BAD3 CONTEXT REPORT 2017-18: SCOPING YOUR PROJECT

Keywords

· Keyword 1 Heritage

· Keyword 2 Culture

· Keyword 3 Objects

· Keyword 4 Experience

· Keyword 5 Moment

· Keyword 6 Museums

· Keyword 7 Intangible

· Keyword 8 Collection

· Keyword 9 Technology

· Keyword 10 Tradition

Research Questions

(Note down five potential research questions/lines of enquiry)

· Research Question 1 / Line of Enquiry 1

What is intangible culture, and its difference from tangible culture

· Research Question 2 / Line of Enquiry 2

What are the existing methods of collecting intangible culture?

· Research Question 3 / Line of Enquiry 3

Ways of protecting Cultural Heritage?

· Research Question 4 / Line of Enquiry 4

Is intangible culture dying? Can we resurrect/recover/revitalize the forgotten skills?

· Research Question 5 / Line of Enquiry 5

What are the existing ways of presenting intangible culture?

Primary Research

(Here note down any primary research such as interviews, surveys or forms of practice which might help you in answering your research questions, Consider why this research method might be useful for your project.)

Activities I might undertake to help me answer my first research question: attending performances and ceremonies and try to record it using different techniques.

This will help me answer my question because: it gives me an idea of what exactly is intangible about this ceremony or happening, and why can’t it be collected and exhibited as a museum object.

Other Research Sources

(Here note down five to ten key research sources for your project such as key texts such as books and journal articles, podcasts, tv programmes, films, etc. Use Google Scholar and the Library catalogue to identify relevant sources.)

· Research Source 1:

Intangible heritage and the museum new perspectives on cultural preservation

https://library.soas.ac.uk/Record/10136917

· Research Source 2:

UNESCO on the Ground: Local Perspectives on Intangible Cultural Heritage.

https://library.soas.ac.uk/Record/10204590

· Research Source 3:

Novel theories challenge conventional understanding of Chinese art history

https://www.soas.ac.uk/art/research-in-action/novel-theories-challenge-conventional-understanding-of-chinese-art-history.html

· Research Source 4:

关注母亲河 : 中国非物质文化遗产・民间剪纸国际学术研讨会文集

https://library.soas.ac.uk/Record/722603#notes