Immaterielles kulturelles Erbe und kulturelle Vielfalt. Interkulturelle Wege zur Welt. (Intangible Cultural Herigate and Cultural Diversity. Intercultural Paths to the World)

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christoph Wulf
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Diversity ◽  
The World ◽  
Kulturelle Vielfalt

The Role of Music and Allied Arts in Public Writings on Cultural Diversity: “People of Sri Lanka”

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. 93-100
Author(s):  
Gisa Jähnichen
Keyword(s):  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Cultural Diversity ◽  
South Asia ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Sri Lankan ◽  
Culturally Different ◽  
The World ◽  
Official Languages ◽  
The Way

The Sri Lankan Ministry of National Coexistence, Dialogue, and Official Languages published the work “People of Sri Lanka” in 2017. In this comprehensive publication, 21 invited Sri Lankan scholars introduced 19 different people’s groups to public readers in English, mainly targeted at a growing number of foreign visitors in need of understanding the cultural diversity Sri Lanka has to offer. This paper will observe the presentation of these different groups of people, the role music and allied arts play in this context. Considering the non-scholarly design of the publication, a discussion of the role of music and allied arts has to be supplemented through additional analyses based on sources mentioned by the 21 participating scholars and their fragmented application of available knowledge. In result, this paper might help improve the way facts about groups of people, the way of grouping people, and the way of presenting these groupings are displayed to the world beyond South Asia. This fieldwork and literature guided investigation should also lead to suggestions for ethical principles in teaching and presenting of culturally different music practices within Sri Lanka, thus adding an example for other case studies.

Is There a Place for Minorities' and Indigenous Peoples' Rights within ASEAN?: Asian Values, ASEAN Values and the Protection of Southeast Asian Minorities and Indigenous Peoples

2010 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 75-110 ◽  
Author(s):  
Byung Sook de Vries ◽  
Anna Meijknecht
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Cultural Diversity ◽  
Indigenous Peoples ◽  
Culturally Diverse ◽  
Southeast Asian ◽  
Regional Level ◽  
Asian Values ◽  
Minority Protection ◽  
The World ◽  
The One

AbstractSoutheast Asia is one of the most culturally diverse regions in the world. Nevertheless, unlike minorities and indigenous peoples in Western states, minorities and indigenous peoples in Asia have never received much attention from politicians or legal scholars. The level of minority protection varies from state to state, but can, in general, be called insufficient. At the regional level, for instance, within the context of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), there are no mechanisms devoted specifically to the protection of minorities and indigenous peoples. In December 2008, the ASEAN Charter entered into force. In July 2009 the Terms of Reference (ToR) for the ASEAN Inter-Governmental Commission on Human Rights were adopted. Both the Charter and the ToR refer to human rights and to cultural diversity, but omit to refer explicitly to minorities or indigenous peoples. In this article, the extent to which this reticence with regard to the protection of minorities and indigenous peoples is dictated by the concept of Asian values and ASEAN values is explored. Further, it is analysed how, instead, ASEAN seeks to accommodate the enormous cultural diversity of this region of the world within its system. Finally, the tenability of ASEAN's policy towards minorities and indigenous peoples in the light of, on the one hand, the requirements of international legal instruments concerning the protection of minorities and indigenous peoples and, on the other hand, the policies of the national states that are members of ASEAN is determined.

scholarly journals One World, One Sky: Outreach in a Multicultural, Multilingual Metropolis

2012 ◽  
Vol 10 (H16) ◽  
pp. 656-656
Author(s):  
M. Reid
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Cultural Diversity ◽  
Underserved Communities ◽  
The World ◽  
Widespread Access ◽  
The Ideal

As cities around the world grow more and more diverse, we must take this diversity into account in developing outreach activities and materials. The International Year of Astronomy in 2009 brought a lot of attention to the needs of underserved communities and developing countries, emphasizing the ideal of widespread access to astronomy outreach. Increasingly, however, we find that some of the same challenges facing underserved communities and developing countries are also present in modern metropolises. Conveniently, the linguistic and cultural diversity of our cities is more and more accurately reflected among the astronomy community. The diversity of the astronomical community itself creates opportunities for effective multicultural, multilingual outreach.

scholarly journals Cultural Diversity in the Home Ground - How Archaeology Can Make the World a Better Place

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-26
Author(s):  
Mats Burström
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Diversity ◽  
Cultural Distance ◽  
Cultural Beliefs ◽  
Cultural Pluralism ◽  
The Past ◽  
The World

We are separated from the prehistoric past by a cultural distance. In the past, people had different cultural beliefs and ideas from us, and in this respect they lived in another world. Therefore, our home ground wherever it happens to be situated —contains a cultural diversity; to meet the past is to meet the foreign. This realization can hopefully lead away from one-sided searches for the roots of one's own group of people. lnstead it can form the basis for a greater interest in and understanding of cultural pluralism in the past as well as in the present.

scholarly journals Pengembangan Tekstil Berbasis Motif dan Nilai Filosofis Ornamen Tradisional Sumatra Utara

Panggung ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Daulat Saragi
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Cultural Diversity ◽  
Textile Industry ◽  
The North ◽  
The World ◽  
Local Patterns ◽  
Fashion Designers ◽  
North Sumatra

ABSTRACTEthnicity and cultural diversity of North Sumatra is the pride of the communities who contribute to the wealth of cultural heritage. Nowadays, a textile development has been successfully explored with a variety of ornaments and its philosophical values, and it has been brought into fashion trends. The North Sumatra ornamental motifs contribute to the world of fashion today. Fashion designers pay big attention to the advance of the complexity of ethnic motifs in the development of the textile world. The study was conducted by the method of documentation, observation, and interpretation of the meaning of the motifs. Verstehen method (understanding) is used to interpret the symbols of ornamental motifs containing the ideas of community. The result is an alternative of textile motif development of  North Sumatra-based on local patterns. With the richness of textile patterns raised from local ethnic of North Sumatra, make the fashion increasingly popular and in demand, and ultimately contributes to the development of the textile and fashion industry.Keywords: ornamental motifs, philosophical values, textile industry ABSTRAKKeanekaragaman suku dan  budaya Sumatra Utara merupakan kebanggaan masyarakatnya yang berkontribusi kepada kekayaan budaya Nusantara. Perkembangan tekstil dewasa ini berhasil mengeksplorasi aneka motif dan nilai filosofis ornamen tradisi dan mengangkatnya menjadi tren mode. Motif ornamen Sumatra Utara telah berkontribusi pada dunia mode saat ini. Perancang busana  melirik adanya suatu kekuatan corak etnis yang diangkat menjadi corak secara masif dalam perkembangan dunia tekstil. Penelitian dilakukan dengan menggunakan metode dokumentasi dan observasi, interpretasi atau pemaknaan, sekaligus melakukan penafsiran  terhadap data yang terkumpul. Metode verstehen (pemaaman) dilakukan terhadap motif-motif ornamen sebagai simbol yang mengandung ide-ide masyarakatnya. Hasil penelitian menjadi alternatif pengembangan motif tekstil Sumatra Utara yang berbasis corak lokal. Dengan semakin kayanya corak tekstil yang diangkat dari etnis lokal Sumatra Utara akan menjadikan dunia fesyen semakin digemari dan diminati, dan akhirnya berkontribusi terhadap perkembangan industri tekstil dan fashion.Kata kunci:  Motif ornamen, nilai Filosofis, industri tekstil

Advancing the Potential of Diversity for Innovation

2010 ◽  
pp. 209-223
Author(s):  
Nancy D. Erbe
Keyword(s):  
Conflict Resolution ◽  
Cultural Diversity ◽  
Global Market ◽  
Multicultural Teams ◽  
The Balkans ◽  
The World ◽  
Resolution Model ◽  
Conflict Process ◽  
Evaluative Research

This chapter introduces a collaborative conflict resolution model with a focus on cultural diversity and innovation. Its practices are research based, presented with explanatory theories, and uniquely suited to the multicultural teams of the global market. The chapter presents the optimal criteria for multicultural process identified in evaluative research conducted in four parts of the world: the Balkans, Cameroon, Nepal and Ukraine. It aims to demonstrate the correlations between collaborative conflict process at its best and innovation within diverse teams and organizations.

Multiculturalism, (Im)Migration, Theatre: The National Arts Centre, Ottawa, a Case of Staging Canadian Nationalism

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 113-130 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yana Meerzon
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Diversity ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Cultural Activity ◽  
Liberal Party ◽  
Symbolic Function ◽  
Canadian Theatre ◽  
The World ◽  
Theatre Company ◽  
Canadian Nationalism ◽  
Similarities And Differences

AbstractOn October 22, 2015, two days after the Liberal Party of Canada came to power, The Globe and Mail published an editorial entitled “Canada to the World: Xenophobia Doesn’t Play Here.” The article suggested that, in these times of migration crises, a rising xenophobic discourse and neo-nationalism, it is essential for the European countries to start taking lessons in navigating cultural diversity from Canada, the first country in the world that institutionalized principles of multiculturalism. This view is clearly reflected in the repertoire politics of Canadian theatre institutions, specifically the National Arts Centre (NAC) Ottawa, the only theatre company in Canada directly subsidized by its government. Mandated to support artistic excellence through arts, the NAC acts as a pulpit of official ideology. It presents diversity on stage as the leading Canadian value, and thus fulfills its symbolic function to serve as a mirror to its nation.However, this paper argues that, by offering an image of Canada, constructed by our government and tourist agencies, as an idyllic place to negotiate our similarities and differences, the NAC fosters what Loren Kruger calls a theatrical nationhood (4–16). A closer look at the 2014 NAC English theatre co-production of Kim’s Convenience will help illustrate how the politics of mimicry can become a leading device in the aesthetics of national mimesis – a cultural activity of “representing the nation as well as the result of it (an image of the nation)” (Hurley 24); and how the artistry of a multicultural kitchen-sink can turn a subject of diversity into that of affirmation and sentimentalism.

Around the World-Acknowledging Cultural Diversity

2015 ◽  
pp. 75-82
Author(s):  
Celeste Labrunda Yeakley ◽  
Jeffrey D. Fiebrich
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Diversity ◽  
The World

scholarly journals Assessment of Staff Intercultural Competences in Health Care Organisations

2017 ◽  
Vol 64 (3) ◽  
pp. 379-394
Author(s):  
Rimantas Stašys ◽  
Ligita Šimanskienė ◽  
Jurgita Paužuolienė
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Cultural Diversity ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Scientific Literature ◽  
Important Research ◽  
Poor Knowledge ◽  
Care Services ◽  
The World ◽  
Organisation Management ◽  
The Cost

Abstract As a consequence of globalisation, people’s mobility has been increasing, which brought cultural diversity to a number of countries of the world, therefore intercultural competences became a particularly important research object in organisation management. Scientific literature is rich in publications on the topic, however, the latter problem and its specificity has been insufficiently studied in health care organisations whose performance is especially important for each patient and the cost of errors, possibly caused also by insufficient intercultural competences, may be very great. The conducted research justifies the meaning and significance of intercultural competences in health care organisations and identifies the principal problems in organisations faced when communicating in an intercultural environment. The development of intercultural competences was not sufficiently promoted in health care organisations, leaving that to the staff’s responsibility. Quite a few of health care services providers had a poor knowledge of etiquette and did not know much about the customs and traditions of other countries.

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