SNU JIA

Seoul National University, Graduate School of International Studies, Journal

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SNUJIA is blind peer-reviewed, graduate student-run, and open-access academic journal created with the aim of publishing novel and stimulating articles – including research papers, essays, reviews, and short commentary pieces – covering various topics related to political, economic and social issues. Our mission is to provide a forum for analytical discourse about contemporary global politics and international affairs as well as a platform to showcase both aspiring and established scholars.
Supervisors: Cody Connolly, David Joël La Boon, Alex Falke-Bilden, Seksan Anantasirikiat, and Silsupa Wiwatwicha

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Marco Romagnoli

Université du Québec à Montréal

Filomena Sousa

FCSH, Universidade Nova de Lisboa (Portugal)

Pernille Askerud

Laurajane Smith

The Australian National University

Jorijn Neyrinck

Chiara BORTOLOTTO

EHESS-Ecole des hautes études en sciences sociales

Yujie Zhu

The Australian National University

Christina Maags

The University of Sheffield

Haeree Shim

University College London

Rachel Harris

SOAS University of London

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Intangible Cultural Heritage: Is it a Platform for Cooperation or Competition between Cultural Diplomacies? The Case of South Korea -Japan -China relations within UNESCO's ICH Framework

by SNU JIA and Eriks Varpahovskis

Seoul National University Journal of International Affairs, 2018

"Scholars from international relations, communication and other related fields discuss the import... more "Scholars from international relations, communication and other related fields discuss the importance and place of Cultural Diplomacy (CD) as a foreign affairs tool. CD is a domain that has been explored by few scholars so far. Not much attention was dedicated to the Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) list, that was initiated by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). In this framework CD is actively applied and practiced. This paper explores the case of relations among China, Japan, and South Korea as state parties of the Convention on ICH initialized by UNESCO in 2003. The given case study examines CD of the three countries as ICH state parties in terms of the three main areas of their activities: the nomination and inscription of the intangible heritage; the development of ICH in the region and worldwide through providing facilities; and financial assistance to the ICH Fund. The analysis demonstrates that all three selected countries demonstrate collaborative and competitive CD. At the multilateral level, the selected countries conduct cooperative diplomacy while at the bilateral level, countries tend to apply competitive diplomacy. I conclude that the existing ICH legal and procedural framework, as well as the misperception of the values and aims of ICH by the state parties' governing bodies encourage countries to cooperate and compete. The study is useful as a demonstration of how an international structure like UNESCO's ICH that pursues good governance and universal values can turn into a battlefield for political competition among the most active member states. The author suggests changes in the legal framework of ICH to encourage non-state actors' participation and cooperation among the selected countries."

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