in cooperation with the Italian Cultural Institute and ICOM Egypt, is one of the first conferences in this field of studies worldwide. It will be from June 30 to July 3, 2022 at the Archeology Research Center of the Italian Cultural Institute in Cairo.
The conference encourages research findings from various fields such as animal traditions, botanical traditions, food culture, traditional medicine, traditional knowledge, folk arts and crafts, folk medicine, folk drama, folk tale, traditional heritage, folk dance, supernatural belief systems, religion, magic and poems. popularity etc.
The purpose of the conference is to study the different inventories - develop methodologies and discuss issues to be taken into account, as well as the different approaches and experiences of Member States, regions and disciplines. The discussions and outcomes of the conference will greatly contribute to the preparation of thematic handbooks on the safeguarding of the intangible cultural heritage.
The experts and participating professors were selected from among researchers, representatives of the sponsoring communities, civil servants working in local and national administrations, as well as from relevant NGOs. Most of them came from countries that had already gained experience in preparing one or more ICH inventories.
Museums play an important role in safeguarding the intangible cultural heritage of members of communities, groups or individual practitioners of intangible cultural heritage, who wish to pass on their cultural practices to future generations.
How can intangible cultural heritage become an integral part of museum practices and policies in the future? How can practitioners' participation and efforts in passing on their cultural heritage to future generations be more central to museums? What skills and competencies must museum professionals develop if they wish to support them? What is the Primary Linkage Policy and Practice
Call for Contributions
Prospective authors are kindly encouraged to contribute to and help shape the conference through submissions of their research abstracts, papers and e-posters. Also, high quality research contributions describing original and unpublished results in all areas of Reviving and sustaining Intangible Heritage, are cordially invited for presentation at the conference. The conference solicits contributions of abstracts, papers and e-posters that address themes and topics of the conference, including figures, tables and references of novel research materials.