TANGIBLE AND

INTANGIBLE
CULTURAL
HERITAGE

UDERSTANDING CULTURE SOCIETY

AND POLITICS
• Refers to physical artifacts produced,
maintained and transmitted
intergenerationally in a society.
• It includes artifacts creations, built
heritage sush as buildings and
monuments, and other physical or
tangible products of human creativity
that are invested with cultural
significance in a society.
• Intangible Cultural Heritage
“indicates” the practices
representations, expressions,
knowledge, skills – as well as the
instruments, objects, artifacts and
cultural spaces associated therewth-
that communications, group and, in
some cases, individuals recognized as
part of their Cultural Heritage”
(UNESCO, 2003).
• Example
* Oral traditions, performing arts, local
knowledge, and traditional skills.
Tangible and intangible require different
approaches for preservation and
safeguarding, which has been one of the
main motivations driving the conception and
ratification of the presentation of the 2003
UNESCO convention for the safeguarding of
the cultural heritage.
The convention stipulates the
interdependence between intangible
cultural heritage, and tangible cultural
and natural heritage, and acknowledge
the role of intangible cultural heritage as
a source of cultural diversity and a
driver of sustainable development.
Recognizing the values of people for the
expressions and transmission of
intangible cultural heritage, UNESCO
spearheaded the recognition and
promotion of living human treasures,
persons who possess to a very high
degree the knowledge and skills required
for performing or recreating specific
elements of the intangible cultural
heritage.
 GUIDELINES FOR THE ESTABLISHMENTS OF
NATIONAL “LIVING HUMAN TREASURES”
SYSTEMS PARIS; UNESCO

1.) Cultural Heritage – is an expression

of the ways of living developed by a
cummunity and passed on from
generation to generation. Including
customs, practices, places, objects,
artistic, artistic expression and values.
Cultural Heritage is often expressed as
either intangible or tangible cultural
heritage (ICOMOS, 2002)
2.) It is defined as follows: intangible
Cultural Heritage means the practices,
representation, expressions, knowledge,
skills –as well as the instruments,
objects, artifacts and cultural spaces
associated therewith- that communities
group and in some cases, individuals
recognize as part of their cultural
heritage.
3.) Tangible cultural heritage. Cultural
heritage is the legacy of physical
artifacts and intangible attributes of a
group or society that are inherited from
past generations, maintained in the
present and bestowed for the benefit of
future generations.
4.) What are the threats that can affect the world
heritage sites?
This section describes the list of world
heritage in danger and gives example of sites
that are inscribed on the list. Armed conflict
and war, earthquakes and other natural
disasters, pollution, poaching, uncontrolled
urbanization and unchecked tourist
development pose major problems to world
heritage sites.
Thank you
 MEMBERS
ROMAR PAGUIGAN
CHONALYN DATUIN
ROSEMARIE FABALLINIA
RONILYN MANGAPURO