Required resources before you begin
To proceed with this module, read
- 📖 Read Chapter 10 of Handbook on Intangible Heritage
- 🗂️ Review the case studies developed for chapter 10 from the Manual
ℹ️ These materials provide the foundations you’ll need to get the most out of this module.
This module frames ethics as inseparable from ICH: communities are the source, custodians, and primary beneficiaries of living traditions. We connect ethics with identity, dignity, and mutual recognition, and examine ownership, IP rights, consent (FPIC), and the balance between preservation and commercialisation.
Learning Objectives
By the end of this module, learners will be able to:
- Explain why ethics is co-natural to ICH safeguarding (identity, recognition, diversity).
- Distinguish between ownership and custodianship in ICH contexts.
- Apply Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) principles to ICH scenarios.
- Evaluate the trade-offs between ICH preservation and global promotion.
Lessons in this Module
- Lesson 1. Ethics & ICH: Identity, Dignity, Participation
- Lesson 2. Ownership and Custodianship: Rights, IP, and Data Sovereignty
- Lesson 3. Consent and Representation — FPIC, Misrepresentation, Appropriation
- Lesson 4. Preservation vs. Commercialisation: Global Promotion with Local Control