TY - JOUR
T1 - Representation of intangible cultural heritage of Bangladesh through social media
AU - Khalid, Md. Saifuddin
AU - Chowdhury, Md Saiful Alam
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - UNESCO has declared Baul songs in 2008 and Traditional Art of Jamdani Weaving in 2013 as ‘Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity,’ stating its importance in Bangladesh as a symbol of identity, dignity, and self-recognition. Bangladesh is one of the next 11 countries in the world with approximately 160 million people is experiencing an exponential growth of social media users. Towards the goal of strategically representing and diffusing ICH through social media, this study explores the current roles of social media in the transmission of ICH in the virtual world through content analysis. The potential roles of social media in the process of preserving ICH offer a space for building awareness, creating knowledge, and diffusion of innovations.
AB - UNESCO has declared Baul songs in 2008 and Traditional Art of Jamdani Weaving in 2013 as ‘Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity,’ stating its importance in Bangladesh as a symbol of identity, dignity, and self-recognition. Bangladesh is one of the next 11 countries in the world with approximately 160 million people is experiencing an exponential growth of social media users. Towards the goal of strategically representing and diffusing ICH through social media, this study explores the current roles of social media in the transmission of ICH in the virtual world through content analysis. The potential roles of social media in the process of preserving ICH offer a space for building awareness, creating knowledge, and diffusion of innovations.
KW - Bangladesh
KW - Cultural heritage
KW - media dissemination
KW - media representation
KW - social media
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85041196429&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/13032917.2017.1414438
DO - 10.1080/13032917.2017.1414438
M3 - Journal article
SN - 1303-2917
VL - 29
SP - 194
EP - 203
JO - Anatolia
JF - Anatolia
IS - 2
ER -