@article{47640,
      recid = {47640},
      author = {Wendland, Wend.},
      title = {Intangible heritage and intellectual property: challenges  and future prospects (kor).},
      pages = {Vol LVI, no. 1-2,  ; Page 71-81 ;},
      abstract = {The adoption in late 2003 of the UNESCO Convention for the  Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (the  Convention) adds significantly to UNESCO’s already  impressive range of international instruments for the  safeguarding of heritage. The intangible cultural heritage  of an indigenous people or other cultural community  reflects and embodies its history, values and beliefs, in  short, its very cultural and social identity. The  safeguarding of this heritage is an important contribution  to preserving and promoting respect for the traditions and  ways of life of the world’s diverse peoples and cultural  communities. As the Convention notes, the safeguarding of  intangible cultural heritage is also linked to the  promotion of cultural diversity and of human creativity and  innovation. Article 3(b) of the Convention states that  nothing in the Convention may be interpreted as ‘affecting  the rights and obligations of States Parties deriving from  any international instrument to which they are parties  relating to intellectual property rights or to the use of  biological and ecological resources’. Leaving aside for  present purposes the reference to instruments dealing with  biological and ecological resources, what is the relevance  of intellectual property to the subject matter of the  Convention? What is the nature of the relationship between  intellectual property ‘protection’ and the ‘safeguarding’  of intangible cultural heritage? This article briefly  examines these questions further, with reference to work  taking place at the World Intellectual Property  Organization (WIPO) concerning the protection of  traditional knowledge and expressions of traditional  cultures/folklore.},
      url = {http://tind.wipo.int/record/47640},
}