Culture for Development Directory

Understanding creative industries : their definitions, models, measurements and drivers

Joffe, Avril | 2009
  • Author(s): Joffe, Avril
  • Publisher: ARTerial network
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: arts, culture, economic development, employment creation
This review has outlined the numerous ways in which the contribution of the creative industries to the economy and to urban and regional development is assessed.

Traditional conservation practices in Africa

Joffroy, Thierry | cop. 2005
  • Author(s): Joffroy, Thierry
  • Publisher: International centre for the study of the preservation and restoration of cultural property (ICCROM)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: cultural heritage, cultural property preservation, traditional technology, architecture, construction, africa south of sahara
The variety of traditional conservation of immovable cultural heritage in sub-Sahara Africa is illustrated by case studies of traditional architecture and traditional ways of building at selected sites in the region.

Cultural mapping, planning and policy : Tonga

Johansson Fua, Seu'ula | 2011
  • Author(s): Johansson Fua, Seu'ula
  • Publisher: Secretariat of the Pacific community (SPC)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: culture, cultural planning, cultural policy, tonga
This report presents the findings of a project on cultural mapping, planning and policy development carried out in Tonga. The key output of the project is the development of a national cultural policy for Tonga.

The 2010 Horizon report : museum edition

Johnson, L. | 2010
  • Author(s): Johnson, L.
  • Publisher: The New media consortium
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: museums, education, information technology, internet, mobile telecommunication services
The report offers a useful timeline estimating the moment when each of the mobile, social media or AI-based techniques picked and presented in the document are most likely to make a lasting impact and be fully adopted and integrated by museums. The reports picks 6 of them as being the main key-trend

Evaluation of Norwegian support to the protection of cultural heritage

Jorund Lonning, Dag and Admassie, Yeraswork | 2009
  • Author(s): Jorund Lonning, Dag and Admassie, Yeraswork
  • Publisher: Norwegian agency for development cooperation (Norad)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: cultural heritage, culture, arts, development assistance, aid programmes, ethiopia, malawi, nepal, norway
An overview is given of the Norwegian support (2000-08) to culture, arts and cultural heritage in developing countries, with a closer look at Ethiopia, Malawi and Nepal. The emphasis is on institution and capacity building for the preservation and protection of cultural heritage.
 

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