Culture for Development Directory

Working with local museums : a case study from eastern Indonesia

Lape, Peter V. | [2003]
  • Author(s): Lape, Peter V.
  • Publisher: University of Washington. Department of anthropology
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: archaeology, museums, indonesia
This case study from the Banda Islands of eastern Indonesia shows that by participating in local museum development, archaeologists can both strengthen these institutions and gain the benefits of their presence in the research locale.

Towards cultural citizenship : tools for cultural policy and development : a summary of the report

Larsson, Agneta | 2002
  • Author(s): Larsson, Agneta
  • Publisher: Swedish international development cooperation agency (Sida)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: cultural policy, cultural development
This document is a summary of the report 'Towards Cultural Citizenship: tools for cultural policy and development' a Swedish contribution to the follow up of 'The Stockholm plan of action'.

Culture as a tool for development : challenges of analysis and action

Le Duc, Florent and Tomarchio, Adrien and Chesnot, Vanessa | 2009]
  • Author(s): Le Duc, Florent and Tomarchio, Adrien and Chesnot, Vanessa
  • Publisher: ARCADE/ACTED [etc.
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: culture, arts, cultural heritage, cultural co-operation, development assistance, eu, asia, europe, caribbean region
This publication is intended as a handbook for development actors and cultural practitioners in the North and in the South. It presents case studies of how to culture, arts, and cultural heritage can be integrated in EU development strategies and assistance programmes.

Heritage and the politics of nationalist discourse

LegĂȘne, Susan | 2007
  • Author(s): LegĂȘne, Susan
  • Publisher: ICME etc.]
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: museums, cultural heritage, cultural exchanges, museology
Keynote speech at the ICOM21st general conference on notions of culture, nationalism, universality and heritage. Exchange of contemporary culture, together with historical understanding, provides the stepping stones for a sustainable future.

Sida's work with culture and media : main report

Ljungman, Cecilia M. | 2004
  • Author(s): Ljungman, Cecilia M.
  • Publisher: Swedish international development cooperation agency (Sida)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: cultural development, development assistance, mass media
The aim of the evaluation was to establish the effect of support for culture and media in the poverty reduction efforts. The evaluation recommends that Sida's culture and media policy should be revised, and divided into one policy for culture and one for media.
 

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