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• The Cultural Age Online and in the streets we encounter a more diverse range of cultures than ever before. Culture is a space in which values are expressed and interpretated. In partnership with the AHRC, Demos is hosting two seminars to investigate how policy-makers can link up with academics to think about what this means, and how the understanding of complex cultural issues can be brought into different policy areas. Researchers: Rachel Briggs Samuel Jones 5 BlogPosts 10 Themes
• Cultural Literacy Our identities comprise different senses of belonging to different groups at different times.  These are the cultures of which we are all a part, and our world is one of many cultures.  The problem is that there is a real lack in our skills to read other cultures.  One result is that our newspapers, media and websites carry numeorus stories about hostility between people, breeding a cycle of fear, insecurity and ultimately violence and prejudice.  To overcome this, we need a new skill: cultural literacy. Researchers: Samuel Jones 12 BlogPosts 6 Bookmarks 18 Themes
• As You Like It (past) This work examines the implications of current trends in the English Language for policy agendas. Run in association with Cambridge Assessment, and ESOL Examinations at the University of Cambridge, it will identify not only areas in which policy makers will have to change to meet the challenges posed by the emergence of variants of English - Englishes - but also how government and others can work with providers to take advantage of the many opportunites that 'Englishes' present... Researchers: Kirsten Bound Peter Bradwell 21 BlogPosts 24 Bookmarks 29 Themes
• Cultural Diplomacy (past) Following the recent public diplomacy review, now seems like a good time to revisit what we mean by cultural diplomacy and the ways in which culture helps to deliver Britain’s foreign, developmental, and sustainability objectives. This project asks what this means for cultural institutions and whether they could play a role in fostering public debate and engagement. It also set out a new and practical framework for policy makers and practitioners in the UK and beyond. Researchers: John Holden Kirsten Bound 99 BlogPosts 36 Bookmarks 26 Themes

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