Author(s)

Zhenghui Wu, Zhanerke Shaigozova, and Assembai Erlan

Corresponding Author

Zhenghui Wu

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to elucidate the role of formal and informal arts education in the preservation and promotion of intangible cultural heritage of Kazakhstan by the example of traditional Kazakh crafts, and analyze scientific pedagogical literature and materials of field research practices of formal and informal artistic education in Kazakhstan. Field expedition carried out in the framework of the project of the International information network center of intangible cultural heritage in the Asia-Pacific region under the auspices of ICHCAP (Seoul, South Korea) in 2017. The study included quantitative (survey) and qualitative methods (in-depth interviews and conversation) masters of traditional Kazakh crafts.

Keywords

Intangible cultural heritage, Traditional crafts, Formal and informal art education, Kazakhstan Introduction