Safeguarding Practises
Enter the website Safeguarding Practices to learn more about measures on safeguarding and how they are carried out in practice! The site consists of tens of examples from different Northern-Europe: Estonia, Denmark, Lithuania, Faroe Islands, Finland, Latvia, Greenland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden and Åland.
The Safeguarding Practices is a Nordic attempt to spread the word on safeguarding intangible cultural heritage. The site was opened in 2017 and it now contains over 60 examples.
The website is a resource whether you are a stakeholder or just curious about what the term intangible cultural heritage means. The site is meant to inspire you and offer you the option to look beyond the boundaries of your work, be it your sphere of tradition or country. Safeguarding Practices is also an introduction to intangible cultural heritage both as concept and practice and what safeguarding actually means in this cultural context.
Some safeguarding practices are carried out as a long process of transmitting heritage. The safeguarding programs for Land of Legends (Sweden), Building and Use of the Oselvar Boat (Norway) and the Icelandic Vitafélag are such examples. Some practices use digital media, such as The Story Atlas from Upper Kainuu (Finland).
The web site is inspired by the UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage and design in the spirit of this. The Register of Good Safeguarding Practices is one of the measures in the Convention.
The project is funded by the Norwegian Crafts Institute and Kulturkontakt Nord.
See also videos by Dag and Leena about the website!
More information
Einar Stamnes, Norwegian Crafts Institute einar.stamnes(at)handverksinstituttet.no
Leena Marsio, Finnish Heritage Agency, leena.marsio(at)museovirasto.fi +358 29533 6017
