ICH & Museums: Ethics, deontology & instruments

When museums engage with intangible cultural heritage and its practitioners, it’s always important to reflect on the conduct and methods of the process of safeguarding. After all, as soon as you start talking about intangible cultural heritage, people are center stage.

Below we collect some tools that can help determine directions or broaden the outlook on your proceedings.

1. Ethics in general, in relation to intangible cultural heritage and museums

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2. The importance of involving the communities, groups and individuals concerned

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3. When documenting intangible cultural heritage, make sure you have prior and informed consent from the people involved

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4. What about intellectual property rights, access and use?

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5. Think of remunerating involved communities, groups and individuals (or not)

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