Assemblies and conferences

IOV World Youth Congress · Archive record

Youth, diaspora and the transmission of living heritage

The fourth Youth Congress used Nova Petrópolis as a setting for studying cultural continuity in diaspora communities.

2015

Historical archive

Historical note

The fourth IOV World Youth Congress was held in Nova Petrópolis, Brazil, from 29 July to 2 August 2015 and was organised by IOV Brazil and the city in cooperation with IOV World.

Its theme examined the role of youth in safeguarding and transmitting the intangible cultural heritage of immigrant and ethnic communities in diaspora. Presentations, workshops and discussions ran alongside the city’s international folklore festival.

Flower gardens in Nova Petrópolis, Brazil
Context image of the host place; not a photograph of the meeting. Contemporary host-city view · image source recorded in the assemblies attribution ledger

Recorded themes

  • The role of youth in safeguarding and transmitting the intangible cultural heritage of immigrant and ethnic communities in diaspora

Sources and record limits

This short article only states details supported by the linked public record. Where an agenda, participant list or full proceedings could not be verified, that gap is left open rather than reconstructed.