
Isabelle Henrion-Dourcy is an Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology at Université Laval, QC, Canada. For the last 15 years, she has been researching Tibetan performing arts, namely ache lhamo (Tibetan opera), traditional and pop music styles, as well Tibetan media (television and Internet use). Her publications include a monograph, “Ache Lhamo : Jeux et enjeux d’une tradition théâtrale tibétaine” (Mélanges Chinois et Bouddhiques / Peeters, 2015), “Une rupture dans l’air: la télévision satellite de Chine dans la communauté tibétaine en exil à Dharamsala” (Anthropologie et Sociétés, 2012) and “Le théâtre tibétain ache lhamo: Un contenu d’héritage indien dans des formes d’héritage chinois?” in Théâtres d’Asie à l’œuvre: circulation, expression, politique (edited by H. Bouvier-Smith and G. Toffin, 2012).
Sessions in which Isabelle Henrion-Dourcy participates
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- 11.00 Heritage in Bondage: On the (Exc)use of “Intangible Cultural Heritage” in Tibet
- Participant Isabelle Henrion-Dourcy (Université Laval) |
- 9:00 - 9:30 | 30 minutes Part of: Heritage Shifts in East Asia: Communication between Global Policies and Local Practices
- In this ethnographic rather than theoretical paper, I intend to examine the cultural, economic, and political dynamics of a specific artistic ge...
- Paper
Sessions in which Isabelle Henrion-Dourcy attends
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- Pre-Conference Tour: Le Vieux-Montréal, Quartier Bonsecours UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS Registration table (meeting point)
- 13:00 - 15:00 | 2 hours
- Avant de s’appeler le Vieux-Montréal, la vieille ville était le cœur vivant de Montréal habité par l’ensemble de ses classes sociales : riches et p...
- Tour
- Pre-Conference Tour: Mile End, the Crossroads of Three Cultures UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS Registration table (meeting point)
- 13:00 - 15:30 | 2 hours 30 minutes
- The west of Mile End is the fruit of the unlikely encounter between a French-Canadian artisans’ village, a new suburb at the turn of the 20th centu...
- Tour
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- Keynote : What does heritage change? Le patrimoine, ça change quoi? (Lucie K. Morisset)
- Signup required UQAM, pavillon Judith-Jasmin (J) - Salle Alfred-Laliberté
- 9:00 - 10:00 | 1 hour
- What if we changed our views on heritage? And if heritage has already changed? While, on the global scene, s...
- Keynote with simultaneous translation / Conférence avec traduction simultanée

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- 11.00 Preserving Difficult Heritage in a Neoliberal Context in Asia
- Participant Shu-yi Wang (Chinese Culture University) |
- 11:00 - 11:30 | 30 minutes Part of: Heritage and the Late Modern State I
- After the First International Leprosy Conference in Berlin in 1897, many leprosy settlements in Asia were established by colonialists for medica...
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- 11.00 Après le patrimoine : des parcs mémoriels
- Participant Prof. Shen Shiwei (Ningbo University, China) |
- 11:00 - 11:30 | 30 minutes Part of: Le patrimoine, et après?
- La Chine est marquée par une longue tradition de mémoire, mais une notion de sauvegarde assez récente. Ayant connu une série de politiques de pa...
- Paper
- 12.00 Des « mémoires-Monde » : le cas de Lingnan Tiandi, Foshan, Chine
- Participant LIANG |
- 11:00 - 11:30 | 30 minutes Part of: Le patrimoine, et après?
- La notion de patrimoine est-elle encore suffisante, voire pertinente, pour rendre compte des processus de mémorisation les plus contemporains ? ...
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- 11.30 Des mémoires sans patrimoine ?
- Participant Dr Benjamin Taunay (benjamin.taunay@univ-angers.fr ) |
- 11:00 - 11:30 | 30 minutes Part of: Le patrimoine, et après?
- Le Grand Canal de Chine est une construction datant du cinquième siècle, d’une longueur de 1368 kilomètres, reliant Pékin à Hangzhou. Cette mémo...
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- 12.00 Before and After Definition: Transformation of Intangible Cultural Heritage and Local Policy in Xinjiang
- Participant Prof. Kate Hennessy ( Simon Fraser University, School of Interactive Arts and Technology, Canada) | Participant Aynur Kadir (School of Interactive Arts & Technology, Simon Fraser University) |
- 11:00 - 11:30 | 30 minutes Part of: Cultural Contestation: Politics and Governance of Heritage
- Based on fieldwork in Xinjiang, China, this paper will investigate the ambiguities surrounding the government policies that seek to promote econ...
- Paper
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- Smoked meat in questions Bistro le Sanguinet - Bistro, étage principal et terrasse
- 17:00 - 18:00 | 1 hour
- This festive event will offer delegates a taste of one of the iconic dishes of Montreal, the smoked meat sandwich, imported by Jewish immigration f...
- Cocktail
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- Keynote: Is Tangible to Intangible as Formal is to Informal ? (Michael Herzfeld)
- Signup required UQAM, pavillon Judith-Jasmin (J) - Salle Alfred-Laliberté
- 18:30 - 20:00 | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Most of what we experience as heritage emerges into conscious recognition through a complex mixture of political and ideological filters, including...
- Keynote with simultaneous translation / Conférence avec traduction simultanée

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- 12.00 Discussion with Michael Herzfeld
- Moderator Prof. Michael Herzfeld (Harvard University) |
- 9:00 - 10:00 | 1 hour Part of: At the UNESCO Feast: Foodways across Global Heritage Governance II
- 09.40 Life as Heritage: Narratives, Experiences and Mediated Performances of Transmitters of Intangible Heritage in China
- Participant Marina Svensson (Lund University) |
- 9:00 - 9:30 | 30 minutes Part of: Reflection, Selection, Deflection: Rhetoric in the Global Pursuit of Heritage
- This paper will approach the topic “What does heritage change?” by looking at the perspectives and experiences of a special category of heritage...
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- 11.00 Heritage, Stakeholders and Empathetic Interaction in Chinese Cultural Heritage Sites (cancelled)
- Participant Rouran Zhang (Australian National University) |
- 9:00 - 9:30 | 30 minutes Part of: Empathy and Indifference – Emotional/Affective Routes To and Away from Compassion I
- The tension between tourism and heritage has existed for a long time. From practical-based understanding of heritage, most literature concerned ...
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- 12.00 The Reconstruction of Zongzu as a Cultural Heritage in China
- Participant Doctor Chong Zhang (Zhejiang University of Science and Technology) |
- 9:00 - 9:30 | 30 minutes Part of: Empathy and Indifference – Emotional/Affective Routes To and Away from Compassion I
- Zongzu (宗族, the parental lineage group) as a traditional Chinese way of holding people together by means of descent lines and blood ties, had be...
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- 11.00 The Future of the Past: Politics of Urban Heritage in Xi’an
- Participant Dr Yujie Zhu |
- 9:00 - 9:30 | 30 minutes Part of: Current Research II: Engaging and Uncovering Collective Memories
- Heritage development in historical cities is regarded as a vital ingredient of urban regeneration by state and local governments. The inner city...
- Paper
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- 14.00 Discovering a Heritage Site: Trauma, Place, Memory
- Participant Jianping (Elaine) Yang (Institute of Cross-cultural and Regional Studies, Zhejiang University ) |
- 9:00 - 9:15 | 15 minutes Part of: Posters
- Trauma gains a cultural significance when it happens at a collective level. It is not “the result of a group experiencing pain,” but “the result...
- Poster
- 11.00 How Does the Law of International Human Rights Change Heritage? Cooption, Reinforcement and Challenge (cancelled)
- Participant Dr Lucas Lixinski (UNSW Sydney) |
- 9:00 - 9:30 | 30 minutes Part of: How do Rights Change Heritage?
- Cultural heritage, and international cultural heritage law (ICHL) with it, has been consistently used over time as a means to build identities, ...
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- 09.00 Emergent Heritage: From Sacred to Secular Bronze Drums in Southwest China
- Participant Prof. William Nitzky (California State University Chico, Department of Anthropology, United States) |
- 9:00 - 9:30 | 30 minutes Part of: Politics of Scale: A New Approach to Heritage Studies II
- The earliest bronze drums in Asia date back over two thousand years and symbolized great wealth and spiritual power. Of the 2400 bronze drums fo...
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- 10.00 Reconciling Conflicting Rights: National Indigenous Heritage in Southeast Asia
- Participant Dr Anna Karlström (Uppsala University) |
- 9:00 - 9:30 | 30 minutes Part of: How do Rights Change Heritage?
- Over the last decades a language of rights and human rights-based approaches have been adopted by intergovernmental organizations and are now we...
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- 09.30 Cultural, Conflicting and Collective Rights in Bagan, Myanmar
- Participant Anne Laura Kraak (Deakin University) |
- 9:00 - 9:30 | 30 minutes Part of: How do Rights Change Heritage?
- Following decades of isolation, Myanmar started to re-engage with the UNESCO’s World Heritage system in 2012 at a time when the link between her...
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- 09.40 Politics of Scale: Cultural Heritage in China
- Participant Dr Yujie Zhu |
- 9:00 - 9:30 | 30 minutes Part of: Politics of Scale: A New Approach to Heritage Studies II
- This paper will investigate the interrelation between heritage and scale. It will not only examine scale as a fixed unit and existing category w...
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- 10.00 The Politics of Scale in the ICH-ization of Popular Religion in China
- Participant Ming-chun Ku |
- 9:00 - 9:30 | 30 minutes Part of: Politics of Scale: A New Approach to Heritage Studies II
- This paper will addresse the politics of scale in issues regarding the ICH-ization of popular religion in recent China. Popular religion, symbol...
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- 13.30 Ancestral Temples in China: Between Tangible and Intangible
- Participant Minzhen Lu (Department of History, Zhejiang University) |
- 9:00 - 9:15 | 15 minutes Part of: Posters
- Ancestral temples (or ancestral halls 祠堂), which were historically spread all over China, are given increasingly more attention nowadays. Some d...
- Poster
- 13.45 Collapsed World Heritage Sites: The Supply Chain Effect
- Participant Rajaram Mahat (Kathmandu Valley Heritage Preservation Center, Nepal) | Participant Roshan Khadra |
- 9:00 - 9:15 | 15 minutes Part of: Posters
- Nepal has remained a land of diverse peoples and cultures comprising more than one hundred ethnic and caste groups and 92 different languages. E...
- Poster
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- 16.00 Religious Leisure, Heritage and Identity Construction of Tibetan College Students
- Participant Prof. Huimei Liu (Zhejiang University, Institute of Cross-cultural and Regional Studies; Asian Pacific Centre for the Education and Study of Leisure) |
- 13:30 - 14:00 | 30 minutes Part of: Leisure as Heritage: Reconceptualizing Heritage and Leisure
- Leisure has been primarily viewed as “a measure of time, as a container of activity, and in terms of meaning,” either independently or in combin...
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