Intangible Heritage (ICH) Researchers Network
The Intangible Heritage (ICH) Researchers network shares information about ICH-related research, publications, conferences, courses and events with people working specifically on ICH issues. Members come from all continents and various professional backgrounds, communities and institutions or NGOs. In August 2018, the network included over 1200 members. We send out a monthly newsletter. Other languages than English are welcomed but the newsletter is mostly in English.
The ICH network was set up by Dr Harriet Deacon and is currently coordinated by Dr Cristina Clopot and Dr Hanna Schreiber. The network has a committee of 24 members: Dr Christina Aamodt (Greece), Dr Mrinalini Atrey (India), Dr Daniel Barrera-Fernández (Mexico), Nataliya Bezborodova (Canada), Marina Calvo Pérez (France), Dr Anna Catalani (UK), Marie Clausén (Canada), Cristina Clopot (UK), Anindita Dey (India), Dr Ichumbaki Elgidius (Tanzania), Dr Jayson Scott Grimes (Germany), Dr Evy Johanne Håland (Norway), Dr Shisachila Imchen (UK), Prof Marc Jacobs (Belgium), Helga Janse (Japan), Pamela Jordan (Netherlands), Prof Gyooho Lee (Korea), Dr Christina Maags (UK), Rishika Mukhopadhyay (UK), Deirdre Prins-Solani (Kenya), Dr Hanna Schreiber (Poland), Dr Keletso Gaone Setlhabi (Botswana), Dr Geneviève Susemihl (Germany), Nevena Tatovic (Portugal).
If you wish to join the ICH Network, please select 'Intangible Heritage' under “Chapters and Networks” in your Member Profile in the ACHS Member Directory.
ICH Network Coordinator Monalisa Maharjan
Monalisa has a Ph.D. in Art History from the University of Évora with an Erasmus Mundus scholarship (2016). Her Ph.D. was focused on the indigenous practice of safeguarding intangible heritage and linking tangible and intangible heritage with the case study from Kathmandu. She is a researcher at UNESCO Chair for Intangible Cultural Heritage and Traditional Know-how and CIDEHUS (Centro Interdisciplinar de História, Culturas e Sociedades da Universidade de Évora). She has experience working on various projects related to ICH and teaching at the University of Évora. Her current researches are “Understanding Authenticity post-2015 Earthquake in Kathmandu” and “Historic Urban Changes in Kathmandu Valley”. She is also an active member of ICOMOS and an expert member in its scientific committee in Intangible Cultural Heritage. Within ICOMOS she has been working in different working groups including Sustainable Development Goals, Emerging Professional and Rights-Based Approaches working groups. Apart from academic work she is engaged in advocacy and raising awareness on safeguarding heritage in Nepal. She speaks Nepal Basha (Mother tongue), Nepali, English, Portuguese, and Hindi.
ICH Committee Members
Dr. Alix Ferrer-Yulfo
Dr. Anna Catalani
Dr. Christina Aamont
Dr. Cristina Clopot
Deirdre Prins-Solani
Dr. Evy Johanne Håland
Dr. Geneviève Susemihl
Gyooho Lee
Dr. Hanna Schreiber
Dr. Helga Janse
Dr. Jayson Grimes
Dr. Jorijn Neyrinck
Dr. Keletso Setlhabi
Prof. Marc Jacobs
Mariana P. L. Pereira
Dr. Mrinalini Atrey
Nataliya Bezborodova
Nevena Tatovic
Pam Jordan
Dr. Rishika Khanna
Dr. Shisachila Imchen
Please direct any enquiries about the ICH Network to the Coordinator, Monalisa Maharjan and/or Dr Hanna Schreiber.