Call for Papers - Special Issue 2023

Call for papers: Performing arts and international relations

For the 20th Anniversary of the UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage
edited by Matteo Casari, Matteo Paoletti, Umewaka Naohiko

 

On October 17th, 2003, the 32nd session of the UNESCO General Conference adopted the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage. The document was the result of a long debate concerning the concept of Cultural Heritage in a more comprehensive perspective and it introduced new safeguarding tools regarding the intangible dimensions of culture as an expression of cultural diversity.

For the first time, the performing arts obtained UNESCO safeguard as a living testimony and expression of intangible cultural production that we inherited from our ancestors, and we should transfer to the next generations: the Argentine tango, the theatre of Sicilian puppets, the Japanese Nōgaku, the Iranian Naqqāli, Ethiopian Timkat, or the Chinese shadow theatre (piyingxi) are some of the perfoming traditions that have been recognised by the 2003 ICH Convention.

In the occasion of the twentieth anniversary of the adoption of the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, the revue «Antropologia e Teatro» promotes an international call for papers to reflect on the UNESCO initiative, focusing in particular on the relationship between the 2003 ICH Convention and the performing arts. The proposals should be written in English, Italian, or French, and will be included in a Special issue that will be published in the Fall of 2023.

The articles are expected to deal with the following topics:

  • Performing arts and international relations: laws and regulations before and after the 2003 ICH Convention;
  • Safeguarding, valorisation, and patrimonialisation: which effects on the performing arts?
  • Performing arts and intangibility: which approaches in different geographical contexts?
  • Relationship between intangible and tangible heritage (such as sound architecture): how can they relate?
  • Effectiveness, potentialities, and limits of the Convention applied to the performing arts;
  • UNESCO ICH inscriptions, performing arts, and national regulations.
  • Albeit proposals on other angles are welcome and will be thoroughly considered by the Revue.

 

Abstract proposals of max. 3.000 characters (including spaces). should be addressed to antropologiaeteatro@unibo.it, also including a biographical description of max. 1.000 characters (including spaces). The deadline for the abstract proposals is January 30th, 2022. The proposals will be evaluted by the Revue by February 2023. Selected authors will be invited to deliver the full article by May 30th, 2023.

 

For more information, please contact: antropologiaeteatro@unibo.it

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