Friday
09
October 2026
October 9- 4:00 - 6:00 PM IST | October 10- 9:30 AM - 1:30 PM IST
Location
Room 008, Amrut Mody School of Management
Central Campus
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Fieldwork Chronicles: Tracing Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) in Asia from the Ground Up
Two-Day Workshop on Intangible Cultural Heritage
Rahul Goswami
Member
Global Facilitators’ Network
Asia-Pacific region
Speaker
The workshop introduces students to the ways in which an international cultural convention is implemented in the real world of practitioners and knowledge bearers. The sessions in the workshop address the matter of culture (ICH, traditional knowledge, cultural expressions, heritage) and ‘development’– a connection that continues to be overlooked and under-represented. They also explore the interlinkages between culture and nature through case studies and explain the role of ICH in environmental sustainability. Another aspect that the workshop focuses on is sustainable livelihood and income. This issue is crucial to practising communities and for the viability of practice and its expression. All these aspects are explored and discussed through case studies and insights from field studies conducted in India and Asian regions. In the process, the workshop introduces students to field methods and case writing.
Speaker
Rahul Goswami
Rahul Goswami has been a member of the Global Facilitators’ Network in the Asia-Pacific region (South, South-East, East, Central Asia) under the 2003 ICH Convention since 2011. Since 2012, he has trained government officials, researchers and academics, traditional knowledge bearers and practitioners in 16 countries and territorial groups. His work has mostly focused on key aspects of sustainable development, ICH, agriculture, traditional knowledge, environment, climate change and livelihoods.