管理条例(以巴伐利亚州为例):
巴伐利亚州在1981年2月17日由教育文化部颁布了第IV/2-7/92079号和第I B 1-3003-1/I号通知,作为家乡守望者的法律依据。家乡守望者的工作重点应立足于文物古迹的保护实践。这与《巴伐利亚文物保护法》的第13条相一致:“家乡守望者为文物保护机关和古迹保护部门提供有关文物和古迹保护的建议和支持。各地的相关文物保护部门,应及时地为他们提供发表意见的机会。”
几次参加教科文的会议,各国专家常用的表述有traditional bearers, tradition-bearers, traditional practitioners, bearers of ICH...
《公约》中涉及到的非遗主体有三个层面:社区、群体和个体(如适用),比如:
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article 2.1 requiring the recognition of the ICH by the communities, groups, and when appropriate, individuals;
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article 11 requiring their participation in identifying and defining their ICH;
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article 12 linking the identification and the inventorying of ICH;
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article 13 encouraging States Parties to ensure access to ICH while respecting customary practices;
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article 15 calling upon States Parties to ensure the widest possible participation of communities, groups and, when appropriate, individuals in safeguarding their intangible cultural heritage.
此外,经韩国提议,联合国教科文组织也曾使用过日本的“人间国宝”概念,径直译为“Living Human Treasures”,相关定义说明为:
Living Human Treasures are persons who possess to a high degree the knowledge and skills required for performing or re-creating specific elements of the intangible cultural heritage.