Safeguarding intangible cultural heritage in the Pacific: A brief report on recent progress at the Australian Museum
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This paper reports on an intangible cultural heritage forumheld at the Australian Museum, Sydney, in 2007. Forumparticipants, including representatives from Fiji, Guam,New Zealand, Norfolk Island, Palau, Samoa, Tonga,Vanuatu, and Yap as well as members of Sydney’s heritagecommunity, contributed to a debate on the question of whatthe UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of theIntangible Cultural Heritage 2003 means in practical termsto Pacific countries and how the Australian Museum mightwork in partnership with them in their safeguarding efforts. Importantly, the forum allowed the interests of traditionalknowledge holders to be considered and for a number ofconcerns to be noted. These concerns are also ofsignificance for those working more broadly in the field ofintangible cultural heritage and are reported below.
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This paper reports on an intangible cultural heritage forumheld at the Australian Museum, Sydney, in 2007. Forumparticipants, including representatives from Fiji, Guam,New Zealand, Norfolk Island, Palau, Samoa, Tonga,Vanuatu, and Yap as well as members of Sydney’s heritagecommunity, contributed to a debate on the question of whatthe UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of theIntangible Cultural Heritage 2003 means in practical termsto Pacific countries and how the Australian Museum mightwork in partnership with them in their safeguarding efforts. Importantly, the forum allowed the interests of traditionalknowledge holders to be considered and for a number ofconcerns to be noted. These concerns are also ofsignificance for those working more broadly in the field ofintangible cultural heritage and are reported below.