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There is a growing recognition of the role that culture can play in sustainable development strategies. This development has generally been welcomed, but also raises a number of questions: What are the implications in policy and practice? Who are the most influential voices in promoting a global agenda for culture and development, and to what extent has the creation of new international policy instruments reflected a consensus? More fundamentally, what is meant by "culture" in these discussions and who has the power to give particular definitions political and legal authority? The Politics of Cultural Development seeks to provide a theoretically and historically informed response to such questions, illustrated by reference to case studies (including the European Union, the Caribbean and China). Particular attention is paid to the formation of the UNESCO Convention on the Protection and the Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions , a landmark instrument in debates about culture and development. The book goes on to explore some of the practical implications that this international treaty is beginning to have for the ways that culture is (and is not) being integrated into contemporary development policy and practice. This book will be useful for students, academics and policymakers in the fields of international development, international relations, international political economy, cultural policy and cultural theory.

Der Autor legt die historischen Hintergründe der Cultural Studies frei und fasst den Stand der gegenwärtigen Diskussion zusammen. Dabei arbeitet er das ursprüngliche Interesse der britischen Cultural Studies an einer politisch verstandenen Gesellschafts- und Kulturwissenschaft heraus. Kultur ist demnach ein Feld von Machtbeziehungen, auf dem soziale Identitäten wie Klasse, "Rasse", Geschlecht oder sexuelle Orientierung konstruiert werden. Ausgehend von dieser politischen Perspektive, die beträchtlichen Einfluss erlangt hat, wird ein systematisches Modell der Cultural Studies entwickelt.

Cultural exchange, cultural appropriation, and privilege -- Are there advantages to cultural appropriation? -- Who is harmed by cultural appropriation and how? -- Facts about cultural appropriation -- Organizations to contact -- For further reading -- Index -- Picture credits.

This article is concerned with formulating cultural relativism, distinguishing cultural relativism from related positions, & refuting eleven arguments for cultural relativism. Replies from the relativist are also considered. 1 Appendix. Adapted from the source document.

Welcome to Audio Learning from Assemble You. In this track, we'll discuss cultural awareness, and discover how being culturally aware enables us to communicate with people more effectively, as well as to respond to and interact with the cultures of others. Learning Objectives Learn what it means to be culturally aware Learn new ways to show cultural sensitivity.

The development of cultural districts has become a standard practice in policy-making worldwide at different scales – local, regional and national (Braun and Lavanga 2007). Government bodies have used cultural district policies to regenerate and rebrand urban areas, sometimes focusing on increasing cultural consumption, as in the case of museum districts, other times fostering innovation and entrepreneurship, as in the case of cultural production districts. This chapter first provides a definition of cultural districts and its roots in the Marshallian industrial district; secondly, it looks at the agglomeration economies that firms, organisations and individuals enjoy because they are not only co-located in the same area, but also highly interconnected among each other. The argument put forward in this chapter is the importance of intense face-to-face interaction and spatial proximity in the production, distribution and consumption of cultural goods and services.