Presentation Title

Multi-actors in the Safeguarding of ICH: Cooperative Machanism in the Nomination of “Twenty-four Solar Terms”

Abstract

In the nomination of the ICH element “Twenty-four Solar Terms”, multiple actors concerned played different roles in many ways within a cooperative mechanism, namely, all the actors concerned attend to their own duties, while work in collaborative ways with due division. Representative communities, groups and individuals as the tradition bearers and practitioners involved in preparing materials (audio and video, printed and scripts, image and object, perform arena and cultural space, etc.), providing evidence of intergenerational transmission and informed consent, as well as working out safeguarding measures, and the like. While the NGOs, professional institutions, and relevant research centers were more focused on archiving work, research work, publicity work, and composing the nomination files, and was assigned as sponsor of the element (China Folklore Society).

At the same time, the governmental bodies, like the Ministry of Culture, and Ministry of Agriculture, and some local municipalities, paid more attention on supporting the nomination financially and administratively, organizing consultative meeting, coordinating different actors and stakeholders, evaluating the nomination files and documents over the entire nomination process. Some other societal factors like mass media and education are also considered as actors in some senses.

Biography

Member, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

Director, Senior Researcher, Ph.D. & Professor

Institute of Ethnic Literature (IEL)

Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS)

Specialization: Folkloristics, Oral Tradition, Chinese ethnic minorities’ literature

ADJUNCT POSITIONS

2002~ Member, Expert Council of National Project for Safeguarding China Folk Cultural Heritage

2004~ Board Member, National Expert Committee for Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage in China

MEMBERSHIPS

2010~ President, China Folklore Society

2011~ President, International Society for Epic Studies (ISES)

2014~ President, Conseil international de la philosophie et des sciences humaines (CIPSH), or International Council for Philosophy and Human Sciences.

2006~ Chairman, Chinese Society of Ethnic Literature

Papers, books, compilations and translations on oral tradition, epic poetry in particular, ethnic minorities literature, intangible cultural heritage and the like were printed in China, USA, Japan, Mongolia, Russia, Malaysia, Vietnam and so on.