Mapping Urgent Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage List
1media/Screenshot 2023-10-28 at 12.57.48 AM.pngmedia/Screenshot 2023-10-28 at 12.45.41 AM.pngmedia/Screenshot 2023-10-28 at 12.57.48 AM.png2023-10-29T20:44:36-07:00Mustafa Kandil9044c0ef374078425a0d3c2b412f02198dd6464c439448The "Mapping Urgent Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage List" project prioritizes the development of innovative visualizations to comprehensively represent and communicate the urgent needs and richness of endangered intangible cultural heritage globally.image_header2023-10-29T20:51:14-07:00Mustafa Kandil9044c0ef374078425a0d3c2b412f02198dd6464c
What is Intangible Cultural Heritage?
The term ‘cultural heritage’ has changed content considerably in recent decades, partially owing to the instruments developed by UNESCO. Cultural heritage does not end at monuments and collections of objects. It also includes traditions or living expressions inherited from our ancestors and passed on to our descendants, such as oral traditions, performing arts, social practices, rituals, festive events, knowledge and practices concerning nature and the universe or the knowledge and skills to produce traditional crafts.