Ngereza, Christine F. | ca. 2007]
- Author(s): Ngereza, Christine F.
- Publisher: Commonwealth association of museums (CAM)
- Pages: --
- Keywords: museology, environmental protection, museums, nigeria, kenya, tanzania, guyana
Environmentalism is a growing concern and museums are uniquely positioned to stress man's impact on the earth. This paper discusses, with small case studies, the way different [type]s of museums can achieve this.
Nkirote, Freda | 2008]
- Author(s): Nkirote, Freda
- Publisher: Commonwealth association of museums (CAM)
- Pages: --
- Keywords: disaster prevention, museology, community participation, kenya
After partial destruction due to post-election violence in Kenya, the National Museums of Kenya re-evaluated primarily focussing promotion at foreign tourists. They decided they must move towards a locally inclusive model emphasizing emergency prevention through community participation.
Nkurumeh, Barthosa | 2009
- Author(s): Nkurumeh, Barthosa
- Publisher: Kwame Nkrumah university of science and technology (KNUST)
- Pages: --
- Keywords: arts, education, conferences
The symposium aimed to stimulate transnational dialogues that focused on tapping local resources for sustainable education through art interventions. Topics discussed ranged from art education and studio practice to art criticism, arts advocacy and marketing practices as solutions to problems.
Nowottny, Mark and Firmin, Andrew | cop. 2008
- Author(s): Nowottny, Mark and Firmin, Andrew
- Publisher: Commonwealth foundation
- Pages: --
- Keywords: sustainable development, cultural development, development assistance, cultural policy, civil society
This report took as its starting point the proposition that culture is a fundamental component of sustainable development. The process of consultation undertaken for Putting Culture First highlighted seven key connections between culture and development across the Commonwealth.
Nurse, Keith | 2007
- Author(s): Nurse, Keith
- Publisher: Commonwealth foundation
- Pages: --
- Keywords: culture, development, cultural aspects, commonwealth
This paper looks at how culture is being viewed as the basis of, and tool for, human development and it examines how cultural and sociocultural factors affect the practice of development. The regional focus is on Commonwealth countries.