Medium of Instruction:

Cantonese

Certificate:

Students who have obtained an overall passing grade of the course and met the attendance requirement will be issued a course certificate by UTM. The passing grade of the course is 50.

Course Code Sub Code Course Start Date Course End Date Class Schedule HE089 2001 2020/09/21 2020/10/13 View

Objective:

This course introduces students to intangible cultural heritage (ICH), which includes – with many variations – rituals, festivals, oral traditions and languages, performances, traditional crafts, as well as customs, histories, and stories. The course aims to help students understand the nature and value of ICH and how one can document, safeguard, and present or interpret it to others in the context of learning, appreciation, and transmission. In this course, the students will learn how ICH forms an integral part of the cultural capital of a locality and the appropriate ways of incorporating it in cultural heritage planning and development.

Outline:

Origins, concepts and definitions of intangible cultural heritage Understanding intangible cultural heritage domains Tangible versus Intangible Heritage Intangible cultural heritage and cultural tourism Threats to intangible cultural heritage and their mitigation measures International efforts to safeguard intangible cultural heritage Best practices for safeguarding intangible cultural heritage Human rights and cultural rights in intangible cultural heritage discourse Intangible cultural heritage and sustainable development