Conference: Leading up to the Meeting of Cultural Traditions as Living Heritage of Latin America
CRESPIAL and the Unit for Living Cultures, Intangible Heritage, and Interculturality of Mexico's Ministry of Culture 16/17-10-2025 Online (Perú)

Conference: Leading up to the Meeting of Cultural Traditions as Living Heritage of Latin America

In the framework of the International Day of Intangible Cultural Heritage, commemorated every October 17th, CRESPIAL and the Mexican Government’s Secretary of Culture are organizing the Round table series “Conference: Leading up to the Meeting of Cultural Traditions as Living Heritage of Latin America.”

This initiative aims to foster a space for dialogue and reflection on management and safeguarding of cultural traditions in the region. The conference follow up on the Ibero-American Meeting on Musical Traditions as Intangible Cultural Heritage (2024) and are part of the preparatory activities for the next biennial meeting, scheduled for 2026, which is oriented towards the development of a regional declaration to strengthen the safeguarding of ICH.

This edition will promote the exchange of ideas on policies and actions related to the safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage and will be structured around four thematic panels:

  • Management Models and Best Practices for Intangible Cultural Heritage in Urban Contexts.
  • Experiences of Intangible Cultural Heritage and Migration Processes.
  • Cultural Misappropriation and Collective Property.
  • Intangible Cultural Heritage and Sustainable Cultural Tourism.

Programme

Day 1 – October 16

Morning

  • Inauguration — 11:00 to 11:30 (Peru Time)
  • Panel 1: Management Models and Best Practices for Intangible Cultural Heritage in Urban Contexts — 11:30 to 13:00 (Peru Time)

Afternoon

  • Panel 2: Experiences of Intangible Cultural Heritage and Migration Processes — 16:00 to 17:30 (Peru Time)

Day 2 – October 17

Morning

  • Panel 3: Cultural Misappropriation and Collective Property — 10:00 to 11:30 (Peru Time)

Afternoon

  • Panel 4: Intangible Cultural Heritage and Sustainable Cultural Tourism — 12:00 to 13:30 (Peru Time)
  • Closure 13:30 to 14:00 (Peru Time)

The conference will be live-streamed via the social media channels of CRESPIAL (Facebook) and the Unit for Living Cultures, Intangible Heritage, and Interculturality of Mexico’s Ministry of Culture.

Text as provided by the organiser(s).

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