
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 auxquelles Isabelle Henrion-Dourcy participe
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- 11.00 Heritage in Bondage: On the (Exc)use of “Intangible Cultural Heritage” in Tibet
- Participant.e Isabelle Henrion-Dourcy (Université Laval) |
- 9:00 - 9:30 | 30 minutes Partie de: Heritage Shifts in East Asia: Communication between Global Policies and Local Practices
- Paper
Sessions auxquelles Isabelle Henrion-Dourcy assiste
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13:00
- 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 heures
- 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 heures 30 minutes
- Tour
9:00
9:00
- Keynote : What does heritage change? Le patrimoine, ça change quoi? (Lucie K. Morisset)
- Inscription req. UQAM, pavillon Judith-Jasmin (J) - Salle Alfred-Laliberté
- 9:00 - 10:00 | 1 heure
- 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.e Shu-yi Wang (Chinese Culture University) |
- 11:00 - 11:30 | 30 minutes Partie de: Heritage and the Late Modern State I
- Paper
- 11.00 Après le patrimoine : des parcs mémoriels
- Participant.e Prof. Shen Shiwei (Ningbo University, China) |
- 11:00 - 11:30 | 30 minutes Partie de: Le patrimoine, et après?
- Paper
- 12.00 Des « mémoires-Monde » : le cas de Lingnan Tiandi, Foshan, Chine
- Participant.e LIANG |
- 11:00 - 11:30 | 30 minutes Partie de: Le patrimoine, et après?
- Paper
- 11.30 Des mémoires sans patrimoine ?
- Participant.e Dr Benjamin Taunay (benjamin.taunay@univ-angers.fr ) |
- 11:00 - 11:30 | 30 minutes Partie de: Le patrimoine, et après?
- Paper
- 12.00 Before and After Definition: Transformation of Intangible Cultural Heritage and Local Policy in Xinjiang
- Participant.e Prof. Kate Hennessy ( Simon Fraser University, School of Interactive Arts and Technology, Canada) | Participant.e Aynur Kadir (School of Interactive Arts & Technology, Simon Fraser University) |
- 11:00 - 11:30 | 30 minutes Partie de: 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 heure
- Cocktail
18:30
18:30
- Keynote: Is Tangible to Intangible as Formal is to Informal ? (Michael Herzfeld)
- Inscription req. UQAM, pavillon Judith-Jasmin (J) - Salle Alfred-Laliberté
- 18:30 - 20:00 | 1 heure 30 minutes
- Keynote with simultaneous translation / Conférence avec traduction simultanée

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9:00
- 12.00 Discussion with Michael Herzfeld
- Modérateur.rice Prof. Michael Herzfeld (Harvard University) |
- 9:00 - 10:00 | 1 heure Partie de: 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.e Marina Svensson (Lund University) |
- 9:00 - 9:30 | 30 minutes Partie de: Reflection, Selection, Deflection: Rhetoric in the Global Pursuit of Heritage
- Paper
- 11.00 Heritage, Stakeholders and Empathetic Interaction in Chinese Cultural Heritage Sites (cancelled)
- Participant.e Rouran Zhang (Australian National University) |
- 9:00 - 9:30 | 30 minutes Partie de: Empathy and Indifference – Emotional/Affective Routes To and Away from Compassion I
- Paper
- 12.00 The Reconstruction of Zongzu as a Cultural Heritage in China
- Participant.e Doctor Chong Zhang (Zhejiang University of Science and Technology) |
- 9:00 - 9:30 | 30 minutes Partie de: 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.e Dr Yujie Zhu |
- 9:00 - 9:30 | 30 minutes Partie de: 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.e Jianping (Elaine) Yang (Institute of Cross-cultural and Regional Studies, Zhejiang University ) |
- 9:00 - 9:15 | 15 minutes Partie de: Posters
- Poster
- 11.00 How Does the Law of International Human Rights Change Heritage? Cooption, Reinforcement and Challenge (cancelled)
- Participant.e Dr Lucas Lixinski (UNSW Sydney) |
- 9:00 - 9:30 | 30 minutes Partie de: How do Rights Change Heritage?
- Paper
- 09.00 Emergent Heritage: From Sacred to Secular Bronze Drums in Southwest China
- Participant.e Prof. William Nitzky (California State University Chico, Department of Anthropology, United States) |
- 9:00 - 9:30 | 30 minutes Partie de: Politics of Scale: A New Approach to Heritage Studies II
- Paper
- 10.00 Reconciling Conflicting Rights: National Indigenous Heritage in Southeast Asia
- Participant.e Dr Anna Karlström (Uppsala University) |
- 9:00 - 9:30 | 30 minutes Partie de: How do Rights Change Heritage?
- Paper
- 09.30 Cultural, Conflicting and Collective Rights in Bagan, Myanmar
- Participant.e Anne Laura Kraak (Deakin University) |
- 9:00 - 9:30 | 30 minutes Partie de: How do Rights Change Heritage?
- Paper
- 09.40 Politics of Scale: Cultural Heritage in China
- Participant.e Dr Yujie Zhu |
- 9:00 - 9:30 | 30 minutes Partie de: 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.e Ming-chun Ku |
- 9:00 - 9:30 | 30 minutes Partie de: Politics of Scale: A New Approach to Heritage Studies II
- Paper
- 13.30 Ancestral Temples in China: Between Tangible and Intangible
- Participant.e Minzhen Lu (Department of History, Zhejiang University) |
- 9:00 - 9:15 | 15 minutes Partie de: Posters
- Poster
- 13.45 Collapsed World Heritage Sites: The Supply Chain Effect
- Participant.e Rajaram Mahat (Kathmandu Valley Heritage Preservation Center, Nepal) | Participant.e Roshan Khadra |
- 9:00 - 9:15 | 15 minutes Partie de: Posters
- Poster
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13:30
- 16.00 Religious Leisure, Heritage and Identity Construction of Tibetan College Students
- Participant.e 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 Partie de: Leisure as Heritage: Reconceptualizing Heritage and Leisure
- Paper