During 2017, the Ukrainian Center for Cultural Studies under the Ministry of Culture of Ukraine held the conferences and seminars for the implementation of the UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage:
Scientific and Practical Conference “Preservation and Popularization of Traditional Crafts: Cultural Practices” (May 25, 2017, Krolevets);
All-Ukrainian theoretical and practical conference (with international participation) “Traditional culture of Ukraine as part of cultural policy: the current state, threats, opportunities” (on 2nd November, 2017, Kyiv, National center for folk culture “Ivan Honchar Museum”).
The conference dealt with:
tradition of handpicked weaving in Eastern and Central Europe;
the current state, threats, opportunities for traditional culture safeguarding and popularization;
the development of traditions through formal and informal education;
III All-Ukrainian theoretical and practical conference with international participation «Implementation of the Convention for the safeguarding of the intangible cultural heritage: results and opportunities» (Kyiv, National Reserve “Sophia of Kyiv”, on 20-21 December, 2017)
The work of the conference was conducted in such scientific and practical directions:
Intangible cultural heritage as a socio-economic resource for the development of regions: activity of regional folk art centers.
The role of the educational system (formal and informal) in forming the mechanisms for the intangible cultural heritage preservation.
Activities of public organizations in the direction of the intangible cultural heritage preservation.
The technology for preservation and presentation of tangible cultural objects and elements of intangible cultural heritage, which are inscribed on the Regional, National Lists/Inventories and International lists of UNESCO.
New technologies as a means of preservation and presentation of tangible and intangible cultural heritage.
Resources and mechanisms for the preservation and dissemination of tangible and intangible cultural heritage in the context of the EU Creative Europe Grant Program in Ukraine.
Within III All-Ukrainian theoretical and practical conference with international participation “Implementation of the Convention for the safeguarding of the intangible cultural heritage: results and opportunities” the workshop “Implementation of electronic registration of cultural heritage objects: metadata standards” was held. (Kyiv, National Reserve “Sophia of Kyiv”, on 21 December, 2017)
The workshop “The algorithm for submission the documents to promote the elements of the Intangible Cultural Heritage” (28.02.2017, Kyiv, National Historical Library of Ukraine.
The workshop “The algorithm for submission the documents to promote the elements of the Intangible Cultural Heritage” was planned to introduce the UNESCO requirements and methods concerning preparation and submission of the supporting papers of the Intangible Cultural Heritage elements to include it on the Local/ Regional lists/inventories, National Register and International lists.
The experts from the Ministry of Culture of Ukraine, the Ukrainian Center for Cultural Studies informed about the UNESCO methodology for filing documents and new requirements for the execution of Inventory and Forms for the intangible cultural heritage elements.
The purpose is to familiarize audience with the documentary requirements and procedures for promoting the elements of the intangible cultural heritage to the local / regional lists and the National Register/Inventory of Ukraine.
“The International Seminar for Sharing Experience with Estonian ICH Experts” (27-29 September 2017)
The International Seminar focused on issue concerning sharing experience in implementation of UNESCO Convention for the safeguarding of the intangible cultural heritage and carrying out measures to protect, preserve and popularize the intangible cultural heritage elements by example of Estonian and Ukrainian handpicked weaving and multiple-voice singing tradition. The scientific part of seminar was combined with creative workshops.
Seminar participants: Estonian folk culture center representatives, members of Seto community, Estonian folk masters, Seto leelo choir participants (element, inscribed on the UNESCO List) “Siidisõsara” (Estonia); The experts from the Ministry of Culture of Ukraine, the Ukrainian Center for Cultural Studies; masters of hand-made artistic and decorative handpicked weaving (Ukraine); singing group participants from Dnipropetrovsk Region, village of Luka (Kyiv region), folk group “Roksolaniya”; scientists informed on the measures, forms of safeguarding, preservation and popularization of the intangible cultural heritage elements, in order to ensure their viability and the level of attraction of members of the community to them, as well as the bearers of elements, demonstrated samples of the intangible cultural heritage elements.
The purpose is to share experience in implementation of UNESCO Convention for the safeguarding of the intangible cultural heritage and carrying out measures to protect, preserve and popularize the intangible cultural heritage elements by example of Estonian and Ukrainian handpicked weaving and multiple-voice singing tradition.
Co-organizers of conferences and round table:
International theoretical and practical conference “Tenth All-Ukrainian Scientific Folklore Readings devoted to Professor Lydia Dunaevskaya”
“National folklore is the basis of cross-cultural communication” (May 24, 2017, Kyiv, Institute of Philology at Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv;
The purpose of the conference: The conference was aimed at carrying out a comprehensive scientific review of the current state of humanities in Ukraine and the world with the assistance of scientists, postgraduates, students from all over Ukraine and foreign countries, who are studying the actual problems of folklore, literary studies, art studies, museum studies and traditional culture.
Within the framework of the conference, the following sections were conducted:
Folklore of Ukraine as a nation-building factor
Folk Suggestion in Modern Media Space
Folklore in the modern educational space
Fairy tale studies in Ukraine
Folklore in Ukraine: achievements, problems of methodology, development opportunities
Ethno-mosaics of traditional cultures of Ukraine
Folklore studies of ethnographic regions of Ukraine
At the crossroads of two cultures: the interaction of collective and individual creativity
Ethnomusicology: the history of research and new methodological approaches
Ukraine and the world: Polylogue of cultures
Children’s folklore and folklore for children
Intangible Cultural Heritage of Ukraine: Challenges and Opportunities
Round table “Traditional painted Kosiv Ceramics: preparation for the UNESCO List” (September 1, 2017, Kyiv, The Centre of Ukrainian Culture and Arts);
International theoretical and practical conference-festival “Intangible cultural heritage as a modern tourist resource: experience, practices, innovations” (October 25-26, 2017, Kyiv, Kyiv National University of Culture and Arts).
The purpose of the conference: International theoretical and practical conference-festival “Intangible cultural heritage as a modern tourist resource: experience, practices, innovations” was held to implement UNESCO Convention for the safeguarding of the intangible cultural heritage, the Law of Ukraine “On the Accession of Ukraine to the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage”, the Law of Ukraine “On Tourism”, Tourism and resorts development strategies for the period up to 2026, other normative legal acts and for the purpose of carrying out a comprehensive scientific review of the current state of the intangible cultural heritage elements as a national tourism product in Ukraine and abroad with the assistance of scientists, postgraduates, students of Ukraine and foreign countries , who study current problems of the tourism industry, cultural studies, philosophy, folklore, art studies, museum studies, pedagogy, psychology and economics, folklore groups and masters.
The work of the conference was conducted in the following scientific and practical areas (creative laboratories):
1. Intangible cultural heritage: formal and informal education.
2. Intangible cultural heritage: ethics, gender issues, development indicators.
3. Festival movement as a form of popularization of ICH and the tourism development. 4. Management of popularization and preservation of intangible heritage at the state and regional levels.
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