International Council for Traditions of Music and Dance

A Non-Governmental Organization in Formal Consultative Relations with UNESCO

Appendix to Croatia country report, Bulletin of the ICTM 129 (October 2015)

Below is an appendix to the country report for Croatia found in the Bulletin of the ICTM 129, written by Tvrtko Zebec.

Participation in conferences, panels, lectures and sub-study groups:

41st World Conference of the International Council for Traditional Music, St. John’s, Kanada, 13-19 July 2011 (Naila Ceribašić, Joško Ćaleta);

42nd World Conference of the International Council for Traditional Music, Shanghai, People's Republic of China, 11-17 July 2013,  (Naila Ceribašić);

3rd Symposium of the ICTM Study Group on Music and Dance in Southeastern Europe, Berovo, Republic of Macedonia, 17-23 April 2012. (Naila Ceribašić, Joško Ćaleta, Iva Niemčić, Elsie Dunin) Third symposium proceedings published in 2014 with Elsie Ivancich Dunin as head editor;

27th Symposium of the ICTM Study Group on Ethnochoreology, Limerick, Ireland, 22-31 July, 2012. (Ivana Katarinčić, Tvrtko Zebec, Elsie Dunin). 27th symposium proceedings published in 2014 with Elsie Ivancich Dunin as co-editor with Catherine Foley;

International Symposium “Traditional Music in Contemporary Society”, Shanghai Conservatory of Music, Shanghai (China), 29 June 2012, (Naila Ceribašić);

International Seminar Performance in Oral and Written Cultures, Astana (Kazahstan), 7th July 2014, (Naila Ceribašić);

Ancestor worship in contemporary society, with case studies of Worship of the Hung Kings in Vietnam, organised by Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and People Committee of Phu Tho Province. Phu Tho province, Vietnam, 8-15 April 2011 (Tvrtko Zebec);

Fieldwork program on Vi and Giam Folk Songs in Nghe An and Ha Tinh Province. Vietnam. Objectives:  International and Vietnamese Scholars Observe Vi and Giam Folk Songs, Discuss, and Evaluate Their Music and Meanings.  Time: June 18-20, 2013; and Conference The 10-Year Implementation of the UNESCO Convention – Hoi An City, Quang Nam Province, Vietnam, 22-23 June 2013 (Tvrtko Zebec);

7th International SymposiumMusic in Society”, Sarajevo 28-30 October 2010 (Naila Ceribašić, Irena Miholić, Tvrtko Zebec);

4th International Symposium of the Department of Musicology, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, 25-28 August 2011 (Naila Ceribašić);

UNESCO 10 godina ICH Convention and ICCN Dubrovnik 2013, ICCN workshop in Dubrovnik, 20 September 2013 - Palača Sponza, Dubrovnik, 2.-6. October 2013 (Tvrtko Zebec, Elsie Dunin);

12th conference of the SIEF, Zagreb, 21-25 June 2015 - local organisation and/or papers (Naila Ceribašić, Ivana Katarinčić, Tvrtko Zebec)

Invited lecture in Don Juan Archiv (Don Juan Archiv & Institut für Kunst und Musikhistorische Forschungen, Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna, 19 March 2014 (Naila Ceribašić):

Invited panel discussion: “‘Whose is this song?’ Nationalism and traditional music after 1989 in the Balkans” – with Ursula Hemetek, Svanibor Pettan i Hande Sağlam, isaScience (org. Universität für Musik und Darstellende Kunst, Wien), Reichenau an der Rax (Austrija), 14 August 2014 (Naila Ceribašić);

Panel discussion “Reflection on the agenda of 5.GA” i “NGO Statement for 5.GA”, with Jorijn Neyrinck, Joanne Orr [et al], NGO Statement, ICH NGO Forum Meeting, Paris, 1st June 2014 (Naila Ceribašić);

Introductory lecture at the Symposium of the ICH NGO Forum, Paris, 23 November 2014 (Naila Ceribašić);

International expert meeting about ICH, 10 years of the UNESCO Convention (2003), Goražde, BiH, 2013 (Naila Ceribašić);

National Representative for Croatia: UNESCO Intergovernmental Committee of the Convention (2003) - national representative (2008-2012), and the member of the Subsidiary Body (2011-2012) expert body for the evaluation of nominations for the Representative List (Tvrtko Zebec)

Invited lectures: “Heritagization of traditional music in contemporary Croatia”, Instituto de Etnomusicologia – Centro de Estudos em Música e Dança (pri Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Universidade Nova de Lisboa); Departamento de Comunicação e Arte (Universidade de Aveiro, Aveiro), 8-9 March 2012 (Naila Ceribašić);

During 2011 and 2012 Irena Miholić organised lectures in Zagreb inviting colleagues from the ICTM in co-organisation with Croatian Musicological Society, Croatian Ethnological Association (lecturers: Mariana Broecker, Eric Martin Usner, Bruno Nettl, Gerda i Franz Lechleitner, Jasmina Talam).

Workshops, Forums, Round Tables

The role of NGOs in implementation of the Convention for the safeguarding of the ICH; Capacity-building workshop ICH), 1- 4 September 2010., expert meeting-workshop, Talin, Estonija - Break-out group 1: "Practice, Creation, Maintaining, Transmission"facilitator Tvrtko Zebec; Irena Miholić participated;

First South East Europe World Heritage Youth Forum, Poreč, 23. May 2011, Nacional Commissions UNESCO Croatia and Slovenia. Poreč 2011 (Tvrtko Zebec);

EuropeanaConnect Workshop “Music in Europeana”, Ljubljana 16-17 June 2011 (Irena Miholić);

Workshop: "How partnership between Local Governments, NGOs and volunteers may have positive impact on ICH safeguarding activities and local development?", and 2nd International ICCN Youth Forum,21.-25.9.2011., Gannat-Vichy (Auvergne, Francuska), organizacija Inter-City Intangible Cultural Cooperation Network (Koreja) i Association Nationale Cultures et Traditions, Gannat (Tvrtko Zebec);

Round table and concert “Croatian intangible cultural heritage at UNESCO’s lists”, Maison des Cultures du Monde, Paris, Festival Croatie la voici, 2012 (Joško Ćaleta, Tvrtko Zebec);

Safeguarding of the ICH, Organizacija Sine Qua Non Copyright Centar, Muzikološka društva FBiH i RS (BiH), Sarajevo, 3 February 2011 (Tvrtko Zebec);

NGO Forum Symposium: Community participation – Results of the 2003 UNESCO Convention, Paris, 2 December 2012 (Naila Ceribašić);