World Forum for intangible Cultural Heritage

Dr. Feng JING (景 峰) is currently Chief of the Culture Unit of the UNESCO Office in Bangkok. Prior to this function, he was Chief of the Asia and the Pacific Unit at the UNESCO World Heritage Centre (Paris), where he led and managed the overall implementation of the 1972 World Heritage Convention i..

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Marie McAuliffe leads the Migration Research & Publications Division at IOM and is Editor of IOM’s flagship World Migration Report. She is a migration specialist with over 25 years of experience as a program manager, senior government official and researcher. Marie has published/edited widely in ac..

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Prof. Kim Kyunghak earned a Ph.D. in Anthropology from Jawaharlal Nehru University in India. Since 1995, he has been a professor in the Department of Anthropology and the Graduate Interdisciplinary Program of Global Diaspora Studies at Chonnam National University, where he also serves as the Directo..

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Alissandra Cummins is the Director of the Barbados Museum and Historical Society, as well as Board Chair of the International Coalition of Sites of Conscience. A recognized expert in Caribbean cultural heritage, museum development and visual arts, she currently serves as Chairperson of the Barbados ..

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Paul is Northern Ireland Director of The National Lottery Heritage Fund. He has been involved in a variety of heritage, tourism and conservation projects over the last 30 years and has written, lectured and broadcasted on heritage matters. He studied at Queen’s University, Trinity College Dublin, a..

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Prof. Ajaya K. Sahoo teaches at the Centre for Study of Indian Diaspora, University of Hyderabad, India. His areas of research interests include international migration, South Asian diaspora, transnationalism, and religion. Some of his recent publications include Routledge Handbook of South Asian Mi..

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Dr. Saifur Rashid is a Professor of Anthropology at the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh and has been a faculty member since 1993. His research interest includes: Heritage, Indigenous Knowledge, Natural Resources Management, Ethnicity, Migration, and Visual Documentation. He has published several boo..

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Dr. Cheon Jingi is currently the Chairperson of the Intangible Cultural Heritage Committee at the Korea Heritage Service. He served as the Director of the National Folk Museum of Korea from 2011 to 2018 and then the Director of the Jeonju National Museum until June 2020. His published works include ..

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Dr. Chang, Jung-a, Professor of Incheon National University, is a cultural anthropologist trained at Seoul National University. She is currently Director of the Academy of China Studies. She has conducted anthropological fieldwork in Yunnan, Hebei, Anhui, and Zhejiang Provinces in mainland China and..

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Moon Jong-hyeon is the Head of KOICA ESG Team. He received his MA in the Health Sciences from Yonsei University Graduate School. Since 2009, he has continued his work at the KOICA headquarters and foreign offices while carrying out a variety of projects related to culture and international health sc..

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Olufunke Ogunderu is a Project Officer with IOM Bangladesh and oversees the operations of the Rohingya Cultural Memory Centre (RCMC), a unique psychosocial project for the preservation of Rohingya Culture as part of IOM’s Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) interventions in Cox’s Bazar,..

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Dato’ Ronald Gan is a prominent figure known for his extensive involvement and contributions across various sectors. In 2023, he was appointed as a Member of the National Heritage Expert Committee by the National Heritage Department. He served as the Director for the “3rd Anniversary Celebration o..

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Kizzy Tahnin is the dynamic Lead of the Culture Sector at the UNESCO Dhaka Office. With a decade of experience at UNESCO, she has successfully designed and implemented projects to promote and safeguard diverse cultural heritage and innovative, future-centric creative industries. Culture is not just ..

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Park Sooyoung joined the Korea Water Resources Corporation (K-water) in 2012, serving the specialist water management agency over several years by overseeing projects such as the operation and construction of water resources and water supply infrastructure, as well as water quality management and pl..

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Geon Soo Han studied anthropology at Seoul National University (BA) and the University of California at Berkeley (MA and PhD). He is a professor in the Department of Cultural Anthropology, at Kangwon National University. He served as the president of the Korean Family Studies Association, the Korean..

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Ryusuke Kodani is the Supervising Manager for Cultural Heritage Disaster Risk Management Center at the National Institutes for Cultural Heritage. He studied cultural anthropology at the graduate school of Saitama University. He currently specializes in cultural property disaster risk managment and r..

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Herry Jogaswara is a senior researcher and Head of the Research Organization for Archaeology Language and Literature, National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) of Indonesia. He is an Anthropologist by training with more than three decades of research on Indigenous people, migration, and local k..

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Adi Meretui is the President of Blue Shield Pasifika based in Fiji. Focusing on Disaster risk reduction for Galleries, Libraries, Archives, Museums in the Pacific. She is also the Interim President and Acting Secretary General for the Pacific Islands Museums Association (PIMA). Professionally, She w..

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Ms. Saruul Arslan is Head of the Registration and Documentation Department of National Center for Cultural Heritage of Mongolia (NCCH). Since 2012, Ms. Saruul Arslan has been employed as an ICH Expert at the NCCH. Her duties encompass researching existing cultural heritage elements listed on the Nat..

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Yoko Nojima is the Head of Research Section of the International Research Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region (IRCI). She received her PhD in Anthropology from the University of Hawaii at Manoa in 2008 with a study of food technologies and pottery in Vanuatu. Since the..

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Lee Kwan Ho is the President of the Korea Museum Education Association. He holds a master’s degree in Cultural Anthropology with a specialty in religious folklore from Hanyang University and a Ph.D. in Folklore Studies from the Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Korean Studies at Yonsei Universi..

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Lee Kwan Ho is the President of the Korea Museum Education Association. He holds a master’s degree in Cultural Anthropology with a specialty in religious folklore from Hanyang University and a Ph.D. in Folklore Studies from the Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Korean Studies at Yonsei Universi..

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Kim Myung Hyun obtained a master’s degree in Cultural Anthropology from Jeonbuk National University and completed a doctoral program at the same university. He worked as a curator in Jindo County, South Jeolla Province, and currently serves at the National Intangible Heritage Center under the Korea..

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Education Cooperation Officer Seo Jin Gyu graduated from the Department of Education at Kyungpook National University. He began his teaching career at Ulsan Jeil High School in 1988, where he taught students for 29 years. Upon his appointment as a special adviser for political affairs (secretary) at..

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Yi Eunmi is a Senior Curator at the National Folk Museum of Korea and earned both her master’s degree and Ph.D. in Education from Yonsei University. She conducted research as a visiting scholar in the Department of Cultural History at Doshisha University in Kyoto and at the National Museum of Denma..

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Prof. Kim Kyunghak earned a Ph.D. in Anthropology from Jawaharlal Nehru University in India. Since 1995, he has been a professor in the Department of Anthropology and the Graduate Interdisciplinary Program of Global Diaspora Studies at Chonnam National University, where he also serves as the Directo..

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Lee Jae Ho is the National Policy Officer at the International Organization for Migration (IOM) Republic of Korea. He received a Master of International Affairs from the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) and worked at the Seoul Immigration Office under the Ministry of Justice. Since joining..

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