Hi all: This came through to me just now from another one of my lists. I thought some people might find it interesting/useful. Best, Meryl Krieger ---------- Forwarded message ----------*To:* migration-shs-en@lists.unesco.org *Subject:* [migration-shs-en] UNESCO World Report on Cultural Diversity available online *World Report on Cultural Diversity* The newest World Report of UNESCO is focused on cultural diversity as a source of renewal for public policies in service to development, social cohesion and peace. Cultural diversity is addressed in terms of dialogue, dynamics, and the new specific challenges it may pose for languages, educational systems, news and entertainment media and the business world. Based on the analysis of recent initiatives, concrete examples, case studies and successful practices, this report advances a number of pathways worth exploring for renewing development strategies in favour of poverty eradication, environmental action and sustainable, human-centred governance. The World Report aims to address the manifold aspects of cultural diversity, critically review common notions and assumptions, and propose policy-oriented recommendations on topics as diverse as identities and dialogue, the future of languages and intercultural education, media pluralism and cultural industries, the business world, local knowledge, biodiversity, sustainable development, governance and human rights. A renewed discussion of cultural diversity – the promotion and protection of which are supported by an array of normative instruments – is timely in these times of crisis. The impacts of globalization (and increasing urbanization and migration) are challenging our very understanding of cultures and identities. In this sense, cultural diversity is a much more complex phenomenon than it initially appears, as are the relationships between globalization and cultural diversity. As these are facts with which we must contend, it is of utmost importance today to create the conditions upon which cultural diversity can become the means for ensuring dialogue and peaceful co-existence, and sustainable and fruitful development. While the promotion of cultural diversity has taken on increasing visibility on the international scene, it often continues to be perceived as a threat to the cohesion of increasingly diversified societies. Hence, the necessity of elucidating the conditions upon which cultural diversity can constitute a positive contribution to realizing the objectives of development and peace. *The World Report is available on line*: · Full report in English<http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0018/001852/185202E.pdf> (pdf). Buy printed copies on line: UNESCO Publishing<http://publishing.unesco.org/details.aspx?Code_Livre=4713> · Summaries (pdf): English<http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0018/001847/184755e.pdf> | French <http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0018/001847/184755F.pdf> | Spanish <http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0018/001847/184755S.pdf> | Russian<http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0018/001847/184755R.pdf> | Arabic <http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0018/001847/184755A.pdf> | Chinese <http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0018/001847/184755c.pdf> Thank you for your attention. *Contact:* Paul de Guchteneire UNESCO Head International Migration Section 1, rue Miollis 75015 Paris, FRANCE Tel. +33 145683850 Fax. +33 145685724 Email: p.deguchteneire@unesco.org Web: www.unesco.org/migration *If you would like to subscribe or unsubscribe from the UNESCO Migration electronic mailing list,** **please visit this webpage<http://portal.unesco.org/shs/en/ev.php-URL_ID=7010&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html> .* ************************************************************************* * ANTH-GRADS-L@INDIANA.EDU is the forum of the Anthropology Graduate * * Student Association (AGSA) at Indiana University, Bloomington. * * To subscribe or unsubscribe to the list, email LISTSERV@INDIANA.EDU * * with the following text in the body (not subject): * * SUBSCRIBE ANTH-GRADS-L or UNSUBSCRIBE ANTH-GRADS-L * * Send problems to ANTH-GRADS-L-REQUEST@LISTSERV.INDIANA.EDU. * * To avoid clutter, do not respond to the entire list unless necessary. * ************************************************************************* -- J. Meryl Krieger Ph.D., Folklore & Ethnomusicology Associate Instructor, Indiana University Adjunct Instructor, Ivy Tech Community College