Culture for Development Directory

Museums and pluralistic societies : dealing with differences in the societies we live in and interact with : a case study of the Museum and House of culture, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Shayo, Lucina D. | 2008]
  • Author(s): Shayo, Lucina D.
  • Publisher: Commonwealth association of museums (CAM)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: museology, cultural development, cultural exchanges, tanzania
This paper provides an introduction to the many educational programmes provided by the Museum and House of Culture Dar es Salaam in Tanzania as it moves from being solely a museum to a more participatory environment for learning, inter-cultural awareness and tolerance.

The role played by museums in the protection of people with albinism in Tanzania

Shayo, Lucina D. | [ca. 2010]
  • Author(s): Shayo, Lucina D.
  • Publisher: Museum and house of culture
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: museums, exhibitions, discrimination, human genetics, prejudices, children, disabled children, tanzania
This paper reports on how the Village Museum in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, has worked to raise awareness through education and advocacy to reduce discrimination of disabled and albino children.

The participatory museum

Simon, Nina | 2010]
  • Author(s): Simon, Nina
  • Publisher: Museum 2.0
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: museums, popular participation, manuals
This is the online version of The Participatory Museum, a practical guide to working with community members and visitors to make cultural institutions more dynamic, relevant, essential places. It can be accessed and downloaded by chapter.

Supporting international arts activity : issues for national arts funding agencies

Staines, Judith | 2011
  • Author(s): Staines, Judith
  • Publisher: International federation of arts councils and culture agencies (IFACCA)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: arts, culture, funds, cultural research
The report describes the agencies involved in supporting international arts activities, the scope of and budgets for this support, and the range of policy objectives, priorities and evaluation processes evident in the research. It also details issues identified by arts funding agencies.

Mapping Asia-Europe cultural cooperation

Staines, Judith | 2010
  • Author(s): Staines, Judith
  • Publisher: Asia-Europe foundation]. (ASEF)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: cultural co-operation, cultural exchanges, bilateral aid, asia, europe
This study maps the Asia-Europe government-to-government bilateral cultural agreements between ASEM partners. More than 150 agreements on cultural cooperation and almost 20 current Executive Programmes are detailed in this report.
 

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