1st Edition

Legal Protection of Intangible Cultural Heritage Perspectives from Indonesia and Malaysia

By Diyana Sulaiman Copyright 2024
280 Pages
by Routledge

280 Pages
by Routledge

280 Pages
by Routledge

The book examines whether the protection of Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) by Indonesia and Malaysia upheld the interests of the various communities from which the cultural heritage originates, and whether the laws recognise that cultural heritage is often shared with other states and communities. The legal classifications of various indigenous communities and the interpretations of... Read more

1. Introduction

2. Sharing and Bordering

 

3. The Law as a Mechanism of Protection

 

4. The Communities in Indonesia and Malaysia and their Intangible Cultural Heritage

 

5. The Malay World and their Intangible Cultural Heritage

 

6. The Protection and Contestation of Intangible Cultural Heritage by Indonesia and Malaysia: The Communities as Bearers of ICH?

 

7. The Way Forward

 

8. Conclusion

Biography

Diyana Sulaiman is a Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of Law, Universiti Teknologi MARA. She graduated with PhD (Law) from the University of Newcastle, Australia; LLM (specialisation in Public International Law) Leiden University, the Netherlands; and LLB (Hons) & BLS (Hons) from Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia. She was awarded a University of Newcastle Research Scholarship – Central 50/50 and a University of Newcastle Tuition Fee Scholarship, for her PhD studies. Her research interests are intangible cultural heritage, intellectual property law, and public international law.