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Culture in Motion: Practice in Contemporary International Development
Almost a decade after the UN World Decade for Cultural Development (1988-1997), we still face common questions. Why and how does culture matter in development? Is culture marginal or essential for economic and/or community development? Can increased attention to culture have a positive impact on global poverty-reduction efforts? Culture in Motion will attempt to address a number of needs and questions as well as provoking thought and offering opportunities for engagement on cultural practices in the development field. There is a great need to “keep the flame” of culture and development alive, and Culture in Motion will invite multi-directional dialogues and collaborative engagement between students, thinkers, academics and practitioners on the differing meanings and roles of ‘culture’ that is deployed in the field of development.
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