Sekai Mukei Bunka Isan Data Book 2018 Nemban (Sekai No Bunka Series)

[Machine Translation] A databook providing a bird's-eye view of the world's intangible cultural heritage. This book provides an overview of the latest UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, the structure of the Convention, 52 items on the Urgent Safeguarding List, 399 items on the Representative List, and 19 items on the Good Practices List, which are examples of good practices that meet the principles and objectives of the Convention. By understanding all 470 cases, we hope to discover know-how and hints that will lead to the sustainable development of good local traditional culture, which is being lost due to the difficulty of finding successors and changes in the social environment.

世界無形文化遺産の全体像を俯瞰できるデータ・ブック。本書は、ユネスコの最新の無形文化遺産の全体像、すなわち、無形文化遺産保護条約の仕組み、「緊急保護リスト」52件、「代表リスト」399件、条約の原則と目的に適った好ましい実践事例である「グッド・プラクティス」19件の合計470件の全件を理解することにより、後継者難、社会環境の変化などで失われつつある地方の良き伝統文化の持続可能な発展につながるノウハウやヒントを見出したい。