Feb 5, 2018 | Publications
Earlier in 2018, a moral panic erupted over so-called “African gangs” in Australia after federal and state politicians became vocal about “African youth” since December last year. UNESCO Chair in comparative research on cultural belonging and...
Dec 13, 2017 | Publications, UNESCO
Professor Dimitri Spivak’s new paper on intercultural dialogue in the cultural strategy of UNESCO, was recently published by one of the leading journals in the field, ‘Culture and Dialogue’, The paper is mostly a result of internal discussions,...
May 7, 2017 | Publications
In Turned Inside Out: Reading the Russian Novel in Prison, Steven Shankman reflects on his remarkable experience teaching texts by Fyodor Dostoevsky, Vasily Grossman, and Emmanuel Levinas in prison to a mix of university students and inmates. These persecuted...
May 2, 2017 | Publications, UNESCO, UNITWIN Network
Today most societies across the world are witnessing rising levels of social and cultural diversity brought about by globalisation and in particular increased human mobility and significant advances in information and communications technologies. The dilemma,...
Jan 2, 2016 | Publications, UNESCO
“Re|Shaping Cultural Policies – A Decade Promoting the Diversity of Cultural Expressions for Development” – UNESCO News The biennial Global Report that tracks the 2005 Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions has...
