Seeking tangible benefits from linking culture, development and intellectual property
Seeking tangible benefits from linking culture, development and intellectual property
Wend B. Wendland(Cultural Expressions and Cultural Heritage Section, WIPO, Geneva, Switzerland)
4호, 127~136쪽
초록
Culture is a tool for development as well as part of theprocess of development. Taking this proposition as itsstarting point, WIPO’s Creative Heritage Project providespractical training to local communities and museums andarchives in developing countries on recording, digitisingand disseminating their creative cultural expressions andin managing IP issues. In partnership with the American Folklife Center/Libraryof Congress and the Center for Documentary Studies atDuke University, WIPO ran a pilot training programme forthe Maasai community of Laikipia, Kenya and the NationalMuseums of Kenya in September 2008. The intensive,hands-on curriculum included project planning, researchethics, photography, sound and audio-visual recordingtechniques, digital archiving methods and database andwebsite development. In cooperation with the USCopyright Office, WIPO staff provided the IP component ofthe training. WIPO will purchase a basic kit of recordingequipment and knowledge management software for thecommunity, help the community and museum to develop their own IP protocols, continue to foster a mutuallybeneficialworking relationship between the communityand the museum and further develop links establishedbetween the community, the museum and the national IPoffices in Kenya. Lying at the interface between thesafeguarding of living heritage and its legal protection, theprogramme seeks to advance a range of valuable policygoals - promoting cultural diversity, fostering economicdevelopment, using culture as a communications tool indevelopment, bridging the ‘digital divide’, promotingresponsible tourism and creating local cultural content. Early results from evaluation of the pilot are encouraging,and WIPO and its partners have received several requestsfrom other communities and museums and archives toparticipate in such a programme. However, something soambitious presents many challenges and it remains anunpredictable cultural and legal experiment. This articlewill describe how and why the programme was conceived,its various objectives, the challenges, expected results andlessons learned so far.
Abstract
Culture is a tool for development as well as part of theprocess of development. Taking this proposition as itsstarting point, WIPO’s Creative Heritage Project providespractical training to local communities and museums andarchives in developing countries on recording, digitisingand disseminating their creative cultural expressions andin managing IP issues. In partnership with the American Folklife Center/Libraryof Congress and the Center for Documentary Studies atDuke University, WIPO ran a pilot training programme forthe Maasai community of Laikipia, Kenya and the NationalMuseums of Kenya in September 2008. The intensive,hands-on curriculum included project planning, researchethics, photography, sound and audio-visual recordingtechniques, digital archiving methods and database andwebsite development. In cooperation with the USCopyright Office, WIPO staff provided the IP component ofthe training. WIPO will purchase a basic kit of recordingequipment and knowledge management software for thecommunity, help the community and museum to develop their own IP protocols, continue to foster a mutuallybeneficialworking relationship between the communityand the museum and further develop links establishedbetween the community, the museum and the national IPoffices in Kenya. Lying at the interface between thesafeguarding of living heritage and its legal protection, theprogramme seeks to advance a range of valuable policygoals - promoting cultural diversity, fostering economicdevelopment, using culture as a communications tool indevelopment, bridging the ‘digital divide’, promotingresponsible tourism and creating local cultural content. Early results from evaluation of the pilot are encouraging,and WIPO and its partners have received several requestsfrom other communities and museums and archives toparticipate in such a programme. However, something soambitious presents many challenges and it remains anunpredictable cultural and legal experiment. This articlewill describe how and why the programme was conceived,its various objectives, the challenges, expected results andlessons learned so far.
- 발행기관:
- 국립민속박물관
- 분류:
- 민속학(인류학)