ICME conference 2004

Information about the ICME sessions during the ICOM 2004 general conference

Museums and Intangible Heritage

arranged by

The International Committee for Museums of Ethnography (ICME) of ICOM
and
The National Folk Museum of Korea

October 2-8, 2004.

• Papers from the conference
• Abstracts
• Detailed program
• Photos from the conference and post-conference tour.

The ICOM 2004 general conference runs from October 2-8, with the ICME sessions being held during the middle three days, October 4-6.

• October 2: Registration, ICOM Executive Council Meeting, Welcome Reception.
• October 3: Forum Discussion on "Museums and Intangible Heritage", Keynote presentations, Opening Event and Gala Dinner.
• October 4-6: ICME sessions at COEX on Monday and Wednesday, and at the National Folk Museum of Korea on Tuesday.
• October 7: Excursion day, with a choice of several tours in and around Seoul (Information on the ICOM2004 registration form).
• October 8: General Assembly of ICOM, Final Plenary Session, Farewell party
• October 9-10: ICME Post-conference tour to Chungnam province (see below)

Conference registration, hotel booking and general information is available on the main conference web site: http://www.icom2004.org/

WHAT IS INTANGIBLE HERITAGE?

UNESCO defines intangible cultural heritage as "embracing all forms of traditional and popular or folk culture, i.e. collective works originating in a given community and based on tradition. They include oral traditions, customs, languages, music, dance, rituals, festivities...". These traditions may be manifested either through forms of cultural expression, or as cultural spaces which bring together various cultural activities. A focus on intangible cultural heritage must focus on social contexts, showing traditional and popular culture as life-ways, sets of interrelationships and shared knowledge systems.

This is a focus which ethnology, anthropology and other fields have long had as their research goal. But how much of this is reflected in our ethnographic collections and exhibitions?

Call for papers on "Museums and Intangible Heritage"

ICME invites proposals for papers on the main theme, or any of the following sub-themes:

• Diversity and intangible heritage: (both in regard for ethnicity, and for differences between rural and urban traditions)
• Intangible change: Should we "conserve" heritage, or look toward its dynamic aspects? What time frames do we use when describing culture?
• Institutions of intangible heritage: What are the roles of museums, schools, government or civil society in the reproduction of intangible culture?
• Intangible NATURAL heritage: Ecological relationships between humans and their environment.
• Intangible presentation: What special needs develop in museum presentations of intangible heritage (such as collaboration with tradition bearers, eco-museums, living history programs, performances, scenography, exhibition design, multi-media)?
• Copyright and intangible heritage: Who owns traditional knowledge, and who has the right to promulgate it?

Proposals for papers must be sendt to ICME president Per B. Rekdal before June 1st, 2004: president@icme.icom.museum tel: +47 22859964, fax: +47 22859960

POST-CONFERENCE TOUR October 9-10

The National Folk Museum of Korea has taken the initative to arrange a two-day, one-night cultural tour specifically for ICME members to Chungnam province, in the heart of the Korean peninsula near the west sea.

The tour includes visits to a number of historical sights along the western edge of the peninsula, such as traditional houses of Korean nobels, farm houses, viewing a shamanic ritual, and getting the chance to learn about Korean pottery making. On saturday evening, the group will sleep and participate in rituals at Sudeoksa Temple, near the town of Yesan. This temple belongs to the Korean Buddhist Jogye Order, and is famous for its scenic setting, as well as having the oldest preserved wooden structure in Korea. As Sudeoksa Temple is not normally open for foriegn overnight visitors, this trip may be a once-in-a lifetime chance for many of you!

October 9, Saturday

- 10:00 Arrival in Giji-si

Korean tug-of-war playing, experience straw-twisting to make rope

http://theseoultimes.com/ST/?url=/ST/db/read.php?idx=264

- 12:20 Arrival at Janghyeon-ni village in Seosan-si

Watching a gut (Korean shamanistic ritual), tasting Korean food

http://eng.seosantour.net/default.asp?go=26

- 15:50 Arrival at Hami Fortress

http://eng.seosantour.net/default.asp?go=40

- 16:40 Arrival at Sudeoksa Temple

http://www.buddhapia.com/buddhapi/eng/temple/korexp/html/bu22.html

October 10, Sunday

- 3:00 wake up & performing Buddhist player

- 9:00 Departure from Sudeoksa Temple

- 9:30 Arrival at Pottery Village in Galsan

The tradition of Onggi pottery-making combines simple beauty with functionality, as this pottery is normally used for storing food (such as kimchee). Onggi pottery pieces can be as small as 6 inches or as tall as 6 feet. They are brown, but often streaked with gray. In Galsan, you have a chance to learn its secrets!

http://english.whatsonkorea.com/main.ph?code=H&scode=H-15&pst=L

- 14:00 Arrival at Jangseung Village in Cheongyang

Jangseungje is a shamanic ritual observed in front of Jangseung, two wooden poles in the shape of a man and a woman, erected at the sides of the entrance to a village. Sotdae are wooden birds on poles which serve the function of village guardians, and which have been chosen of the symbol of ICOM2004.
http://www.visitkorea.or.kr/eng/info_db/dest/sight_detail.jsp?seqno=1815

- 15:50 Arrival at Folk Village at Oiam-ni

This village contains traditional Korean houses which are preserved as a national heritage site. The Lee family has lived there for 500 years. The village is located below Mt. Seolhwa, outside of Asan City

- 19:00 Arrival in Seoul

Tour dates: October 9-10

Cost: $160 per-person (fee to be paid separately to the account of the National Folk Museum of Korea)

Yes! I wish to join the ICME post-conference tour on October 9-10

Full Name:

Full address:

E-mail (or fax number):

Tour registration and payment deadline: September first, 2004. In order to allow us to keep a better overview, please send tour registration to BOTH of the following email addresses:

• icme-exec@yahoogroups.com, pll@chol.com
  
• or to the following fax numbers: fax: +47 22859960, +82 27342161

As this tour organized separately from other ICOM 2004 activities, the tour fee must also be paid to a separate account.

Account information:

Bank : Woori Bank, Susongdong Branch

Address: 146-12 Susong-dong Chongro-ku Seoul 110-140 Korea

Account Number : 082-029366-41-118

Account Owner : The Society for Korean Folk Museum

Swift Code: HVBKKRSE

If paying to the Korean account is difficult or prohibitively expensive from your bank, you may alternatively transfer the conference tour fee into the ICME account in Denmark. All payments to this account must include name, institution, country of person paying plus purpose of payment Bank:

Nordea S.W.I.F.T.

address: NDEA DK KK

IBAN: DK8920000103290015

Address: 7. Nygade, DK-1164 Copenhagen K, Denmark

For credit of account: bank code: 2191, account no. 0103290015

Account name (must always be used): ICME 387511