Preservation Of Intangible Cultural Heritage Research Articles

Digital Preservation of Intangible Cultural Heritage and Exploration of Network Communication Issues

Digital Preservation of Intangible Cultural Heritage and Exploration of Network Communication Issues

Preservation of Intangible Cultural Heritage: the Role of Documentation in Cultural Conservation in the Semaka District, Tanggamus Regency

This research aims to identify, document and record Intangible Cultural Heritage in the context of local communities in Tanggamus Regency, Lampung Province. The implications of social change and modernization have an impact on cultural existence if identification and recording are not carried out immediately. It is important to carry out accurate and in depth recording and involve community participation for the sake of preserving and increasing understanding of culture. The research results show that there is significance in identifying and recording Intangible Cultural Heritage with cultural sustainability. Their active participation and involvement as cultral actors in safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage is an important element. Involving them not only empowers them, the main thing is to produce a deep understanding of cultural aspects that are considered important by the community itself. This research also contributes to broader cultural and social research by providing new insights into society and encouraging critical thinking on issues of cultural preservation. This means that through identification and recording involving the participation of local communities in Tanggamus, it is important for the knowledge and progress of Intangible Cultural Heritage. Combining various data sources through different recording methods, in a comprehensive manner, the identificat on and recording model is one of the cultural conservation efforts. It is hoped that the results can contribute to the cultural community understanding and appreciating cultural wealth as an asset to local communities in Tanggamus Regency

Assessing the Legal Protection of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Saudi Arabia: A Critical Analysis in the Context of the 2003 UNESCO Convention

Saudi Arabia boasts a diverse and abundant cultural heritage that reflects a fusion of pre-Islamic and Islamic civilizations, serving as a precious legacy for future generations. Confronted with the challenges arising from globalization and rapid development, preserving intangible cultural heritage has become increasingly challenging, particularly in the absence of comprehensive heritage policies. The initial steps toward conservation were taken in 1972 when legislation was enacted to protect historical and cultural sites. However, it was not until 2014 that a new law was introduced to address the gaps left by the 1972 law. Unfortunately, this legal protection predominantly centered on tangible aspects of cultural heritage, leaving the equally important intangible cultural heritage neglected and unprotected. This study aims to evaluate the existing legal mechanisms in Saudi Arabia for the preservation and protection of intangible cultural heritage. It identifies the existing deficiencies and obstacles in the current cultural heritage framework regarding the preservation of intangible cultural heritage in Saudi Arabia. Our analysis focuses on how Saudi Arabia aligns with the principles and guidelines established by the 2003 UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage.

Does Modernization of Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) Enhance Sustainability in China

This essay examines the challenges and strategies associated with the preservation of intangible cultural heritage (ICH) in the rapidly modernizing context of China. This study is aimed to provide practical guidance for safeguarding ICH by utilizing the sustainable development theory. The research methodology involves conducting comprehensive investigations, analyzing case studies, and examining the social, environmental, and economic dimensions of ICH preservation. Final findings indicate that the modernization of ICH can enhance its sustainability by striking a balance between market demands and the preservation of its intrinsic essence. However, it is crucial to avoid inappropriate modernization that may dilute or commodify ICH, thereby jeopardizing its cultural sustainability. The originality of this study lies in its emphasis on the importance of innovative approaches that consider the perspectives of local communities in promoting and preserving ICH. Overall, this research contributes to the understanding of ICH preservation and provides valuable insights into the development of effective strategies and policies for ensuring its long-term sustainability.

Sustainable affordances of information systems for cultural tourism: An organisational aesthetics perspective

AbstractAlthough information systems (IS) are increasingly used to provide sustainable solutions for tourism, our understanding of the social mechanisms whereby IS contribute to a sustainable visitor economy is limited. This paper fills the gap by investigating how organisations enact the affordances of IS in preserving intangible cultural heritage (ICH) to contribute to a sustainable visitor economy. Using an organisational aesthetics perspective, we explore the mechanisms through an in‐depth case study of an ICH‐based company in Jingdezhen, a famous historical porcelain city in China. Through the effective use of IS tools, the case organisation has successfully transformed from a ceramic manufacturing plant to a popular tourist attraction. Our study unveils six sustainable affordances of IS in three dimensions, wherein ICH aesthetics act as direct stimuli, knowledge tools and experiences. Affordances emerge from the processes of both creating and managing aesthetics. By enacting these affordances, the case organisation builds a more profound engagement with online audiences, attracts more ICH visitors and transfers ICH knowledge to potential inheritors of the tradition, creating a sustainable visitor economy. Our findings, summarised into a sustainable affordances model, contribute to the IS for sustainable tourism literature by shedding light on the black box of the social mechanisms of IS‐enabled ICH preservation. The sustainable affordances model can also help ICH‐based organisations reflect on how to build a sustainable visitor economy using IS.

Education and Learning Guidelines for the Preservation and Protection of Qinghai Mongolian Folk Songs in China

This study aims to develop comprehensive education and learning guidelines aimed at preserving and protecting Qinghai Mongolian folk songs in China within the broader context of intangible cultural heritage. With a strong theoretical foundation emphasizing the role of education, interdisciplinary approaches, and community engagement, this study employs a multidisciplinary methodology. This includes an extensive literature review, expert consultations, fieldwork, and case studies to develop comprehensive education and learning guidelines for the safeguarding of Qinghai Mongolian folk songs. The historical evolution of Mongolian folk songs, legal frameworks, collaborative efforts, government-led initiatives, the role of social forces, published resources, and higher education institutions all feature prominently in the research results. These findings align with the theoretical principles outlined in the literature review, emphasizing the importance of education, interdisciplinary approaches, and community engagement in ICH preservation. The education and learning guidelines generated by this research serve as a valuable framework for the sustainable protection of Qinghai Mongolian folk songs and offer insights applicable to the preservation of intangible cultural heritage globally.

Preserving Southern Thai Traditional Manora Dance Through Mobile Role-Playing Game Technology

Manora or Nora has been added to the heritage list of UNESCO as Thailand's intangible cultural heritage since 2021. This performance has been presented as a regional form of entertainment and traditionally passed down through generations within certain families. Nowadays, young people are able to learn and practice Manora instructed by their masters or their successors. However, there is currently no digital content of Manora that could support awareness and enrichment of cultural safeguarding, so this article proposes the design and development of a mobile 3D game representing Manora, which is Southern Thai dance-drama performing art. The aim of this game is to increase citizens’ engagement with their intangible cultural heritage and preservation by delivering novel digital heritage content specifically designed for a role-playing mobile game called Nara. The Nara game is used to enhance the perception of Manora dance and provide new experience of playing a culture-based game through costume and its material items. The game design process takes Manora's significant identities, including the costume, dance postures, and music along with players’ requirements to create a game player character, non-player characters, storytelling, challenges, and level design. The development of the game is done on Unity game engine, which provides a mobile 3D game platform to integrate all the designed content and generate the interactive Nara game. The experimentation results conclude that utilizing the unique identity of Manora in gameplay successfully enhances the audience's experience and recognition. This result indicates the effective use of creativity and interactive multimedia technology to create attractive content and enjoyment that can encourage intangible cultural heritage preservation in an innovative manner.

Women's Activities and the Preservation of Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Gorani Community

Research endeavors within the domain of intangible cultural heritage, conducted within the Gorani community, highlight, among various aspects, the involvement of women in creating and transmitting knowledge and skills, which are perceived by the Gorani populace as a particularly important component of the Gorani tradition. Women are ascribed a key role in preserving Gorani cultural heritage. This study examines the activities of women in the Gorani community within the UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage framework. The research is focused on knowledge, skills, and practices carried out by women, which unfold continually within the Gorani community during the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. It primarily concerns the knowledge and skills of women manifested through the tradition of designing and wearing clothing items, especially those pieces that have become over time an indispensable part of women's ceremonial attire. The empirical data also encourages an examination of the role of women in shaping identity paradigms and symbols in the Gorani community, as well as their expression, transmission, and the assurance of the continuity of these practices. The analysis of women’s contribution to safeguarding the intangible cultural heritage of the Gorani community indicates that the preservation and protection of Gorani tradition, as understood and recognized by the participants in accordance with the UNESCO Convention defining heritage, are conditioned by the social, economic, and political circumstances shaping daily activities and everyday lives of the people in Gora, both within and beyond their native local environment. It is also obvious that Gorani’s interest in their own intangible cultural heritage is unmistakable, as demonstrated by social and cultural practices that would be impracticable without the existence of this heritage. The Gorani people's aspiration to safeguard their own cultural heritage is viewed in the context of its contribution to the preservation and continuity of the Gorani identity, namely the identity of the Gorani community, which holds minority status in the Republic of Serbia.

Research on the Protection and Dissemination of Intangible Cultural Heritage with Regional Cultural Characteristics in Shaanxi under the Background of Big Data

Abstract Cultural heritage is a response to the characteristics of a society and deserves to be protected and passed on to future generations, but there is still a lack of knowledge and skills related to it in the methodology of digital preservation of intangible cultural heritage. This paper aims to digitally preserve intangible cultural heritage in Shaanxi by utilizing methods such as feature point description, image edge detection, and visual feature extraction. The scale space expression algorithm is applied to keep the feature point scale of the intangible cultural heritage unchanged, and the scale space of the image is obtained by convolving the Gaussian convolution kernel with the image. The Sobel operator is employed to evaluate the significance of pixels in the non-heritage image to identify the edge effect of the image. Focusing on analyzing the digitization types of Shaanxi’s non-legacy, we explored the role of images in the protection of non-legacy and formulated the dissemination path of Internet+Non-legacy for the current situation of Shaanxi’s non-legacy. The results show that among the 12 NHs in Shaanxi, the number of textual materials is the largest, accounting for 43.33% of all digital materials, followed by the proportion of images at 33.33%, and the current digitization of NHs needs the supplementation of audiovisual materials the most, with audiovisual materials accounting for only 23.33%. The value of images for the protection of non-heritage cultural heritage reflects the non-heritage characteristics intuitively, and the range of Shaanxi non-heritage image dissemination index is in the range of 21-89 interval, and with the change of time, people pay more and more attention to Shaanxi non-heritage.

The Design and Development of Intangible Cultural Heritage Products Based on Internet Education Technology

This paper explores innovative development and pathway innovation in the inheritance of intangible cultural heritage (ICH) through the utilization of modern internet education technologies. Taking Tujia brocade weaving as a case study, we establish a resource repository and develop virtual reality (VR) scenes to propose a conceptual framework where virtual reality technology serves the “vision” of intangible cultural heritage inheritance. This framework aims to construct a digital innovation “model” for the preservation of intangible cultural heritage. The paper deliberates on the feasibility, effectiveness, and innovativeness of combining virtual interactive technology with intangible cultural heritage protection.

Towards The Intangible Cultural Heritage Marketing: Factors Affecting Consumption Intention Of Ramie-Fabric Products

In the context of sustainable consumption and the preservation of intangible cultural heritage (ICH), this study provides a nuanced exploration of consumer intentions towards ramie fabric products, a symbol of traditional Chinese craftsmanship. This study aims to elucidate the complex factors that influence consumer engagement with ramie fabric, highlighting its environmental and cultural importance. Adopting a rigorous quantitative approach, this study analyzes 638 valid responses from an initial distribution of 800 questionnaires. A multi-faceted analysis approach is utilized, encompassing descriptive statistics, Exploratory Factor Analysis, and Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) coupled with path analysis. Key findings reveal that functional value, social value, emotional value, epistemic value, conditional value, social identity, and attitude significantly sway consumer intentions. Crucially, this study reveals the mediating role of attitude and social identity, illustrating how these constructs bridge the gap between the intrinsic values associated with ramie fabric and the ultimate consumption intentions. Theoretically, this study enriches the discourse on ICH and sustainable consumer behavior, offering nuanced insights into the consumer dynamics surrounding ramie fabric products. Practically, it underscores the imperative of embedding cultural and environmental considerations in marketing strategies to enhance consumer engagement. Furthermore, by advocating for a synergistic approach among consumers, cultural inheritors, and the marketplace, this study delineates actionable pathways for leveraging ramie fabric's unique allure in championing sustainability and cultural heritage conservation.

Innovative Strategies of Virtual Reality Technology in Ethnic Dance Inheritance

Abstract In the quest to safeguard and revitalize folk dance heritage, this study explores the transformative potential of virtual reality (VR) technology. We developed an immersive display system using the Unreal game engine, incorporating a dance movement database, virtual reality immersion, and precise inertial motion capture. This innovative approach captivates users with an immersive folk dance experience and boasts a high motion recognition accuracy (99.51%) and an overall accuracy of 96%. Comparative experiments highlight VR’s advantages in making folk dance education more interactive and enjoyable without sacrificing ease of use. Virtual reality emerges as a vital tool in engaging new generations with folk dance, suggesting a vibrant future for intangible cultural heritage preservation.

Research on the Digital Preservation of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Folk Dance Art Category

Abstract In this paper, based on the rapid head generation technique of the model library, we obtain a frontal 2D face photo, mark 13 feature points selected from 7 parts, such as both eyes, nose, mouth, etc., to determine the approximate position of the whole facial features, simulate the real color of the face according to the texture mapping of the face, and at the same time, we add the texture features of the target face in the to the matching model, to achieve the mapping of overlaying texture to the neutral texture and the fusion of skin color. Using HigherHRNet network extraction to obtain the coordinate information of the joint points of the intangible cultural heritage dance inheritors and their heat maps, the obtained key frames of the dance features are connected in a certain order to obtain the synthesized folk dance video with gesture estimation. Combining semantic segmentation of keyframes and style rendering, the visual image of the dance is designed, and the intangible cultural heritage of folk dance is analyzed through examples. The results show that this paper’s method achieves more than 90% recognition accuracy on all three datasets and more than 94.8% recognition accuracy on the folk dance movement dataset. On the evaluation of folk dance movements, the average distance calculated by this paper’s algorithm is the largest, 95.7, and the average score is the lowest, 43.6. The average distance and average score of this paper’s algorithm are in between the above two cases, i.e., the experimental results verify the effectiveness of this paper’s method. This study promotes the intelligent protection and creative inheritance of Chinese non-heritage dances through digital protection.

An Interactive Holographic Multimedia Technology and Its Application in the Preservation and Dissemination of Intangible Cultural Heritage

Digital technology offers numerous advantages, such as preserving the authenticity, replicating reality, and facilitating dissemination. It enables the preservation of intangible cultural heritage (ICH) in its original form and allows for the creation of comprehensive graphic, audio, and visual databases. Among these technologies, holographic technology holds promise for protecting ICH and promoting its dissemination. This paper focuses on interactive holographic technology and presents the design and implementation of a dynamic holographic display system that combines digital hologram (DH) and computer-generated hologram (CGH) to showcase 3D images consisting of both virtual and real objects. Real-time loading of DH into a spatial light modulator enables the optical reproduction of real objects, while the loading of two CGHs into other spatial light modulators facilitates the optical reproduction of virtual objects. Computational holography allows for the addition of virtual information, such as coordinate text, and the fusion of the three reconstructed images in space, resulting in an augmented reality experience and enhanced 3D display of real objects. An experimental setup employing three liquid crystal on silicon (LCOS) devices confirms the validity of the proposed method. Compared to other techniques, this approach demonstrates improved image signal-to-noise ratio, reduced alignment errors, and wider coverage of light traversal for laser 3D reconstruction images. The holographic technology presented in this paper enables the fusion display of real and virtual scenes and real-time two-way interaction between the audience and virtual images. This research holds significant practical value in promoting the effective dissemination and protection of ICH.

Inheritance and innovation of intangible cultural heritage on patients with schizophrenia

BackgroundSchizophrenia is a serious mental illness that negatively affects cognitive, emotional, and social functioning. As a resource with cultural inheritance and innovation value, intangible cultural heritage is considered to have a positive impact on the rehabilitation of patients with schizophrenia.Subjects and Methods30 patients with schizophrenia were selected as research subjects and randomly divided into experimental group and control group, with 15 in each group. The experimental group received rehabilitation therapy with digital display of inheritance and innovation, while the control group received conventional treatment. After the treatment, SPSS 23.0 was used for statistical analysis to compare the recovery of the two groups.ResultsSpecific data showed that the experimental group’s cognitive function scores increased by an average of 25%, emotional state scores increased by an average of 18%, and social function scores increased by an average of 20%. The improvement in the control group was 13%, 10% and 12%, respectively. There were significant differences in cognitive, emotional, and social functions between the experimental group and the control group.ConclusionsThe study results show that the integration of digital display heritage and innovation of intangible cultural heritage rehabilitation therapy can significantly improve the cognitive, emotional, and social functions of schizophrenia patients. This therapy not only provides cultural inheritance and innovative experience, but also provides an effective means of rehabilitation for patients with mental illness. However, further research is needed to validate the results of this study and to explore more details and mechanisms.AcknowledgementScientific Research Project of the Educational Department of Liaoning Province (No.LJKMR20221971); The Novel Think Tank for the Study of Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection Project; Digital display of intangible cultural heritage preservation and innovation (No.FY2022002).

MULTI-CAMERA LIDAR SYSTEM FOR SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL PRESERVATION OF THE INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE

Abstract. Cultural heritage preservation is becoming increasingly important in today's culture and advancements in technology are enabling more effective preservation of both tangible and intangible cultural heritage. This paper proposes the development of a system for documenting intangible cultural heritage using multiple calibrated and synchronized LiDAR cameras for immersive and dynamic surveying of complex scenes. The prototype will be assembled using low-cost LiDAR sensors, specifically the Intel® RealSense™ L515. The system thanks to a higher number of devices will ensure full coverage of the scene to be acquired. The biggest development challenge is represented by the calibration phase, which, if carried out properly, allows the collection of a correctly oriented point cloud from each of the individual devices. The acquired point clouds will be recorded at a frequency of 30 Hz to create a dynamic and time-varying point cloud, which can then be viewed in a virtual reality environment. The affordability of the components used in the system combined with the higher completeness of data will enable the acquisition of scenes, actions, and events with a more comprehensive perspective. The goal is to lay the groundwork for the development of multi-platform and multi-sensor technologies capable of acquiring more data with a higher level of detail in intangible cultural heritage preservation efforts.

Research on the History, Dilemma and Optimization Strategies for the Preservation of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Sports in China

Research on the History, Dilemma and Optimization Strategies for the Preservation of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Sports in China

European And National Aspects Of Protection, Preservation аnd Promotion оf Intangible Cultural Heritage: Digital Collections іn the Web Information Environment

The purpose of the article is to characterize digital collections devoted to the preservation and popularization of intangible cultural heritage in European and Ukrainian web information environments. The research methodology consists in the application of general scientific and special methods, in particular the system approach, analysis, synthesis, logical method, method of visualization of research results. Methods of content analysis, comparative and analytical monitoring of Internet resources for the preservation of intangible cultural heritage were used to track the state of digital collections in the web information environment. The scientific novelty of the work consists in expanding ideas about the protection, preservation and popularization of intangible cultural heritage at the world and national levels in web information environments. An analysis of four European and two Ukrainian digital collections, representing intangible cultural heritage and hosted on the relevant web information environments, was carried out. Conclusions. At the current stage of our country's development, it is irreversible to join the European integration processes and strive for a worthy representation of Ukrainian culture in the world information space. The creation of a resource of the historical and cultural heritage of the Ukrainian people has become one of the activities of libraries, archives, museums and other institutions related to national memory, an integral part of the national bibliography, archeography and archival studies, museology of Ukraine in its broad sense as a resource of national documentary memory. The article examines four European and two Ukrainian digital collections dedicated to the preservation and popularization of intangible cultural heritage in the web information environment, which represent a sufficient number of intangible cultural heritage elements presented in multimedia resources. It was established that in the case of both marketing and communication policy, it is expedient to use social network platforms and mass media, which will have a positive effect on society's interest in the elements of intangible cultural heritage. Keywords: intangible cultural heritage, representation of Ukrainian culture, digital collections, web information environment, popularization of intangible cultural heritage.

Evaluation on the Protection and Development of Intangible Cultural Heritage in She Township, Jingning from the Perspective of Ecological Civilization

At present, intangible cultural heritage (ICH) is seriously threatened by modern civilization, taking Jingning She Township as an example, the existing protection and development model of intangible cultural heritage (ICH) in Jingning She Township is difficult to fully play its role in practice, and the protection and development work of ICH in Jingning She Township has not achieved the desired effect. Therefore, this paper puts forward some strategies for the protection and development of ICH in Jingning Shexiang, and constructs the evaluation system of ICH protection and development indicators in Jingning Shexiang by using the index weight determination method, and calls the ICH protection and development model proposed in this paper the ICH protection development improvement model, and conducts experimental research on the ICH protection development improvement model from several aspects. The study showed that the respondents’ evaluation scores on the protection and preservation of ICH in She Township of Jingning were not high. The average feasibility evaluation score of the four experts on the improvement mode of ICH protection and development was 88.54, and the effectiveness evaluation score of the four experts on the improvement mode of ICH protection and development was 91.42. It shows that there is still a great room for improvement in the protection and development of ICH in She township of Jingning, and the improvement mode of ICH protection and development has obvious application demand and certain effectiveness. In the future, the protection and development of ICH in Jingning She Township should focus on the following aspects: enhancing the cultural self-confidence and cultural consciousness of the She people; Continuously implement the overall protection policy; Strengthen ICH education and cultivate appropriate inheritors of ICH; Properly develop ICH tourism.

Cultural heritage, international criminal law and protection of human rights between history and jurisprudence

The protection of cultural heritage in our days is a subject of international criminal law given that the first sentences by international courts that paved the way for inserting asset protection as an autonomous and ad hoc crime into an international statute were those of the International Criminal Court (ICC). The polymorphism of protection needs is connected to the versatility which includes every legal asset to be protected and which arises from both domestic and international law. The cultural asset is characterized by both certain and generic attributes, such as immaterial or tangible, movable or immovable. The collateral damage caused during armed conflicts, the dangers that arise, the destruction of the illicit trafficking of works of art as part of what is called cultural heritage is an issue that requires the preservation of intangible cultural heritage. The destruction and impoverishment of cultural heritage also opens the way to punishment given the individual responsibility of the subject who destroys a protected asset, simultaneously highlighting the anthropocentric nature of the interest thus read. This is the panorama of the present paper which is based both on the doctrine and on the jurisprudence of the international courts of recent years helping us understand what kind of protection we need and what cultural protection means.