Transmission Of Intangible Cultural Heritage Research Articles

무형문화재 택견 전승을 위한 기록화의 필요성과 의미 고찰

국가지정 무형문화재이면서 동시에 인류무형문화유산인 택견의 위상은 매우 높다. 하지만 택견 역시 다른 무형문화재 종목과 마찬가지로 전승활성화와 미래 지속가능한 발전을 위한 여러 과제를 안고 있다. 무형문화재 전승주체의 다양한 전승현황과 실태를 파악하여 기초자료를 확보하는 것에서부터 출발하여, 전승 상황에 맞는 보호방안의 기준을 확립하는 것이 중요하다. 무형문화재를 보호하는 다양한 활동 가운데 가장 핵심이 되는 것이 ‘기록화’라는 것은 아무리 강조해도 지나치지 않다. 무형문화재 보전 및 진흥에 관한 법률에서 언급된‘전형(典型)’이라는 개념은 현재 전승자, 행정가, 학자 등 여러 관계자에게는 풀기 어려운 과제이다. 이러한 상황에서 앞으로는 종목별로 적합한 전형기준을 확립해야 할 필요성이 제기될 것이다. 택견의 전승현황을 조망하는 연구의 중요성은 택견의 가치를 창의적으로 발견하기 위한 것이며, 반드시 전승해야 하는 원리라고 인식되는 것이 무엇인지를 탐색하여 분석하는 데 있다. 이러한 이유로 이 글에서는 택견의 기록화 현황을 살펴보고, 전승주체 참여형 디지털 아카이브즈의 중요성을 강조했다.

Development of intangible cultural heritage as a sustainable tourism resource: the intangible cultural heritage practitioners’ perspectives

ABSTRACTAuthentic intangible cultural heritage (ICH) provides a community with a unique selling point in the globally competitive tourism industry. The process of commodification of ICH, however, has threatened its authenticity and thus sustainable tourism approaches are required to achieve successful transmission and promotion of ICH as a sustainable tourism resource. This paper explores the priorities of ICH practitioners in relation to the development of ICH as a sustainable tourism resource, by utilising South Korea as a case study. The results revealed that from the ICH practitioners’ perspectives, authenticity is a holistic notion integrating the transmitted customs, inherited meanings and the practitioners’ identities. ICH practitioners agree with the potential positive symbiotic relationship between transmission of authentic ICH and promotion of ICH as a tourism resource. To achieve the positive symbiotic relationship, locals’ awareness of ICH, ICH practitioner empowerment and parallel development between tourism development and transmission of ICH are necessary. To date, the practitioner approach to the authenticity of ICH and ICH as a sustainable tourism resource is little explored in the literature, thus this paper makes a valuable addition to the area of sustainable heritage tourism.

An adaptive framework for the creation of exergames for intangible cultural heritage (ICH) education

As of the early twentieth century, a significant body of research has been published that shows how effective game-based learning and gamification techniques can be, compared to other methods. These technologies are also very important for the learning and transmission of intangible cultural heritage (ICH) creations, which include, among others, dance, theater, and other skills where body motion has a primary role. However, creating games can be time consuming and usually demands a significant effort. Therefore, this paper focuses on the design and development of a novel framework for the rapid design of body-motion-based customizable game-like applications. This framework consists of two components: (i) an interface that allows the user to design the game and capture the motion data, and (ii) a customizable game for learning and training using off-the-shelf motion-capture sensors like the Microsoft Kinect. The game is automatically configured based on the output of the game design interface. In order to evaluate the proposed system, three pilot-use cases have been selected: (i) the Latin dance Salsa, (ii) the Greek traditional dance Tsamiko, and (iii) the Walloon (Belgian) traditional dance. Moreover, small-scaled experiments concerning the three different use cases were conducted, where both beginners and experts evaluated the game-like application for dance learning. Furthermore, a group of dance experts were asked to design and generate their own game and evaluate their experience. Results showed that the use of such a game-like application could be efficient, as positive feedback was obtained. In summary, participants found that the generated game-like application meets its objectives; it is generally efficient and satisfactory and offers a novel tool for ICH transmission and education. Last but not the least, the dance experts expressed their interest in developing more such games in the future, since they characterized the game design module as easy and intuitive to use.

A Multimodal Approach for the Safeguarding and Transmission of Intangible Cultural Heritage: The Case of i-Treasures

Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) creations include, amongst other, music, dance, singing, theatre, human skills, and craftsmanship. These cultural expressions are usually transmitted orally and/or using gestures and are modified over a period of time, through a process of collective recreation. As the world becomes more interconnected and many different cultures come into contact, local communities run the risk of losing important elements of their ICH, while young people find it difficult to maintain the connection with the cultural heritage treasured by their elders. In this paper, we present a novel holistic approach for the safeguarding and transmission of ICH that goes beyond the mere digitization of ICH content. Based on multisensory technology for the capturing of ICH, the proposed approach enables the generation of completely novel cultural content. High-level semantics are extracted from the acquired data, enabling researchers to identify possible implicit or hidden correlations between different ICH expressions or interpretation styles and study the evolution of a specific ICH. These data, coupled with other cultural resources, are accessible through the i-Treasures Web-platform, which provides the means for supporting knowledge exchange between researchers as well as know-how transmission from ICH bearers to apprentices.

Exploring Principle Components for Digital Heritage Preservation on Malay Folk Dances

The culture of Malay has its own unique and distinctive identity and is the largest ethnic group that account for more than half of the Malaysia population. Performing arts is one of the creative forms of culture expressions that had been classified under the intangible cultural heritage by UNESCO. Dance is one of the domains within the performing arts that symbolised each unique ethnic group culture identity. Malay folk dances can be identified within certain regions or spiritual practices, often performed in festive celebrations such as wedding parties or religious ceremonies that include the dance movements, music and costumes. The preservation and enhancement of intangible cultural heritage through digital technology are becoming extremely important as to safeguard this irreplaceable source of social identity from fading away especially to the younger generation. Sustaining the continuity and integrity of cultural identity through folk dance would provide a local sense of unity and belonging, thus the transmission of intangible cultural heritage through digital technology is imperative as to ensure its wider recognition and dissemination. This paper is a part of research in laying foundation for digitising Malay folk dances comprises of movements, music and costumes. It focuses on the role of digital technology on enhancing cultural experience by exploring principal components with regards to their similarities and differences.

Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage by Creating Meaningful Transmission Experiences

This research analyses and reviews new and existing applications of novel technologies in heritage settings. This essay reviews current trends in heritage technologies and highlights their potential in safeguarding and transmitting intangible cultural heritage. True safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage is in creating meaningful transmission experiences. Modes of transmission have become tired, static and fail to pair with modes of learning. The term ‘meaningful transmission experience’ describes situations where heritage communications are optimized using established learning modes to enhance novel technologies. This research by no means covers all applications of safeguarding and the transmission of intangible cultural heritage, but instead concentrates on the intangible aspects of built heritage. The future of intangible cultural heritage lies in communicating heritage effectively. It is my recommendation that coupling novel technologies with established learning styles will enrich user experience. Further, this will enable intangible cultural heritage to remain current with society.

An Integrated Platform Supporting Intangible Cultural Heritage Learning and Transmission: Definition of Requirements and Evaluation Criteria

The paper offers an experience-based viewpoint on two key phases of the development of an Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs)-based system: the definition of requirements and identification of related criteria and methodology for its evaluation. In doing so, it refers to the unique context of the i-Treasures EU project, which deals with the development of an innovative integrated platform to support the learning and transmission of Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH). The i-Treasures integrated platform is conceived to support both traditional learning approaches and innovative and active learning processes, based on extensive use of sensor-technologies. In this light, during the development process, particular attention has been devoted to the definition of requirements with specific reference to sensor-mediated Human Computer Interaction (HCI) issues and the evaluation process was designed accordingly, in coherence with the specific advanced features of the integrated platform. The paper offers a view of the complexity of the design of ICT-based tools supporting the preservation and transmission of ICH and also provides an insight (and this could have a broader impact) into the methodology adopted to harmonize the requirements and the evaluation phases which are key pillars for the construction of any educationally effective ICT-based learning system.