The subfonds contains the audio, video and photographic documentation of research carried out by the faculty, students and former students of the Cultural Heritage Studies Program at Central European University in different geographical locations connected to various aspects of intangible cultural heritage. Songs, tales, music, rituals and orally transmitted sacred texts are traditionally treated as important aspects of intangible heritage. Religious teachings of non-bookish religions, oral history, or orally transmitted memories of a community or a family, even the recollections of a person’s life are considered equally important parts of intangible heritage. All these are extremely vulnerable to change in a world which is rapidly transforming due to globalization and technical modernization. This collection of audio and visual materials not only constitutes a body of valuable information on various cultures for researchers, but it is also a cultural repository for the diaspora or younger members of the host communities who may desire to rediscover their own cultural heritage.
The subfonds contains the audio, video and photographic documentation of research carried out by the faculty, students and former students of the Cultural Heritage Studies Program at Central European University in different geographical locations connected to various aspects of intangible cultural heritage. Songs, tales, music, rituals and orally transmitted sacred texts are traditionally treated as important aspects of intangible heritage. Religious teachings of non-bookish religions, oral history, or orally transmitted memories of a community or a family, even the recollections of a person’s life are considered equally important parts of intangible heritage. All these are extremely vulnerable to change in a world which is rapidly transforming due to globalization and technical modernization. This collection of audio and visual materials not only constitutes a body of valuable information on various cultures for researchers, but it is also a cultural repository for the diaspora or younger members of the host communities who may desire to rediscover their own cultural heritage.