Kültür ve Turizm Bakanlığı Personelinin Somut Olmayan Kültürel Mirasa İlişkin Değerlendirmeleri Üzerine Bir Çalışma

Abstract

Having been approved by UNESCO in 2003 and by our country in 2006, “The Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage” became effective in our country as of this date and has maintained its currency since then, and the number of students on this matter increased with each passing day. In our country, the works and operations related to intangible cultural heritage are conducted by the Directorate General of Research and Training, which is one of the primary services of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism. The purpose of this study is to determine the views of the aforementioned ministry’s personnel on the Intangible Cultural Heritage. In the study, “Face-to-Face Interview Method”, which is one of the qualitative research methods, was used together with a semi-structured interview form. Twelve open-ended questions were asked to the interviewees about the work and operation of the intangible cultural heritage at the respective ministry, and the gathered data were compiled and put into a written form. Having interviewed with the total of fifteen personnel in the study, it was given attention that they were the personnel who were working or have worked at the department related to the intangible cultural heritage at the time of the study. After the study, it was found that the personnel appointed at the related department of the Ministry could not completely comprehend what the intangible cultural heritage is; that they considered and performed the work and operations about this subject as a task that was given to them; that only the specialist personnel who had worked on this subject for a long time had knowledge and cared about the concept.

Keywords

• culturel heritage
• intangible cultural heritage
• the convention for the safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage