MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFEIRS OF THE REPUBLIC OF

ARMENIAN NATIONAL COMMISION FOR UNESCO

THE REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR SAFEGUARDING INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE IN WEST AND CENTRAL ASIA, UNDER THE AUSPICES OF UNESCO

( ICH Center)

MINISTRY OF CULTURE OF THE REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA

Capacity Building Workshop

"Community-based ICH Inventorying"

Yerevan, Republic of Armenia June 5-11, 2019

PROGRAMME DATE / TIME TOPIC, SPEAKER, GROUP WORK Day 1. 05.06.2019 Wednesday / Silk Road Hotel

09:00 - 10:00 REGISTRATION OF PARTICIPANTS 10:00 - 10:30 OPENING CEREMONY Welcome speeches: • Tigran Galstyan – Deputy Minister of Culture of the Republic of Armenia • Lena Terzikyan – Acting Secretary General Armenian National Commission for UNESCO, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia • Reza Sojoudi – Acting Director of the Tehran ICH Centre, Iran Islamic Republic • Naira Kilichyan – Workshop Coordinator of the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Armenia 10:30 - 12:00 Welcome and Introductions Each participant introduces him/herself, the organization where he/she works and briefly describes his/her activity in the field - 5 minute per person 12:00 - 12:30 Coffee Break 12:30 - 15:00 Subject: Units 18 & 3 Facilitator: Janet Blake Introduction Topics: Introducing community-based inventorying Review of key concepts (part 1)

PROGRAMME DATE / TIME TOPIC, SPEAKER, GROUP WORK Day 2. 06.06.2019 Thursday / Silk Road Hotel

09:00 - 11:30 Subject: Units 3 & 6 Facilitator: Janet Blake Topics: Review of key concepts (part 2) Identification and inventorying 11:30 - 12:00 Coffee Break 12:00 - 13:30 Subject: Opening of dolls exhibition and master class of puppets preparation Masters: Heriqnaz Khachikyan and Marine Khachikyan (4 hours for each master) 13:30 - 15:00 Subject: Units 7 & 21 Facilitator: Janet Blake Topics: Involving communities Ethical issues (incl. FPIC)

PROGRAMME DATE / TIME TOPIC, SPEAKER, GROUP WORK Day 3. 07.06.2019 Friday / Silk Road Hotel

09:00 - 11:30 Subject: Units 20, 23 & 25 Facilitator: Janet Blake Topics: Inventorying systems Inventorying methods and techniques Interviewing (part 1) 11: 30 - 12:00 Coffee Break 12:00 - 12:30 Departure to the Art-Wood Museum of

12:30 - 15:00 Subject: Units 23 & 25 Facilitators: Janet Blake, Saša Srećković Topics: Inventorying methods and techniques practical: interviewing and gaining FPIC Field recording; Observation 18.00 - 19.30 Visit to the Cafesjian Center for the Arts, Yerevan

PROGRAMME DATE / TIME TOPIC, SPEAKER, GROUP WORK Day 4. 08.06.2019 Saturday / Silk Road Hotel

09:00 - 10:30 Departure to Armavir region - field work 10:30 - 12:00 Practical part of workshop with bearers of Hatsik community, Armavir region. Exhibition of Embroidery group of "Arar" Art Center in Hatsik community. Facilitator: Janet Blake Group work: Participatory video techniques (introducing concepts and developing storyboards) 12:00 - 12:30 Departure to L. Galchyan Art School in Baghramyan community of Armavir region 12:30 - 13:00 Coffee Break 13:00 - 15:00 Practical part of workshop with bearers in L. Galchyan Art School in Baghramyan community of Armavir region. Facilitator: Saša Srećković

Group work: Learning to use video camera (with tripod) and making a short video clip with community participation; photography

15:00 - 16:00 Degustation of traditional food in L. Galchyan Art School in Baghramyan community 16:00 - 17:00 Departure

PROGRAMME DATE / TIME TOPIC, SPEAKER, GROUP WORK Day 5. 09.06.2019 Sunday / Silk Road Hotel

09:00 - 11:30 Subject: Unit 28 Facilitator: Saša Srećković

Topic: Participatory mapping 11:30 - 12:00 Coffee Break 12:00 - 13:00 Carpet weaving master class (4 hours for each master) 13:00 - 15:00 Subjects: Units 29 & 30 Facilitator: Saša Srećković

Topics: Ground preparations; Fieldwork practicum plan

PROGRAMME DATE / TIME TOPIC, SPEAKER, GROUP WORK Day 6. 10.06.2019 Monday / Silk Road Hotel

09:00 - 11:30 Subjects: Units 32 & 33 Facilitator: Saša Srećković

Topics: Fieldwork debriefing; Organizing and storing information 11:30 - 12:00 Coffee Break 12:00 - 12:30 Presentation of Armenian Epic ‘’Davit of Sassoun’’ by winner of epic competition Milena Manasyan.

12:30 - 15:00 Practical part of workshop Facilitator: Saša Srećković

Group work: Fieldwork debriefing exercise

PROGRAMME DATE / TIME TOPIC, SPEAKER, GROUP WORK Day 7. 11.06.2019 Tuesday / Silk Road Hotel

09:00 - 10:30 Departure to the Community of region - field work 10:30 - 12:00 Practical part of workshop with bearers, Shadow theatre and folk dance performances in "Tonatsuyts“ Center in Byurakan Community Course summary Facilitator: Saša Srećković

Group work: Feedback on the workshop and discussing the ways forward

11:30 - 12:00 Coffee Break 12:00 - 14:00 Certificates handing ceremony in the "Tonatsuyts“ Center in Byurakan Community 14:00 - 16:00 Degustation of traditional food in the "Tonatsuyts“ Center in Byurakan 16:00 - 17:30 Departure

CAPACITY BUILDING WORKSHOP: COMMUNITY-BASED ICH INVENTORYING 5-11 June, 2019 Silk Road Hotel / Yerevan, Armenia

Facilitators of the Workshop

Dr. Janet Blake

Janet Blake is an Associate Professor of Law at the University of Shahid Beheshti (Tehran)

and a member of the Cultural Heritage Law Committee of the International Law Association.

She is also a member of the ICH Expert Committee for Iran. Janet has acted as an

International Consultant to UNESCO since 1999, including drafting the 2003 Convention,

revising the periodic reporting mechanism, and providing documents for the intergovernmental committee. She has facilitated capacity-building workshops in

Turkmenistan (2015); Kazakhstan (2016); Armenia (2017) and Iran (2016 and 2019). She

has also conducted a training of trainer’s session for UNESCO in Beijing (2018) and has provided policy and legal advice at governmental level in Iran and Palestine. Her academic publications include a research monograph on International Cultural Heritage Law published by Oxford University Press in June 2015.

Saša Srećković

Saša Srećković is President of the National Committee for intangible cultural heritage at

the Ministry of culture of Serbia (2013-2014) and UNESCO licensed trainer leading training

programs for capacity building in intangible cultural heritage: Montenegro (2011), Bosnia

and Herzegovina (2012), Germany (2013). He is also National Coordinator for intangible

cultural heritage of Serbia (2010), Head of Supervising Board at the Institute for research

of cultural development of Serbia and Member of jury at the festivals of ethnographic and

documentary films (Dialektus, Budapest, Hungary; ETNOFILm Rovinj, Croatia; International

Short Film Festival, Tehran, Iran); member of the selection committee and the jury at the

International Festival of Ethnological Film in Belgrade.

PARTICIPANTS LIST

Name Organization Contact Information

1. Ani Tonoyan Curator in P. Proshyan House-Museum, [email protected] Aragatsotn region, Town 2. Arpine Guide/Curator in "Tonatsuyts" Cultural [email protected] Mnatsakanyan Center NGO, Aragatsotn region, Community Byurakan

3. Emma Marketing Department Manager, «Zham» [email protected] Givargizyan magazine, Yerevan

4. Hasmik Scientific Researcher in Shirak Center [email protected] Matikyan for Armenological Studies of National Academy of Sciences, Shirak region, Town

5. Shushan Member of ‘’Women's Rights House’’ [email protected] Ghazaryan NGO, Shirak region, Town Gyumri

6. Hasmik Handicrats Section Manager at the [email protected] Margaryan Diocese of region, Town

7. Hasmik Institute of Archaeology and [email protected] Galstyan Ethnography of National Academy of Sciences, Yerevan

8. Narine Institute of Archaeology and [email protected] Shamamyan Ethnography of National Academy of Sciences, Yerevan

9. Naira Senior Specialist of ICH in Ministry of [email protected] Kilichyan Culture RA, Yerevan

10 Marine Education Manager and Handmade [email protected] Khachikyan Master of ‘’MARvel” Handmade Studio, Tavush region, Communtiy Koti

11 Armine Clothing Fashion Designer at ‘’Mosh [email protected] Aghajanyan Studio’’, Vayoc Dzor region, Town

12 Lili Petrosyan Volunteer in “Armenian Progressive [email protected] Youth” NGO, Yerevan

13 Lilit Head of the Chair of Social Sciences at [email protected] Mkrtchyan A. Shirakatsy Lyceum, Yerevan

14 Armen Senior Communication Officer at Eurasia [email protected] Grigoryan Partnership Foundation, Yerevan

15 Gohar Art manager in Meghradzor Cultural [email protected] Hakobyan Center, Kotayq region, Community Meghradzor

CAPACITY BUILDING WORKSHOP: COMMUNITY-BASED ICH INVENTORYING 5-11 June, 2019 Silk Road Hotel / Yerevan, Armenia