P3DM or Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage


		P3DM for Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage

The use of relief models in reproducing historical events has been an on practice over the past centuries. The use of 3D models for strategic planning purposes started in the XIV Century.

The use of 3D Models in participatory community-led initiatives aimed at documenting and safeguarding intangible cultural heritage is a new approach which has been put into practice in Fiji and Italy.

Recorded uses include among others the following:

The intangible cultural heritage (ICH) – or living heritage - is the mainspring of our cultural diversity and its maintenance a guarantee for continuing creativity. (UNESCO)

	Helping recognizing place-specific knowledge, especially the culture, language, history and traditional ecological knowledge embedded in the landscape
	Facilitating intergenerational transmission of traditional spatial knowledge
	Safeguarding the intangible cultural heritage,
	Consolidating unique cultural identities
	Raise awareness on the existence and dynamicity of cultural heritage across generations

Reference documents:
	Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage - 2003 (Signed in Paris, 17 October 2003): Official text: English \| French \| Spanish \| Russian \| Arabic \| Chinese
	Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage: A Primer
	Read more about the Convention

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