Investing in Cultural Diversity and Intercultural Dialogue
Date Submitted : 19-Jan-2010
Themes : culture, diversity, multiculturalism
Cultural diversity has emerged as a key concern at the turn of a new century. Some predict that globalization and the liberalization of the goods and services market will lead to cultural standardization, reinforcing existing imbalances between cultures. Others claim that the end of the bipolar world of the Cold War and the eclipse of political ideologies will result in new religious, cultural and even ethnic fault lines, preluding a possible ‘clash of civilizations’. Scientists warn of the threats to the Earth’s environment posed by human activity, drawing parallels between the erosion of biodiversity and the disappearance of traditional modes of life as a result of a scarcity of resources and the spread of modern lifestyles. ‘Diversity’ is becoming a rallying call among those who denounce persistent socio-economic inequalities in developed societies.
Cultural diversity is similarly posing a challenge to the principles of international cooperation: it is invoked by some to contest universally recognized h
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Submitted By:
Andrew Cummings
Executive Officer
SCOA
Phone : 02 8065 5225
Email : andrew@scoa.org.au
Website : www.unesco.org