Intangible Cultural Heritage - what is it?

In this podcast, Karen Culver, an MA student in the Cultural Heritage Studies Programme,  talks to her tutor, Professor Gabor Soos about the UNESCO 2003 Convention on Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH);  what it is; how the Convention works, and how communities that hold the heritage are involved.This is the first of a short series in which Karen looks at the challenges faced by the Convention; the relationship between UNESCO and the community that holds the heritage, and what a community might gain from listing their heritage with UNESCO.