The focus of the workshop goes beyond the traditional role of the museum and includes the concept of the entire historic city as a living museum, getting away from the definition of a museum as a physical structure with four walls and a door and includes the cultural spaces, traditional skills, community and other tangible and intangible cultural heritage.

UNESCO: CULTURE

Through this initiative, NHK is offering state-of-the-art digital visual and sound processing technologies to contribute to the documenting and safeguarding of tangible and intangible cultural heritage, and of national heritage.

UNESCO: Intangible Cultural Heritage

Both the governments and the people will reap tangible and intangible rewards.

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