Required resources before you begin
To proceed with this module, read
- 📖 Read Chapter 3 of Handbook on Intangible Heritage
- 🗂️ Review the case studies developed for chapter 3 from the Manual
ℹ️ These materials provide the foundations you’ll need to get the most out of this module.
This module explores how Intangible Cultural Heritage is categorized and classified, examining different approaches to understanding ICH domains, the limits of categorization, and practical tools such as the Carpatho-Danubian-Pontic area mapping exercise.
Learning Objectives
By the end of this module, learners will be able to:
- Analyse the limitations of rigid categorisation and explain how community perspectives may differ from institutional frameworks.
- Compare and evaluate alternative approaches to ICH categorisation proposed by scholars (Lenzerini; Gireesh & Anand; Fredheim & Khalaf).
- Apply categorisation frameworks to case studies (Mediterranean Diet, Junii Brașovului, Drăguș community event, CarPaTO project) to understand how classification impacts safeguarding.
- Develop practical proposals for mapping and documenting ICH using innovative tools and community-based methods. | By the end of this module, learners will be able to:
- Identify UNESCO’s five official domains of intangible cultural heritage and describe their key characteristics.
- Analyse the limitations of rigid categorisation and explain how community perspectives may differ from institutional frameworks.
- Compare and evaluate alternative approaches to ICH categorisation proposed by scholars (Lenzerini; Gireesh & Anand; Fredheim & Khalaf).
- Apply categorisation frameworks to case studies (Mediterranean Diet, Junii Brașovului, Drăguș community event, CarPaTO project) to understand how classification impacts safeguarding.
- Develop practical proposals for mapping and documenting ICH using innovative tools and community-based methods.
Lessons in this Module
- Lesson 1. Categorizing Intangible Cultural Heritage: Approaches and Frameworks
- Lesson 2. Limits and New Perspectives on Categorization — Case Study: Drăguș
- Lesson 3. Mapping and Classifying Cultural Heritage: The Carpatho-Danubian-Pontic Area
Before diving into the three lessons, watch this short video introduction to Module 3 (an overview of the required resources produced with Notebook LLM) :