Full Coverage: Culture

22.12.2006 The Queeria Group promoted last Tuesday, December 20, the Friends:Prijatelji calendar, created as activist response to the violence and injustice to which the persons different from the socially dominant behavioural patterns are exposed.

22.12.2006 U četvrtak, 21. 12. sedamdesetak građana i aktivista okupilo se na Kaptolu u Zagrebu kako bi prisustvovali prezentaciji radova pristiglih na anketni natjčeja za izradu urbanističko-arhitektonskog rješenja donjegradskog bloka omeđenog ulicama Varšavska, Gundulićeva, Ilica, Preobraženska i Trgom Petra Preradovića. Međutim, usprkos velikom javnom interesu prezentacija nije održana, a inicijativa Pravo na grad i Zelena akcija izašli su u javnost s novim priopćenjem koje prenosimo u cjelosti.

18.12.2006 Lëvizja MJAFT mirëpriti këtë muaj në qytetin e Gjirokastrës përfaqësues të disa NGO-ve ballkanike që punojnë në fushën e trashëgimisë kulturore. Qëllimi i këtij takimi rajonal, ishte ngritja dhe konsolidimi i një rrjeti mes të gjitha këtyre NGO-ve të interesuara për të mbrojtur përmes projekteve të ndryshme trashëgiminë kulturore në Ballkan, e cila në fakt, nuk i njeh kufijtë politikë apo ekonomikë.

15.12.2006 The Stockholm Challenge GKP Awards 2007 is a new prize, launched by Global Knowledge Partnership (GKP) and the Stockholm Challenge. It is designed as an integral part of the Stockholm Challenge 2008 and will open in four of the ordinary six ICT4D categories: Culture, Economic Development, Education and Public Administration. The Stockholm Challenge GKP Awards 2007 opens on 1 January 2007 and will be accessible both from the Stockholm Challenge website and from the GKP portal.

15.12.2006 The World Social Forum (WSF) has come a long way from its modest origins in Porto Alegre, Brazil in 2001. In January 2007 Nairobi, Kenya, which will host the 7th edition of the WSF, will bring the world to Africa as activists, social movements, networks, coalitions and others desend on the continent from across the world.

15.12.2006 A growing number of journalists are being imprisoned around the world for publishing their work on the Internet, with one in three cases made up of individuals whose work appeared primarily on the web or by e-mail, a new report by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has found.

13.12.2006 “Este es un libro breve, para describir la vida de un gran hombre”, dijo Milton Aparicio, al presentar al público el libro “ Con Jon Cortina, Dios pasó por Guarjila”.

13.12.2006 Me 5 deri me 11 Dhjetor u zhvillua në Tiranë Edicioni i III-të i Festivalit Ndërkombëtar i Filmit me Metrazh të shkurtër( Tirana International Film Festival-TIFF), nën përkujdesin e Ministrisë së Kulturës, Rinisë dhe Sporteve dhe Bashkisë së Tiranës.

12.12.2006 En el Edificio Nacional, de la avenida Baralt, en Caracas, está puesto un mural en homenaje a Simón Bolívar y a Manuela Sáenz.

08.12.2006 Marokossa oppineet naiset ovat päässeet mukaan tulkitsemaan islamin lakia. Se on kohottanut naisten asemaa ja johtanut uuteen lainsäädäntöön, kertoi Marrakeshin yliopiston professori Aicha El Hajjami. Hän puhui naisia ja vallankäyttöä uskonnoissa käsitelleessä keskustelutilaisuudessa ulkoministeriössä.

06.12.2006 Inicijativa Pravo na Grad i Zelena Akcija su danas na Cvjetnom trgu, u centru Zagreba prekrili čitavu jednu zgradu transparentom s natpisom "Totalna rasprodaja - Zagreb d.o.o". Akcija je izvedena u znak protesta protiv polutajnog plana izgradnje shopping centra i garaže u bloku oko bivšeg kina Zagreb na navedenom trgu, ali i ukupne netransparentne politike gradske uprave prema prostornim dobrima usmjerene isključivo na zadovoljavanje poslovnih interesa.

06.12.2006 The ACTIVE Local Youth Organization, working at the “Georgi Dimitrov” State Secondary School in Skopje, organizes the “High-School Open Theatre” manifestation. On Thursday, December 7, starting at 18:00 hours, theatrical plays, monologues, performances and musical plays will be staged at the “Georgi Dimitrov” high-school.

06.12.2006 Social Web? What's that? Sometimes Mimi likes to push the envelope, and to encourage her gentle readers to sit back and reflect on the latest advances in technology that are now - or soon will be - affecting African civil society. The social web, also called Web 2.0 by trendsetters, represents a new era of the Internet in which people no longer go on the web expecting to merely access information provided by others. Everyone can now comment on what they read, change it, rate it, and put up information of their own - all using new user-friendly web interfaces. Read more...

05.12.2006 E' morto ieri a Ouagadougou, capitale del Burkina Faso, lo scrittore e storico Joseph Ki-Zerbo. Considerato uno dei principali intellettuali africani, pubblicò diversi scritti tra cui la celebre "Histoire de l'Afrique noire", opera di riferimento sulla storia africana in cui espone concetti in antitesi con la descrizione riduttiva, discriminante e razzista in auge al tempo nella cultura europea. "Insegnandoci la storia dell’Africa ci ha insegnato a scoprirne la dignità e a vedere in una dimensione diversa i problemi africani. Ci ha fatto capire che l’Europa della colonizzazione ha il dovere di restituire all’Africa ciò che per secoli le ha rubato, soprattutto la sua cultura, le sue tradizioni, la sua storia, oltre che le sue risorse. Stiamo valutando l’ipotesi di creare una fondazione a suo nome a livello internazionale" - affermano Chiama l’Africa e CIPSI, legati allo scrittore da un rapporto intenso di stima, amicizia e stretta collaborazione inaugurato durante la prima campagna di Chiama l’Africa.

05.12.2006 Entre los artistas que se expresan por medios digitales existe un criterio generalizado de que la computadora funciona como una herramienta más para expresarse.

05.12.2006 Uusi informaatio- ja viestintäteknologia (ICT), kuten internet, multimedia ja kannetavat laitteet, muuttavat sekä ihmisten välistä kanssakäymistä että kulttuuria. Naisten oikeuksista puhuttaessa ICT:tä voidaan arvioida kahdella eri tasolla eli edustuksellisuuden ja viestinnän näkökulmista.

04.12.2006 A background note to the Indonesia Guide

04.12.2006 The Humanitarian Law Centre (HLC) condemns the decision of the organizing committee of the New Festival of Auteur’s Film to remove from its programme The Palace of the Sun, Lou Ye’s film in Chinese-French co-production.

04.12.2006 Miten uusliberalistinen markkinatalous vaikuttaa ihmisten identiteettiin? Entä pitäisikö uskontojen eettisten ohjeiden näkyä talouselämässä? Espoossa pidetyssä kulttuurifoorumissa kristityt ja muslimit keskustelivat muun muassa uskonnosta ja vallasta sekä pyhän käsitteestä. "Vakaumuksen ihmiset pitävät yllä humanitääristä toimintaa", uutisoi Suomen Lähetysseura. Lue myös ulkoministeriön uutinen.

04.12.2006 Helinä Rautavaaran museo on tehnyt kiertonäyttelyn, joka esittelee aasialaista tanssia. Tanssivat jumalat –näyttelyä lainataan maksutta kouluille ja laitoksille. Näyttely on toteutettu ulkoministeriön tuella. Tanssivat jumalat -näyttely koostuu yhdeksästä intialaista värimaailmaa henkivästä banderollista, jotka voidaan pystyttää esimerkiksi kouluun, päiväkotiin tai kirjastoon.