01444nas a2200229   4500000000100000000000100001008004100002653003800043653003500081653003200116653004800148653004500196100001600241700001500257700001500272245009500287856004400382300001200426490000800438520075400446022001401200                                       d10aHeritage institutions (ICH\_1360)10aIndigenous peoples (THE\_1844)10aMinority groups (THE\_1697)10aOral traditions and expressions (ICH\_1227)10aSDG 10: Reduced Inequalities (ICH\_1388)1 aQubumo Bamo1 aGejin Chao1 aJohn Niles00aDocumenting Living Oral Traditions: China’s Institute of Ethnic Literature as Case Study  uhttps://www.muse.jhu.edu/article/629028  a270-2870 v1293 aThe Institute of Ethnic Literature of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences is in the forefront of efforts to record, document, and analyze the living oral traditions of China’s ethnic minorities, including works in the epic genre such as the three heroic epic cycles, namely the Gesar epic, the Janggar epic, and the Manas epic. In part, thanks to personal contacts between Chinese, North American, and European scholars, the Institute’s current research initiatives are formulated in close interaction with theoretical models known in the West. Moreover, these initiatives are grounded in a threefold “archive/base/network” approach to the living oral traditions of China as vital elements of the intangible cultural heritage of humanity.  a1535-1882