Are Cultural Institutions stil relevant in our present society?Whats is your view?
Thoughts from the international community :
Culture is the whole complex of distinctive spiritual, material, intellectual and emotional features that characterizes a society or a group. It includes creative expressions, community practices and material or built forms.—from Our Creative Diversity: The UN World Commisssionon Culture and Development Report
The relationship between culture and development should be clarified and deepened in constructive and practical ways.—from Our Creative Diversity: The UN World Commisssionon Culture and Development Report
The Programme of Action will require the establishment of common ground, with full respect for the various religious and ethical values and cultural backgrounds.—International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) Programme of Action, para 1.15
Tolerance, inter-cultural dialogue and respect for diversity are more essential than ever in a world where peoples are becoming more and more closely interconnected.—Kofi Annan, Secretary-General of the United Nations
People of different religions and cultures live side by side in almost every part of the world, and most of us have overlapping identities which unite us with very different groups. We can love what we are, without hating what – and who – we are not. We can thrive in our own tradition, even as we learn from others, and come to respect their teachings.
—Kofi Annan, Secretary-General of the United Nations
In this time of globalization, with all its advantages, the poor are the most vulnerable to having their traditions, relationships and knowledge and skills ignored and denigrated, and experiencing development with a great sense of trauma, loss and social disconnectedness.—James D. Wolfensohn, World Bank President
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