Introduction. The complexity of determining the objects of intangible heritage and establishing organizational and legal mechanisms for their protection is due to the fact that we are talking about ...non-materialized processes and phenomena for which it is impossible to accurately calculate the degree of preservation. This is how they differ from traditional museum objects and monuments of culture and art, therefore, it is difficult to develop a set of measures aimed at their conservation. Theoretical analysis. A comparative legal analysis of the definitions of intangible heritage in the Convention and the Model Law of the CIS countries allows us to conclude that there is a conceptual teleological difference in approaches to understanding intangible heritage that should be protected: exclusively empirical, in which any manifestation of folk culture that has uniqueness and originality is protected; complex, including axiological, ethical, normative and empirical aspects, assuming a certain assessment of various traditions, customs, folklore heritage, plots and images. Empirical analysis. Consideration of federal legislation has revealed the fragmentary nature of the norms governing relations for the preservation, popularization and development of the intangible cultural heritage of the peoples of the Russian Federation. The absence of a single legal concept of “intangible cultural heritage” is a significant gap in the current legislation on culture and does not contribute to the effective protection of its objects. The envisaged Register (catalog) of Intangible Heritage Objects of the Peoples of the Russian Federation is at the initial stage of its formation. Results. According to the results of the study, the author concludes that it is currently necessary to develop a unified concept for the protection of intangible cultural heritage, which would combine unified universal approaches to the protection of the intangible cultural heritage of the peoples of Russia and the specifics of their protection, taking into account the uniqueness and originality of objects, and would contribute to increasing interest of people of such culture in its preservation and popularization.
Documentation of cultural heritage is the most fundamental task of conservation. Documentation that arises from this process is the starting point for all other tasks and procedures involved in the ...safeguarding of cultural heritage. Thoroughly and expertly documented architectural heritage is indispensable in the process of successful protection and quality presentation of immovable cultural heritage. While the principal objective of documenting material heritage has remained essentially unchanged in the century of conservation activities in Slovenia there have been significant changes in documentation procedures as well as possibilities offered by the collected documentation. The most important changes have occurred within the last decades when computer data processing started to be used extensively also in conservation. Documentation is increasingly digital, and as such available for wider use also in conservation.
Taking as an example the preparation of application documents for the registration in the Register of Intangible Cultural Heritage, this essay examines the process of documenting the Intangible ...cultural heritage. It focuses on the relevance of documenting this type of cultural heritage, with the author stressing the Importance of becoming familiar with all of its aspects; this enables the preservation of common Identity and a feeling of belonging.
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