Culture for Development Directory

Cultural heritage and development in the Arab world

Hassan, Fekri and Trafford, Aloisia de and Youssef, Mohsen and Serageldin, Ismail | cop. 2008
  • Author(s): Hassan, Fekri and Trafford, Aloisia de and Youssef, Mohsen and Serageldin, Ismail
  • Publisher: Bibliotheca Alexandrina
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: cultural heritage, cultural property, cultural property protection, cultural property preservation, arab countries
The contributions in this book spell out strategies and mechanisms that aim to protect, preserve, conserve, and mobilize cultural heritage for development in the Arab region within a view that reaches beyond short economic gains toward sustainable development.

Europe-China cultural compass

Hellkِtter, Katja | cop. 2011
  • Author(s): Hellkِtter, Katja
  • Publisher: Goethe-Institut
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: cultural co-operation, culture, arts, europe, china
This publication offers guidance, practical information and informed opinion on cultural cooperation between Europe and China. It [address]es both Chinese and European readers. Two separate publications were produced, one in Chinese and one in English.

Culture, economy, climate change and youth

Hepburn, Davidson L. | 2011
  • Author(s): Hepburn, Davidson L.
  • Publisher: United nations educational, scientific and cultural organization (UNESCO)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: museums, climatic change, economic development, youth, civil society, conferences
This [address] onthe occasion of the Triennial Conference of the Commonwealth Association of Museums discusses the significant role of museums in regulating the economy, monitoring climate change, involving youth and civil society in decision-making programmes.

Using the semantic grid to build bridges between museums and indigenous communities

Hunter, Jane | [2004]
  • Author(s): Hunter, Jane
  • Publisher: University of Queensland. DSTC
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: cultural heritage, indigenous knowledge, information management, museums, indigenous populations
A description is presented of a semantic grid application designed to enable museums and indigenous communities in distributed locations to collaboratively discuss, describe and annotate digital objects and documents in museums that originally belonged to indigenous groups.

The role of museums in the preservation of living heritage : experiences of the Vietnam museum of ethnology

Huy, Nguyen Van | 2006
  • Author(s): Huy, Nguyen Van
  • Publisher: National folk museum of Korea
  • Pages: 35--41
  • Keywords: museums, exhibitions, cultural heritage, folklore, vietnam
The Vietnam Museum of Ethnology (VME) highlights the representation of everyday life - problems, stories, and concerns of peoples and of ethnic communities. Besides the presentation of case studies, the author [address]es current challenges of the VME.
 

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