Culture for Development Directory

Arts. Environment. Sustainability. : how can culture make a difference?

Wilson, Claire | 2011
  • Author(s): Wilson, Claire
  • Publisher: Asia-Europe foundation (ASEF)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: culture, environment, development, europe, asia
Identifying and developing the role that culture plays in the debate on environmental sustainability was the objective of the 4-[year] Connect2Culture programme, initiated by the Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF) in 2008. This dossier summarizes ASEF’s work in the area of arts and environment from 2008.

On the politics of art and space in Beirut

Wilson-Goldie, Kaelen | 2009
  • Author(s): Wilson-Goldie, Kaelen
  • Publisher: Universes in universe]
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: arts, cultural development, lebanon
A description is given of the development of the contemporary art scene in Beirut, Lebanon, which has become one of the most active and dynamic contemporary art scenes in the Middle East region.

The cultural hegemony in the museum world

Wu, Dai-Rong | 2006]
  • Author(s): Wu, Dai-Rong
  • Publisher: International council of museums (ICOM)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: museums, cultural identity, asia
Museum is the cultural product of western history and its concept was not domesticated by Asia until the 20th century. This paper explores whether and how the Asian museum really can off-load the influence of Westernization and globalization without losing its cultural identity?

International cultural relations : a multi-country comparison

Wyszomirski, Margaret J. and Burgess, Christopher and Peila, Catherine | 2003
  • Author(s): Wyszomirski, Margaret J. and Burgess, Christopher and Peila, Catherine
  • Publisher: The Ohio state university. Arts policy and administration program
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: cultural policy, cultural relations, foreign relations, diplomacy, sweden, netherlands, united kingdom, australia, austria, japan, singapore, canada, france
This document gives a comparison between nine countries concerning their international cultural policy and cultural diplomacy. The countries are: Australia , Austria, Canada, France, Japan, Netherlands, Singapore, Sweden, United Kingdom.

The most important collection of a small museum

Yeung, Chun-Tong | 2006]
  • Author(s): Yeung, Chun-Tong
  • Publisher: International council of museums (ICOM)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: museums, professional workers, china, hong kong, japan
Drawing on experiences of small museums in mainland China, Hong Kong, and Japan, it is demonstrated that the development of museums depends on the expertise of its staff. Talented museum professionals are the important resource for developing any museum.
 

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