Safeguarding
Traditional Cultures:
A Global Assessment of the 1989 UNESCO Recommendation
on the Safeguarding of Traditional Culture and Folklore
Center
for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
Smithsonian Institution
Washington, DC
Preface
Acknowledgements
Contributors
UNESCO website
Table of Contents
I. Preliminaries
Message from Mr. Federico Mayor, Director-General of UNESCO
Opening
Address to the Meeting
Mounir Bouchenaki
The 1989 Recommendation on the Safeguarding of Traditional Culture and Folklore
Summary
Report on the Regional Seminars
Anthony Seeger
A
Historical Study on the Preparation of the 1989 Recommendation on the Safeguarding
of Traditional Culture and Folklore
Samantha Sherkin
The
1989 Recommendation Ten Years On: Towards a Critical Analysis
Anthony McCann et al.:
II. Strategic Perspectives on Local Culture in Light of the 1989 Recommendation
Foundational Perspectives: Affirmations of the Indigenous in an Era of Globalization
The
Globalization of Interculturality
Miguel Puwainchir
The
Role of Education: Acculturation Back into the Future
Pualani Kanaka'ole Kanahele
Everything
Relates, or a Holistic Approach to Aboriginal Indigenous Cultural Heritage
Robyn Bancroft
Taking
Stock: The Gitxsan Experience in Cultural Survival
Russell Collier
American
Indian Arts and Crafts: A Study on Handcrafts and the Industry
Andy Abeita
A
Seed Is Not Shy of Germination
Rajeev Sethi.
Legal Perspectives and Local Traditions: Toward Legislative and Judicial Remedies
The
1989 UNESCO Recommendation and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples'
Intellectual Property Rights
Preston Thomas
Protection
of Traditional Culture and Folklore
Kamal Puri
Some
Considerations on the Protection of the Intangible Heritage: Claims and Remedies
Lyndel V. Prott
Global
Steps to Local Empowerment in the Next Millennium: An Assessment of UNESCO's
1989 Recommendation on the Safeguarding of Traditional Culture and Folklore
Bradford S. Simon
The
Role of UNESCO in the Defense of Traditional Knowledge
Manuela Carneiro da Cunha
Safeguarding
Traditional Culture and Folklore - Existing International Law and Future Developments
Janet Blake
Cultural
Conservation: A Two-way Consultation
Grace Koch
Indigenous
Arts, (Un)Titled
Tressa Berman.
Practical Perspectives: Local Traditions and Methods of Preservation
How
to Promote Incentives for Cultural Heritage Practitioners
Junzo Kawada
Tradition-Based
Societies: Local Values for International Cooperation
Mihaly Hoppál
The
SADC Databank: The Role of Data Exchange in Empowering Local Institutions
Renato Matusse
Preserving
Bahamian Heritage
Gail Saunders
Aspects
dynamiques des cultures sonores: transformation du métier du griot au
Niger sous l'influence du modernisme
Mahaman Garba
Summary in English
Méthodes
traditionnelles de transmission de l'oralité: l'exemple du Sosso-Bala
Namankoumba Kouyate
Summary in English
Place
Jemaa El Fna: patrimoine oral de l'humanité
Rachid El Houda.
Summary in English
Regional Perspectives: Reports of UNESCO Regional Seminars
Report
on the Pacific Regional Seminar
Sivia Tora
Safeguarding
Traditional Culture and Folklore in Africa
J. H. Kwabena Nketia
Reporte
seminario regional sobre la aplicación de la recomendación sobre
la salvaguardia de la cultura tradicional y popular de America Latina y el Caribe
Zulma Yugar
Summary in English
Problems
of Traditional Culture and Folklore in Europe
Heikki Kirkinen
Report
from Yakutiya
Stepanida Borisova
Report
of the Countries of Central Asia and the Caucasus
Kurshida Mambetova
Report
on the Regional Seminar for Cultural Personnel in Asia and the Pacific
Florentino H. Hornedo
Cooperation
to Save Human Characteristics and Guard Their Survival
Mohsen Shaalan
III. A Call for Action
Final Report of the Conference
Action Plan Approved by Conference Participants
edited
and webbed by
Peter Seitel