
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
- 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
- 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
- Tour
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9:00
- 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
- Keynote with simultaneous translation / Conférence avec traduction simultanée

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11:00
- 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
- Paper
- 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?
- 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?
- Paper
- 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?
- Paper
- 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
- Paper
17:00
17:00
- Smoked meat in questions Bistro le Sanguinet - Bistro, étage principal et terrasse
- 17:00 - 18:00 | 1 hour
- Cocktail
18:30
18:30
- 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
- Keynote with simultaneous translation / Conférence avec traduction simultanée

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9:00
- 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
- 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
- Paper
- 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
- Paper
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9:00
- 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
- 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?
- Paper
- 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?
- Paper
- 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?
- Paper
- 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
- Paper
- 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
- Paper
- 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
- 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
- Poster
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13:30
- 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
- Paper