A Kazakh PhD Student Working on the Strategy for Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage visits NATFA

Zhuldyz Nurgazina, a PhD student at the Kurmangazy Kazakh National Conservatory, is currently undertaking a research internship at NATFIZ. Her dissertation, titled “Strategy for Promoting National Culture in the Context of Addressing the Objectives of the UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage,” focuses on developing a comprehensive strategy for promoting Kazakhstan’s Intangible Cultural Heritage through art management tools and the principles of the 2003 UNESCO Convention. Her research aims is to preserve cultural traditions, strengthen national identity, and enhance international recognition.

Zhuldyz’s international academic supervisor is Prof. Dr. Lidia Varbanova, Director of the Master’s Program “Management of Performing Arts and Industries” and UNESCO expert on the implementation of the Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions. Zhuldiz participates in events of the academy and has a series of meetings in the capital and beyond with prominent art managers and directors of creative organizations who are former students of the Master’s program. These meetings create a prerequisite for the exchange of good practices, building sustainable partnerships between the academic and creative communities of the two countries, and serve as an example of how the topic of cultural heritage can inspire new ideas and practical partnerships.