CULTURE


Agenda

   

Monday, 10 December 2007

Time

Activities Venue
  Arrival of participants  
20:00 – 21:00 Welcome dinner hosted by the Hué Monuments Conservation Centre (HMCC) and meeting of session chairs, facilitators, discussants, rapporteurs

·  To brief about the session themes and cross-cutting themes
Dynasty Restaurant, Green Hotel


Tuesday, 11 December 2007

Time

Activities Venue
08:30 – 09:00 Registration Duyet Thi Duong Royal Theatre
09:00 – 09:50 Opening Ceremony Duyet Thi Duong Royal Theatre
Opening Remarks:

·  Dang Van Bai (Director, Department of National Cultural Heritage, Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism)

·  Ngo Hoa (Vice Chairman, Thua Thien Hué Provincial People’s Committee)

·  Phung Phu (Director, Hué Monuments Conservation Centre (HMCC)

·  Kwang-nam Kim (Executive Director, Establishment Initiative for the Intangible Cultural Heritage Centre for Asia-Pacific (EIIHCAP)

·  Vibeke Jensen (Director, UNESCO Hanoi Office)
09:50 – 10:00 Group photo Duyet Thi Duong Royal Theatre
10:00 – 10:15 Coffee break Duyet Thi Duong Royal Theatre
10:15 –12:00 Keynote Speeches Duyet Thi Duong Royal Theatre
·  Safeguarding Intangible Heritage and Sustainable Cultural Tourism: A conceptual framework (Richard Engelhardt, UNESCO Regional Advisor for Culture in Asia and the Pacific) (PDF format, 2.2MB)

·  Basic Challenges of Sustaining Intangible Heritage (Frank Proschan, Programme Specialist, Division of Cultural Objects and Intangible Heritage, UNESCO) (PDF format, 31KB)

·  
Domestic and International Cultural Tourism in the Context of Intangible Heritage (Sang-mee Bak, Professor, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies) (PDF format, 148KB)
12:00 – 13:00 Lunch Duyet Thi Duong Royal Theatre
13:00 – 14:30 Case study Session 1: Handicrafts in the context of sustainable cultural tourism Duyet Thi Duong Royal Theatre
Introduction: Lin Lee Loh Lim (Council Member, Penang Heritage Trust, Malaysia) (PDF format, 740KB)

·  Case study 1: Ethnic Minorities, Handicrafts and Tourism: The case of the Hmong in Sa Pa, Northwestern Viet Nam (Duong Bich Hanh, Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Population Council, Viet Nam) (PDF format, 2MB)

·  Case study 2: Sarawak Experience (Edric Liang Bin Ong, President, Society Atelier Sarawak, Malaysia) (PDF format, 3.1MB)

·  Case study 3: The Use of Intangible Heritage in Crafts Revitalization for Economic Development (Victorino Manalo, Director, Metropolitan Museum of Manila, Philippines) (PDF format, 333KB)

·  Case study 4: SEAL of excellence for handicrafts (Vanessa Achilles, Programme Officer, Office of the UNESCO Regional Advisor for Culture in Asia and the Pacific, Thailand) (PDF format, 2.1MB)

Chairs: Lin Lee Loh Lim, Leonardo Dioko (Professor, Institute For Tourism Studies, Macao SAR, China)
14:30 – 14:45 Coffee break Duyet Thi Duong Royal Theatre
14:45 – 17:00 Working Group Session 1: Disconnection of tangible and intangible cultural heritage (PDF format, 63KB)
Facilitator: Frank Proschan
Rapporteur: Dwi A. Indrasari

Working Group Session 2: Impacts of tourism on the transmission of intangible heritage (PDF format, 62KB)
Facilitator: Walter Jamieson
Rapporteur: Lin Lee Loh Lim
Duyet Thi Duong Royal Theatre
18:00 – 20:00 Opening dinner and Nha Nhac performance: Hosted by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism Duyet Thi Duong Royal Theatre


Wednesday, 12 December 2007

Time 
Activities Venue
09:00 – 10:30 Case study Session 2: Performing arts in the context of sustainable cultural tourism Duyet Thi Duong Royal Theatre
Introduction: Le Thi Minh Ly (Deputy Director, Department of Cultural Heritage, Ministry of Culture, Sport and Tourism, Viet Nam)

·  Case study 5: Case Study of Hué: Introduction on the project for implementation of the national action plan for the safeguarding of Nha Nhac, Vietnamese court music (2005 – 2007) (Phung Phu, Director, Hué Monuments Conservation Center, Viet Nam) (PDF format, 1.3MB)

·  Case study 6: Patravadi Theatre: An open house for local and international communities (Patravadi Mejudhon, Chairperson, Patravadi Theatre, Thailand) (PDF format, 186KB)

·  Case study 7: Wayang Kulit Shadow Puppet Theatre and Mak Yong Dance Theatre: Finding the urban and young generation audience in Malaysia (Zulkifli Mohamad, Deputy Director, Cultural Centre, University of Malaya, Malaysia) (PDF format, 1.5MB)

·  Case study 8: Intangible Cultural Traditions and Cultural Tourism: Standing as a Banana Tree and Supporting Each Other. The case of Phralak Phralam or Ramayana dance revival in Luang Prabang (Rattanavong Houmphanh, Former Director, Institute for Cultural Research, Lao PDR) (PDF format, 134KB)

Chairs: Le Thi Minh Ly, Beatrice Kaldun (Programme Specialist for Culture, UNESCO Beijing Office, China)
10:30 – 10:45 Coffee break Duyet Thi Duong Royal Theatre
10:45 – 12:30 Working Group Session 3: De-contextualization of heritage (PDF format, 63KB)
Facilitator: Zulkifli Mohamad
Rapporteur: Sang-mee Bak

Working Group Session 4: 'Dumbing down' of heritage interpretation (PDF format, 64KB)
Facilitator: Victorino Manalo
Rapporteur: Leonardo Dioko
Duyet Thi Duong Royal Theatre
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch Duyet Thi Duong Royal Theatre
13:30 – 15:00 Case study Session 3: Living heritage in the context of nature, agri- and eco- tourism Duyet Thi Duong Royal Theatre
Introduction: Walter Jamieson (Dean, School of Travel Industry Management, University of Hawai’i, USA) (PDF format, 165KB)

·  Case study 9: Ifugao Rice Terraces (Teddy Baguilat, Governor, Ifugao province, Philippines) (PDF format, 650KB)

·  Case study 10: Sarawak Rainforest Music Festival (Benedict Jimbau, Manager, Sarawak Tourism Board, Malaysia) (PDF format, 125KB)

Chairs: Walter Jamieson, Richard Engelhardt
15:00 – 15:15 Coffee break Duyet Thi Duong Royal Theatre
15:15 – 17:30 Working Group Session 5: Community mastery (PDF format, 60KB)
Facilitator: Le Thi Minh Ly
Rapporteur: Beatrice Kaldun

Working Group Session 6: Transmission of intangible heritage (PDF format, 47KB)
Facilitator: Richard Engelhardt
Rapporteur: Duong Bich Hanh
Duyet Thi Duong Royal Theatre
18:00 – 20:00 Farewell dinner: Hosted by the Hué Provincial People’s Committee Saigon-Morin Hotel


Thursday, 13 December 2007

Time
Activities Venue
09:00 – 10:30 Plenary Discussion (PDF format, 77KB) Duyet Thi Duong Royal Theatre
·  Reports from six working groups (Rapporteurs)

·  Synthesis statement (Richard Engelhardt)

·  General discussion and commentary
10:30 – 10:45 Coffee break Duyet Thi Duong Royal Theatre
10:45 – 12:00 Closing Ceremony Duyet Thi Duong Royal Theatre
Closing remarks:

·  Phung Phu

·  Kwang-nam Kim

·  Frank Proschan

·  Leonardo Dioko
12:30 – 13:30 Farewell luncheon: Hosted by the Establishment Initiative for the Intangible Heritage Centre for Asia-Pacific (EIIHCAP) Elegance Restaurant, Green Hotel
14:00 – 17:00 Field trip: Historical City of Hué and Thien Mu Pagoda, or Historical City of Hué and local market  
18:30 – 20:30 Farewell dinner: Hosted by UNESCO Royal Canal Restaurant

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