FORUM: How to identify priority areas for research?
Opening by Harriet Deacon
• Documentation as a Tool for Safeguarding Community’s Intangible Cultural Heritage by Misako Ohnuki, Deputy Director, International
Research Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage in Asia and the Pacific Region (IRCI) (Japan)
• Tracking current research relevant to the implementation of the Convention by Harriet Deacon, Hon. Research Fellow, University of
Cape Town (South Africa)
• Identifying future directions for research by Chiara Bortolotto, Marie Curie Fellow, Laboratoire d’Anthropologie des Mondes Contemporains, Free University Brussels (Belgium/Italy)