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The
Global Dimension of Cultural Policy
Closing
Event of the United Nations Year for Dialogue among Civilizations, 2001
Organized
by the German Commission for UNESCO, Bonn, and the House of World
Cultures, Berlin,
in co-operation with Goethe-Institute Inter Nationes and the Council for
Cultural Policies (Kulturpolitische Gesellschaft)
Venue:
House of World Cultures, Berlin
Languages:
English / German (with simultaneous translation)
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Friday,
16 November 2001
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| 1.00
p.m. |
Opening
speeches |
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Hans-Georg
Knopp, Secretary-General, House of World Cultures
Klaus Wowereit, Governing Mayor of Berlin (has to be
confirmed)
Knut
Nevermann,
Berlin, State Ministry of the Federal Chancellery for Media and
Cultural Affairs
Milagros del Corral, Paris, UNESCO, Deputy Assistant
Director-General for Culture
Klaus Hüfner,
President, German Commission for UNESCO
Introductory statement and chair:
Max Fuchs, Remscheid, Professor of Cultural Studies at the
University / Gesamthochschule Essen, President of the Deutscher
Kulturrat (German Culture Council)
Paper
Cultural
diversity, conflict and pluralism
UNESCO’s contribution to a comprehensive understanding of culture
Lourdes
Arizpe,
Mexico, Vice-President of the International Social Science Council,
Research director of UNESCO’s World Culture Report 2000,
Statement:
Jens Jessen, Hamburg, features editor of "Die Zeit"
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| 2.30
- 3.00 p.m. |
Discussion
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| 3.00
p.m. |
Break |
| 3.30
p.m. |
Paper
Cultural rights and freedom as an element of human rights
Rodolfo Stavenhagen,
Mexico, anthropologist, social scientist, professor, Colegio de
Mexico
Statement:
Folarin
Shyllon,
Ibadan (Nigeria), professor of law
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| 4.00
p.m. |
Discussion
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| 4.45
p.m. |
Paper
Memory and perception
– what makes up the "Memory
of the World"?
Bendik Rugaas, Norway, chair of the UNESCO International
Advisory Committee ”Memory of the World”,
Statement:
Hermann
Schäfer,
Bonn, Director of the "Haus der Geschichte", member
of the German
National Committee "Memory of the World"
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| 5.15
- 6.00 p.m. |
Discussion |
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Dinner |
| 8.00
p.m. |
Panel
discussion
Culture in the process of transformation in Central and Eastern
Europe,
with:
Introduction: Olaf
Schwencke,
Deutsche Vereinigung für Kulturelle Zusammenarbeit in Europa,
Kulturpolitische Gesellschaft, Berlin / Bonn
György Dalos,
Berlin, writer, 1995 - 1999 director of the Hungarian Cultural
Centre in Berlin
Sonja Licht,
Belgrad, director of the Soros-Foundation in Belgrad
Sofia Onufriv,
Lviv, editor of the cultural magazine "И"
Piotr Rypson,
Warsaw, artist and exhibition curator
Chairman: Albrecht Lempp, Krakow, head of the literary group
of the Adam Mieckewicz Institute |
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Saturday,
17 November 2001
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| 10.30
a.m. |
Introductory
statement and chair:
Wolfdietrich Elbert,
Strasbourg, Council of Europe, Head
of the Cultural Policy Division
Paper
A "library" for the oral traditions - the
new UNESCO-program "Masterpieces of the Oral and
Intangible Heritage of Humanity"
Georges Condominas,
Paris, professor, cultural anthropologist, member of the
international jury for the UNESCO-program "Masterpieces of the
Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity"
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| 11.20
a.m. |
Discussion
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| 12.00
a.m. |
Paper
The Social Function of cultural pluralism in a globalized World -
the connection between biological and cultural diversity
Yves
Plasseraud,
Paris, attorney for patent law, president of
the "Groupement pour les Droits des Minorités"
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| 12.30
- 1.15 p.m. |
Discussion
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Lunch
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| 3.00
p.m. |
Paper
UNESCO's New Approaches on Culture and Development in the Era of
Globalization
presentation of the new programme and mid-term strategy adopted by
UNESCO at the General Conference in Paris in October/November 2001
Milagros
del Corral,
Paris, UNESCO, Deputy Assistant Director-General for Culture
Questions and discussion
|
| 4.15
p.m. |
Break
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| 4.30
- 7.00 p.m. |
Panel
discussion
European cultural institutes: between a national brief and a
universal aim with
Robin Baker,
London, British Council Director for Europe, member of the Board of
Management
Breyten Breytenbach,
Paris/Dakar, writer, President of the Gorée Institute in Dakar
Gérard
Fontaine,
Paris, Ministère des Affaires Entrangères, Sousdirection de la
coopération culturelle et artistique (Institut Français)
Joachim-Felix
Leonhard,
Munich/Bonn, Secretary-General of the Goethe Institute Inter
Nationes Rodolfo Stavenhagen, Mexico, anthropologist, social
scientist, professor, Colegio de Mexico,
Chair: Sebastian Körber, Berlin, Editor in chief "Zeitschrift
für Kulturaustausch"
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Sunday,
18 November
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| 11.00
a.m.-1.00 p.m. |
Concluding
panel discussion:
Cultural policy for crisis prevention?
the future tasks of cultural policy in view of global conflicts
Lourdes Arizpe,
Mexico, Vice-President of the International Social Science Council,
Breyten Breytenbach,
Paris/Dakar, writer, President of the Gorée Institute in Dakar
Milagros del Corral, Paris, UNESCO, Deputy Assistant
Director-General for Culture
Research director of UNESCO’s World Culture Report 2000
Sarat Maharaj,
Kassel/London, Co-Curator "Dokumenta 11", Goldsmith
College London
Knut Nevermann,
Berlin, State Ministry of the Federal Chancellery for Media and
Cultural Affairs
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Programme
and Organisation: Roland
Bernecker (German Commission for UNESCO), Peter C. Seel (House of World
Cultures), Thomas Hartmann Kulturmanagment
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