The Knowledge of Culture and the Culture of Knowledge: Implications for Theory, Policy and Practice

As local traditions and practices around the worls are increasingly becoming endangered by globalization forces, UNESCO gives higher priority to the safeguarding and preservation of this cultural heritage through the 'Preliminary Draft International Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage.' This project will seek to formulate ways in which intabgible cultural heritage knowledge and practices may be used to leverage insular cultural evolution in an environment of ineveitable globalization and technological advancement.