Proceedings of the International Symposium on Glocal Perspectives on Intangible Cultural Heritage: Local Communities, Researchers, States and UNESCO 7 -9 July 2017 Tokyo, Japan Center for Glocal Studies (CGS), Seijo University and International Research Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacifi c Region (IRCI) Proceedings of the International Symposium on Glocal Perspectives on Intangible Cultural Heritage: Local Communities, Researchers, States and UNESCO 7 -9 July 2017 Tokyo, Japan Center for Glocal Studies (CGS), Seijo University and International Research Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacifi c Region (IRCI) Published by Center for Glocal Studies, Seijo University (CGS) Seijo 6-1-20, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 157-8511, Japan E-mail: [email protected] website: http://www.seijo.ac.jp/research/glocal-center/ and International Research Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacifi c Region (IRCI) c/o Sakai City Museum, 2 Cho Mozusekiun-cho, Sakai-ku, Sakai City, Osaka 590-0802 Japan E-mail: [email protected] website: http://www.irci.jp © Center for Glocal Studies, Seijo University (CGS) © International Research Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacifi c Region (IRCI) Published on 30 November, 2017 Contents Foreword Wataru IWAMOTO and Tomiyuki UESUGI ………………………………………………………ⅳ Welcome Remarks Junichi TOBE …………………………………………………………………………………… 3 Opening Remarks 1.Tomiyuki UESUGI ……………………………………………………………………………… 4 2 .Wataru IWAMOTO………………………………………………………………………………… 6 3.Tim CURTIS ……………………………………………………………………………………… 8 Keynote Speeches 1 . The UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage and Its Glocal Perspectives Koïchiro MATSUURA ……………………………………………………………………………15 2 . Toward Incorporating Local People´s Creativity in a New World Culture Lourdes ARIZPE …………………………………………………………………………………20 Presented Papers Session 1: How do local communities, local offi cials, researchers and government offi cials collaborate for the implementation of the UNESCO’s ICH Convention by inventory making, safeguarding, nomination and inscription? 1 .How to Find Shared Values and Consensus in ICH Communities: the Case of Multi-national Inscription of Tugging Rituals and Games Hanhee HAHM ……………………………………………………………………………………29 2 . The Government Management and the Role of Communities in the Safeguarding, Inventory and Nomination of ICH: The Case Study of Vietnam Thi Hien NGUYEN ………………………………………………………………………………37 3 . The Current State and Future of the Safeguarding of Cultural Properties in Japan: Focusing on Intangible Folk Cultural Properties Minoru KOBAYASHI ………………………………………………………………………………50 i 4 . A Voice from the Heritage Community of Yeongsan in Korea Young Joon HA ……………………………………………………………………………………53 Session 2: What has been the transformative impact of the Convention, notably how have communities assessed its impact? 5 . Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage, and Community Involvement in India: An individual View from the Field Shubha CHAUDHURI ……………………………………………………………………………59 6 . The Campaign of Intangible Cultural Heritage Safeguarding in China: Signifi cance and Challenge Deming AN ………………………………………………………………………………………71 7 . Would Inscription on UNESCO’s List of Intangible Cultural Heritage Contribute to the Sustainability of Intangible Cultural Heritage?: Cases of “Mibu no Hana Taue” and “Ojiya-chijimi, Echigo-jofu” Tomo ISHIMURA …………………………………………………………………………………80 8 . Impacts of the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage on the Preservation and Transmission of “Yama, Hoko, Yatai, Float Festivals” in Japan: Featuring Hitachi Furyumono Hiroyuki SHIMIZU ………………………………………………………………………………87 Session 3: What is the role of researchers as “cultural brokers” in assessing the impact of the implementation of the Convention? 9 . Brokering Intangible Cultural Heritage in Thailand: Lessons Learned from a Nomination Process Alexandra DENES ………………………………………………………………………………97 10. Considering the Role of Researchers at Local Governments (as “Cultural Brokers”) in Japanese Cases of ICH Satoru HYOKI ………………………………………………………………………………… 109 11. From a Local Festival to the Hikiyama Festival in Nagahama: the Road towards a World Festival Seiichi NAKAJIMA …………………………………………………………………………… 117 ii Session 4: What are the possible feedback mechanisms for local communities to communicate to UNESCO the impact of the Convention on them? 12. Examining Possible Mechanisms for the Community Representation and Participation in the Implementation of the 2003 Convention at the International Level Janet Elizabeth BLAKE ………………………………………………………………………… 123 13. Community Participation in Folk Festivals for Protecting Intangible Cultural Heritage and the Role of NGOs as Facilitators of Feedback V. JAYARAJAN ………………………………………………………………………………… 146 14. Preservation of Ha Kites Techniques by the Government Yiqi HA ………………………………………………………………………………………… 150 Session 5: New initiative to encourage IRCI’s ICH researchers’ network. 15. New Initiative to Encourage IRCI’s ICH Researchers’ Network Shigeaki KODAMA …………………………………………………………………………… 155 Comments 1. Hanhee HAHM ………………………………………………………………………………… 160 Comments 2. Alexandra DENES …………………………………………………………………………… 161 Comments 3. Thi Hien NGUYEN …………………………………………………………………………… 163 Closing Remarks Wataru IWAMOTO …………………………………………………………………………… 169 ANNEXES Ⅰ . Programme of the Symposium ……………………………………………………………… 173 Ⅱ . List of Participants …………………………………………………………………………… 176 iii Foreword Since United Nations Educational, Scientifi c and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in 2003 adopted the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage and its subsequent commencement in 2006, more than 170 countries have become States Parties to the Convention, and about 430 intangible heritage elements have been inscribed on the Urgent Safeguarding List, the Representative List and the Register of Good Safeguarding Practices. Therefore, we can assume that the spirit and the concept embedded in the Convention have been accepted globally as the basic principles for safeguarding intangible cultural heritage (ICH). In the process of implementing the Convention, stakeholders involved in this endeavour and their interactions are diverse not only at the global level but also at the local and national levels. In order to grasp this diversifi ed interaction, the Center for Glocal Studies of the Seijo University (CGS) and the International Research Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region under the auspices of UNESCO (IRCI) jointly hosted an international symposium on Glocal Perspectives on Intangible Cultural Heritage: Local Communities, Researchers, States and UNESCO, on July 7-9, 2017, at Seijo University, Tokyo, Japan. The CGS has been striving to examine the socio-cultural dynamics in various settings from not only a global perspective but also local perspective, that is, from a glocal one. A decade after the UNESCO Convention commenced, the CGS attempts to observe and examine the realities and consequent issues relating to the Convention from a glocal perspective. The other co-organiser of the Symposium, the IRCI under the National Institutes for Cultural Heritage, Japan was established as the Category 2 Centre under the auspices of UNESCO in 2011. Since its establishment, the IRCI has been promoting and contributing to the implementation of the UNESCO Convention. The IRCI instigates and coordinates research into practices and methodologies for ICH safeguarding, cooperating with researchers and local community members internationally. These two organisations held this Symposium with the aim of overviewing and iv analysing how intangible cultural heritage have been safeguarded. It also aimed to examine, from local as well as global perspectives, how local communities, researchers, states and UNESCO had been interacting in the process of safeguarding such heritage in the Asia-Pacific region. The invited participants coming from ten countries and UNESCO, together with general participants held discussions for two days. During two days fifteen papers were presented in five sessions and discussions were held on the topics. We would like to express our sincere thanks to all the participants. The report of this symposium will be published by the CGS in near future, while this proceedings aims to share the outcomes promptly and widely to those who did not participate in the Symposium. Therefore all the papers included in this publication are kept an original state, with minimum edit by IRCI. To conclude, we would like to acknowledge funding for our symposium from two bodies; the Japanese Agency for Cultural Affairs, and the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. November 2017 Wataru IWAMOTO Tomiyuki UESUGI Director-General Director/Professor International Research Center for Glocal Studies Centre for Intangible (CGS), Cultural Heritage in Seijo University the Asia-Pacifi c Region (IRCI) v WELCOME REMARKS AND OPENING REMARKS 3 Welcome Remarks Junichi TOBE President Seijo University Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. I am Junichi Tobe, president of Seijo University. I am delighted and honored to open this international symposium entitled “Glocal Perspectives on Intangible Cultural Heritage”, which will be held here at Seijo University for next three days. I am also very pleased to welcome you all here. My special gratitude goes to the researchers and presenters who have gathered for this occasion from both within Japan and abroad. Seijo University