Intangible Cultural Heritage and Education: Analysis of the UNESCO Safeguarding Good Practices Register

Abstract

This study analyses the educational initiatives included in the programs of the UNESCO Register of Good Safeguarding Practices of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, to analyse trends and facilitate the development of future projects. A content analysis and a statistical-descriptive treatment of the data have been carried out. The results show that education is present in all the registry programs in terms of the non-formal context, although only half have a defined educational design. Formal education is the area least explored, with primary education being the level to which the most activities are directed. A lack of participation of educational institutions, families and communities is also identified.

Keywords: heritage education, intangible cultural heritage, UNESCO, educational practices of reference, safeguarding of heritage, content analysis.