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Finnish Media Education Policies. Approaches in Culture and Education

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This publication takes a review of the recent guidelines and practices in the media education field in Finland. The object of this publication is to reveal those areas of media education that are subject to development and to create a basis for more extensive international cooperation.

Added by Zunia on March 04, 2010

Traditional Knowledge and Indigenous Peoples

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Traditional knowledge is an important element of the intellectual and cultural heritage of indigenous peoples. It reflects their social and historical identity and significantly contributes to the future well-being and sustainable development of these peoples. In 2007, the L’auravetl’an Information & Education Network of Indigenous Peoples (LIENIP) organized a series of educational conferences, aimed at fostering greater understanding on the nature and evolution of this phenomenon and more...

Added by Zunia on March 01, 2010

Support Mechanism for Indigenous People in Guatemala

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"The evaluation contains an assessment of the point to which the programme objectives set forth have been achieved. keeping in mind that most of the projects were still underway when the evaluation was carried out. Additionally, the evaluation includes an assessment of the relevance of the programme, as well as the programme management and cross-cutting issues. The evaluation also includes recommendations on how to design the second phase of the Mechanism in support of the Oxlajuj Tz'ikin more...

Added by Zunia on February 22, 2010

UNESCO Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger

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UNESCO’s Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger is intended to raise awareness about language endangerment and the need to safeguard the world’s linguistic diversity among policy-makers, speaker communities and the general public, and to be a tool to monitor the status of endangered languages and the trends in linguistic diversity at the global level.

Added by Zunia on February 21, 2010

Language World 2010 Conference

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The Language World conference will be held from March 26 - 27, 2010. Language World brings together the great and the good, the leading lights and the newest recruits, the old hands and the fresh young teachers – all working together to find ways to make language teaching even more enjoyable and even more effective.

Added by Zunia on February 21, 2010

California Conference On American Indian Education

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The 33rd Annual California Conference on American Indian Education will be held from March 25-27, 2010, at the Santa Clara Marriott Hotel in Santa Clara, CA. The conference theme is “Saving our Language – Saving our Culture.” The conference will showcase 33 years of success and growth of American Indian education in California and the impact the American Indian Education Centers have had in American Indian communities.

Added by Zunia on February 21, 2010

International Mother Language Day, message from Director-General of UNESCO

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This document presents the message from Ms Irina Bokova,Director-General of UNESCO,on the occasion of International Mother Language Day. The message briefly summarizes how the recognition of mother languages worldwide facilitates the importance of linguistic diversity and multilingualism.

Added by Zunia on February 21, 2010

One World, Many Voices: A Celebration of World Languages

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Join Drishtipat DC for a cultural extravaganza on February 21, to celebrate UN International Mother Language Day! Come enjoy an evening of music and colorful dance performances from around the world – traditional Bangladeshi dances, Indian melodies, Native-American songs, music from the Andes, belly dancing, tango and moreAccording to the National Geographic, every 14 days, a language dies. At least half of the world's languages are projected to disappear this century. Through this more...

Added by Zunia on February 18, 2010

Community led Heritage Tourism

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We are developing models for using heritage based tourism as a vehicle of development for communities rich in intangible cultural heritage. It is a ground reality that there is often appropriation of tourism business by outsiders. Further, it has been observed that in some of the heritage tourism destinations indigenous people become merely a part of an exhibition mechanism and have little say in the way they are represented. Our goal is to make community an more...

Added by Ananya Bhattacharya on February 18, 2010

Corporate Social Responsibility: doing well… and doing good

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The emergence of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) over the past decade quickly gave rise to the expectation that private business would tackle some of the world’s most pressing economic, social and environmental problems. By employing CSR as a tool for risk and reputation management along the supply chain, and by seeking to engage producers and consumers alike, enterprises worldwide embarked on a myriad of initiatives that tried – and often succeeded – in combining profitable business more...

Added by Making It: Industry for Development on February 18, 2010

2nd Global Model UN Conference, 2010

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UN Department of Public Information (UNDPI) announced that the 2nd Global Model UN Conference 2010, following the success of its inaugural Global Model United Nations conference held in 2009 in Switzerland, will take place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on 28-30 July 2010 in partnership with the Government of Malaysia, the UN Alliance of Civilizations and the Commonwealth Secretariat. The theme for this year’s Conference is “Towards an Alliance of Civilizations – Bridging Cultures to Achieve Peace more...

Added by Zunia on February 18, 2010

State of the World’s Indigenous Peoples

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Indigenous peoples contribute tremendously to humanity's cultural diversity, enriching it with more than two thirds of its languages and an extraordinary amount of its traditional knowledge.There are over 370 million indigenous people in some 90 countries, living in all regions of the world. The situation of indigenous peoples in many parts of the world is critical today. Poverty rates are significantly higher among indigenous peoples compared to other groups. While they constitute 5 per cent more...

Added by Zunia on February 14, 2010

What is culture?

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Culture is a system of building identity !!!Each living life is attached in culture whether humans or animals. Culture is natural development during birth process {what we call is behavior, that changes from individual to individual broadened when lives in family that family is part of a society (group or community), behavior of the group is culture} and its evolution is based on intelligence reaction to experiences and needs. For example initial stages of more...

Added by sadashivan nair on February 11, 2010

Portrait of the Indigenous Women of Asia

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This information kit highlights the work of indigenous women who are acting at the local, national and international levels to have their rights respected. It is an adaptation of the document. Published by the Asian Indigenous Women’s Network (AIWN) and the Indigenous Peoples’ Alliance of the Archipelago (AMAN: Aliansi Masyarakat Adat Nusantara), in partnership with Rights & Democracy.

Added by Zunia on February 11, 2010

"ART" is reflection of identity!!!

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Art is a mirror image of identity of individual or society. Yes it is reflection of what we feel, think, practice, ritual, believe, behave and the Character. On the whole ART is a reflection of ideology of the society and feelings and behavior etc; of individuals. The paintings and sculptures of Dracula of Romania and David of Israel clearly give indication to us as what personality they were. Egyptian, Roman, Greek, Mayan arts reveal what they were and how they lived. The ritual, dresses, more...

Added by sadashivan nair on February 10, 2010

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