Planning for Cultural Diversity by Christine  Inglis. Paris: United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, International Institute for Educational Planning Press, 2008. 181 pp. €15.00 (paper). ISBN 978‐92‐803‐1311‐6.

2010 ◽  
Vol 54 (3) ◽  
pp. 445-447
Author(s):  
Laura C. Engel
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
Cultural Diversity ◽  
Educational Planning ◽  
International Institute ◽  
United Nations Educational ◽  
Cultural Organization

scholarly journals Does Multiculturalism Inhibit Intercultural Dialogue? Evidence from the Antipodes

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-23
Author(s):  
Geoffrey Brahm Levey
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
Cultural Diversity ◽  
Racial Discrimination ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Intercultural Dialogue ◽  
Policy Outcomes ◽  
Ethnic Communities ◽  
International Debate ◽  
United Nations Educational ◽  
Cultural Organization

In recent years, an international debate has erupted over whether and how interculturalism differs from multiculturalism as a response to cultural diversity. An influential argument in this debate is that multiculturalism itself militates against intercultural dialogue. This article scrutinises this argument and challenge its applicability in the Australian context. I examine two case studies of fraught intercultural dialogue: the 2006 clash between the Howard government and the Ethnic Communities’ Council of Victoria over the proposed introduction of a citizenship test; and the Abbott government’s proposed reform of the anti-vilification provisions of the Racial Discrimination Act 1975 (Cth) during 2013–14. The cases suggest that far from undermining intercultural dialogue, respecting the terms of Australian multiculturalism would help to make it possible. Moreover, the cases suggest that if pursued genuinely, intercultural dialogue could contribute improved policy outcomes.1 1This article is a revised version of Geoffrey Brahm Levey (2017) ‘Intercultural dialogue under a multiculturalism regime: pitfalls and possibilities in Australia’ in Fethi Mansouri (ed) Interculturalism at the crossroads: comparative perspectives on concepts, policies and practice, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, France, pp. 103-25

United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization

1947 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 362-364
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
International Institute ◽  
Concerted Effort ◽  
United Nations Educational ◽  
Cultural Organization ◽  
International Broadcasting ◽  
Tropical Area ◽  
The United Nations ◽  
Free Flow Of Information ◽  
Flow Of Information

At the conclusion of the First General Conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization held in Paris during November and December, 1946, over one hundred proposals had been formulated for consideration during 1947, several of which were enumerated as being pressing projects for the current year. Problems requiring immediate attention included 1) rehabilitation in devastated areas, 2) a wide-spread attack on the problem of illiteracy, 3) a study of psychological and social tensions likely to lead to war, 4) a concerted effort in conjunction with the Commission of Human Rights of the United Nations to reduce obstructions to the free flow of information, 5) the study of a possible international broadcasting network, and 6) the proposed creation of the International Institute of the Amazon in order to deal with problems of that tropical area. For these and other projects it was emphasized that exchange of students, scholars, scientists and media of information was necessary and should be forthcoming.

scholarly journals Heritage and anthropological concept of culture: a longstanding relationship

2020 ◽  
pp. 147-166
Author(s):  
Maria P. J. Fuenzalida
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
Cultural Diversity ◽  
20Th Century ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Intangible Cultural Heritage ◽  
Cultural Goods ◽  
United Nations Educational ◽  
Social Actors ◽  
Cultural Rights ◽  
Cultural Organization

This work aimed at discussing the association made between the anthropological concept of culture and the broadening of the scope of the notion of heritage that has occurred since the beginning of the 21st century, specifically with regard to the policies established for the protection of intangible cultural heritage. It has been argued that because it is polysemic, the anthropological concept of culture had been related to the notion of heritage since the first quarter of the 20th century, that is, almost a century before. What has changed is the meaning attributed to both categories. In addition, it was discussed that an expansion of the heritage category is the result of the action of the most diverse social actors in the demand for differential cultural rights, operating with a specific political-cultural grammar, which dynamized enunciations such as multiculturalism, cultural diversity and representation, seeking a non-hierarchical vision of culture, which directly impacted on the conceptualization of heritage and the policy of protection of cultural goods. To this end, as a way of delimiting the discussion, it was decided to work with documents produced by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in the period, since it is a protagonist agent and arena with regard to policies for the protection of cultural goods. Keywords: heritage, anthropological concept of culture, immaterial heritage, cultural diversity.

International Institute of Intellectual Cooperation

1947 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 146-146
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
International Institute ◽  
United Nations Educational ◽  
Cultural Organization

See United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, p. 130.

scholarly journals A Multi-scale Approach to Interculturalism: From Globalised Politics to Localised Policy and Practice

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ricard Zapata-Barrero ◽  
Fethi Mansouri
Keyword(s):  
International Relations ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Local Level ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Council Of Europe ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
United Nations Educational ◽  
Multi Scale ◽  
Cultural Organization ◽  
Global Agenda

AbstractInterculturalism (IC) is presently discussed as a foundational basis for local public policy aimed at managing migration-related diversity within ethno-culturally plural societies, especially at the local level. Despite its increased saliency over the last decade, IC is neither theoretically new nor was it always intended for mere application in strictly city contexts of diversity. Rather, it has a global origin as a political basis for international relations and negotiations. In discussing these origins, this article has two main interrelated aims. Firstly, it provides an overview of the multi-scale approach of IC, with the purpose of disentangling analytically the different empirical bases where it can frame the diversity agenda. Secondly, it explores whether a lack of appreciation and awareness of this multi-scale orientation may affect IC’s capacity to address the challenges of diversity governance at the local level. Methodologically, the article will undertake a textual analysis of a select number of leading documents framing its practice within the broader policy literature produced by the four main institutions that have advocated the intercultural approach within a global agenda. These are the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and United Nations University, on one hand, and the European Union and the Council of Europe on the other. The main findings show us the importance of a multi-scale thinking in diversity and IC studies, to avoid contributing to greater confusion in its applications.

United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization

1962 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 231-236 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
Technical Assistance ◽  
Technical Education ◽  
Member States ◽  
Total Cost ◽  
United Nations Educational ◽  
Cultural Organization ◽  
Special Fund ◽  
The United Nations

The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) held its eleventh General Conference in Paris from November 14 to December 15, 1960, under the presidency of Mr. Akale-Work Abte-Wold (Ethiopia). Ninety-eight member states of UNESCO participated in the Conference compared with the 75 that were members in 1958 at the time of the tenth General Conference. The General Conference approved the program of activities for 1961–1962 and unanimously voted a budget of $32,513,228 to finance it; to this amount was added over $12 million provided by the United Nations Technical Assistance Fund to enable UNESCO to carry out many additional educational and scientific projects. UNESCO was also to act as executing agency for seventeen projects concerning higher technical education, for which the UN Special Fund was to provide more than $11 million in 1961–1962. Also allocated by the Conference was $915,000 for the construction of an additional building in Paris, the total cost of which was to be $3,535,000.

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