Intangible cultural heritage has partly become a buzz-word. However, the term is ok. Documentation of intangible cultural heritage has indeed very long traditions. This is what scholars in field linguistics, philology, onomasiology etnogragraphy/etnology, social anthropologists etc etc have been doing for centuries. It is nothing new here. On should remember that an ontology is used to describe the way we can conceptualise our understanding of the "intangible" in order to document it.
The UNESCO declaration is also quite clear, see below. In the CRM universe FRBRoo is the most suitable ontology. Patrick Le Boeuf has given several presentations on this. Chr-Emil 1. The “intangible cultural heritage” means the practices, representations, expressions, knowledge, skills – as well as the instruments, objects, artefacts and cultural spaces associated therewith – that communities, groups and, in some cases, individuals recognize as part of their cultural heritage. This intangible cultural heritage, transmitted from generation to generation, is constantly recreated by communities and groups in response to their environment, their interaction with nature and their history, and provides them with a sense of identity and continuity, thus promoting respect for cultural diversity and human creativity. For the purposes of this Convention, consideration will be given solely to such intangible cultural heritage as is compatible with existing international human rights instruments, as well as with the requirements of mutual respect among communities, groups and individuals, and of sustainable development. 2. The “intangible cultural heritage”, as defined in paragraph 1 above, is manifested inter alia in the following domains: (a) oral traditions and expressions, including language as a vehicle of the intangible cultural heritage; (b) performing arts; (c) social practices, rituals and festive events; (d) knowledge and practices concerning nature and the universe; (e) traditional craftsmanship. >-----Original Message----- >From: Crm-sig [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of martin >Sent: Friday, February 19, 2016 12:59 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [Crm-sig] Recording Intangible Cultural Heritage > >Dear Phil, > >"Intangible heritage" is a bit a buzzword. I suggest to identify different >senses: > >A) A particular activity, in particular performances. FRBRoo contains a model >for that, but that can be refined. My colleague George Bruseker has worked >on ome issues, may be other crm-sig members have. > >B) A type of activity characteristic for a community, culture. Could be >technical know how, ceremonies etc. >This requires a pattern model as in ecology, which "rises" CRM properties to >a "typically..." metalevel. We have examples from biodiversity, may be other >crm-sig members have such models. >Each pattern is supported by evidence by individual events. > >C) An oral tradition. These are Information Objects, the carriers being people. >A slight modification of FRBRoo could cover the details. > >Comments? > >Best, > >Martin > >On 19/2/2016 12:43 μμ, Carlisle, Philip wrote: > > > Hi all, > > I’m resending this as it didn’t appear to get through. > > > > > > As you may know the Arches Project has been using the CRM as the >backbone for a cultural heritage inventory system. This is working well and is >being implemented by many projects. > > > > One such project now wants to use Arches to record intangible >heritage and so needs to create resource graphs, based on an ontology, in >order to do this. > > > > Can the CRM be used to represent the intangible heritage? 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