Date: Tuesday, August 27
Time: 12:00 PM
Location: Online via Zoom

While museums and other heritage agencies have long worked to preserve the tangible evidence of our past and present, they are sometimes challenged with the idea of saving less tangible aspects of our heritage: traditional practices and knowledge systems, religious and social customs, languages, oral histories and stories, and cultural values and perspectives. 

This webinar explores contemporary practices and policies inspired by and working with the 2003 UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH). Folklorist Dale Jarvis will discuss what intangible cultural heritage means for the communities he works with, and how Heritage NL develops public programs for awareness raising, documenting, and revitalizing tradition. He will show you how Heritage NL organizes community programs, present techniques for public engagement, and give examples of how he works to turn intangible concepts into tangible projects.

About the Instructor

Folklorist and author Dale Jarvis is an Adjunct Professor at the Department of Folklore, Memorial University, and the Executive Director of Heritage NL, helping communities to safeguard living heritage and historic places. Dale has been working for Heritage NL since 1996, and holds a BSc in Anthropology/Archaeology from Trent University, and a MA in Folklore from Memorial University. He has served on the UNESCO Consultative Body to the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage and regularly teaches workshops on oral history, cultural documentation, and public folklore. 

To register, please fill out this form by 12:00 PM on Monday, August 26.

Midday Museums is a series of webinars, discussion sessions and networking events, set for noon on the last Tuesday of each month. Midday Museums is available thanks to the generous support provided by the United Way Newfoundland and Labrador’s Community Services Recovery Fund.