[BCMA] Intangible Cultural Heritage 6-day course at UVic

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The Cultural Resource Management Program at the University of Victoria is pleased to offer the following 6-day course that may be of interest to you or your colleagues this fall:
Join dynamic instructor, Dale Jarvis, for "Intangible Cultural Heritage"  (HA488M)
September 28- October 3, 2015; on campus offering (Victoria, BC)
Instructor: Dale Jarvis
While museums and other heritage agencies have long worked to preserve the tangible evidence of our past and present, they are sometimes challenged with the idea of saving less tangible aspects of our heritage:  traditional practices and knowledge systems, religious and social customs, languages, oral histories and stories, and cultural values and perspectives. This course explores contemporary practices and policies inspired by and working with the 2003 UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage.
 Topics covered will include:
*         the nature and value of intangible cultural heritage
*         the significant challenges associated with safeguarding and interpreting these resources
*         hands-on approaches to ethnographic documentation
*         ideas for taking intangible concepts and turning them into practical approaches and projects.
The course will guide you through what intangible cultural heritage can mean for your community, and will give colourful examples of how organizations locally and internationally are working to safeguard living heritage.

Registration Deadline: August 31, 2015; late registrations accepted if space permits
Fee: CAD $655.82
Note: this course can be taken for program credit or as a stand-alone professional development course.

About the Instructor: Dale Jarvis is the Intangible Cultural Heritage Development Officer for the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. He holds a BSc in Anthropology/Archaeology from Trent University, and a MA in Folklore from Memorial University, and has been working for the Heritage Foundation of Newfoundland and Labrador since 1996. He has contributed as a board member and volunteer to many local arts and heritage organizations, and regularly teaches workshops on oral history, cultural documentation, folklore project management, and public folklore.   In 2014, Dale served on UNESCO's Consultative Body for the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage. His most recent book, released in October 2014, is entitled: "Any Mummers 'Lowed In?: Christmas Mummering Traditions in Newfoundland and Labrador."

For more information contact crmcoord at uvic.ca<mailto:crmcoord at uvic.ca>
Or to read the description online and register: https://www.uvcs.uvic.ca/Section/Intangible-Heritage/HA488M002-2015F-C01/50391/

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