Module 4: Intangible Cultural Heritage

Upon the successful completion of the module the students will be able:

CO1: Define, identify, and appreciate diverse forms of intangible cultural heritage globally, recognizing their significance and relevance. Understand ans assess the plethora of threats that ICH faces.

CO2: Grasp the objectives and principles of the UNESCO Convention and its implications for safeguarding intangible cultural heritage. Understand the procedures followed for the documentation and inscription of traditional knowledge and practices.

CO3: Recognize the importance and challenges in preservation and transmission efforts. Understand the pivotal role of communities in safeguarding their intangible heritage and strategies for effective community participation. Identify practices that can be used to this day for building resilience.

CO4: Comprehend the major role that ICH plays in the nation branding strategies of China. Get familiar with local practices.

The course is designed to develop different parts of the learning process, including asynchronous video recorded lectures, discussions on the online platform for specific and topical topics, developing new ideas, presenting, and solving questions and problems, and self-assessment exercises at the end of each module.

The instructor may upload notes, interactive presentations, quizzes, announcements, as well as any other additional multi-media material (videos, news reports, images, interviews, a/v documentation) on the Course’s webpage, which can be found at the electronic used by Ionian University. Moreover, students are required to use the discussion forum in order to communicate and interact with each other. Please note that, other than written text, your responses can include: hyperlinks related to the topic of discussion, video or other audiovisual material, self-recorded audio or video responses, questionnaires and polls, or, any other interactive resource. Students are advised to visit the platform on a regular basis in order to gain access to any newly uploaded educational material, since the above comprise a virtual learning environment for the Course.

The overall academic performance of students is based on the assessment of a written assignment, on a formative assessment, their performance in the final exams and the final assignment. A passing mark in the mid-term assignment is not a prerequisite for his/her participation in the final exams. The final grade awarded to each student is the sum of the grades awarded for the assignment and the final exams. Both the assignments and the final exams are marked in the scale 0 (complete failure) to 100 (absolute success). In order to get a passing mark in the Course, a student must receive a passing mark in the final exams. In a nutshell:

• The grade awarded for the assignment represents the 20% of the Course’s final grade.
• The grade awarded for the formative assessment activities represents the 20% of the Course’s final grade
• The grade awarded for the final exams represents the 60% of the Course’s final grade.
• In order to get an overall passing mark, a student must be graded with at least 50/100 in the final exams.
• Final assignment.

• Chainoglou, K. (2017). The Protection of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Armed Conflict: Dissolving the Boundaries Between the Existing Legal Regimes?, in Santander Art and Culture Law Review, 3:109-134, doi:10.4467/2450050XSNR.17.017.8426.
• Giglitto, D., Ciolfi, L., Bosswick, W. (2021). Building a bridge: opportunities and challenges for intangible cultural heritage at the intersection of institutions, civic society, and migrant communities, International Journal of Heritage Studies, 1–18. doi:10.1080/13527258.2021.1922934.
• Kuah, K. E., & Liu, Z. (2016). Intangible cultural heritage in contemporary China and Hong Kong: an introductory overview. Intangible cultural heritage in contemporary China, 13-22.
• Kurin, R. (2004). Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage in the 2003 UNESCO Convention: a critical appraisal, in Museum International, 56:1–2, 66-76, ISSN 1350-0775.
• Lenzerini, F. (2011). Intangible Cultural Heritage: The Living Culture of Peoples, in European Journal of International Law, 22:1, 101-120, doi: 10.1093/ejil/chr006.
• The Routledge Companion to Intangible Cultural Heritage (2017). Routledge, New York, Stefano, M. L., Davis, P. (eds.).