Theme : cultural_literacy
- Building Cultural Literacy Last month, I spoke at a conference at Fudan University in Shanghai. The paper I gave was about the role of cultural providers like museums and the role that they have in building the skills in reading and interpreting cultures. You can download the paper here. from : samjones 17th July 2007
- Building Cultural Literacy from : samjones 17th July 2007
- Museums and Cultural Literacy On 26th and 27th June, I'll be at a conference on Museums and International Collaboration. I'll be delivering a paper on museums, and their role in 'Building Cultural Literacy'. You can find out more, and read a synopsis of the paper here. from : samjones 13th June 2007
- Cultural Literacy We’re currently developing some work around the idea of cultural literacy. Both Cultural Diplomacy and As You Like It raised the need to focus on a new skill. Mass communication enables us to express and focus on individual interests to a greater degree than ever before and culture has come to the fore as a means by which, and space in which, we relate to each other. But do we have the skills with which we can make the most of this? Historians offer an insight onto what these skills might be. from : samjones 17th April 2007
- Culture Flows Through English Channels, but Not for Long - An article from Wired suggesting that one of the challenges to cultural diversity lies in the media dominance of the English language. from : samjones 13th April 2007
- The cultural origins of anti-Americanism An article that raises some interesting points about the cultural roots of old world attitudes to the new world. from : samjones 12th April 2007
- newsobserver.com | Students require arts smarts newsobserver.com | Students require arts smarts from : samjones 5th April 2007