Implementing UNESCO's Convention on Cultural Diversity at the regional level: Experiences from evaluating cultural competence centers
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In: International Journal of Cultural Property, Vol. 27, No. 4, 01.11.2020, p. 511-525.
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Implementing UNESCO's Convention on Cultural Diversity at the regional level
T2 - Experiences from evaluating cultural competence centers
AU - Betzler, Diana
PY - 2020/11/1
Y1 - 2020/11/1
N2 - This article deals with the question of whether regional cultural competence centers foster the diversity of cultural expressions and how the objectives of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization's (UNESCO) Convention on Cultural Diversity are implemented. By introducing the Convention on Cultural Diversity, the conditions of regional cultural policy governance, and the idea of regional cultural competence centers, a framework for evaluation is outlined. The evaluation of four regional cultural competence centers in the Swiss Central Region shows that fostering cultural diversity is complex and has many different approaches and effects. The final discussion concludes that principles such as interculturality, freedom, and access for all under the Convention on Cultural Diversity can promote a diversity of cultural expressions but that these criteria have to be set from outside - for example, by public funding institutions - so that regional actors implement them.
AB - This article deals with the question of whether regional cultural competence centers foster the diversity of cultural expressions and how the objectives of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization's (UNESCO) Convention on Cultural Diversity are implemented. By introducing the Convention on Cultural Diversity, the conditions of regional cultural policy governance, and the idea of regional cultural competence centers, a framework for evaluation is outlined. The evaluation of four regional cultural competence centers in the Swiss Central Region shows that fostering cultural diversity is complex and has many different approaches and effects. The final discussion concludes that principles such as interculturality, freedom, and access for all under the Convention on Cultural Diversity can promote a diversity of cultural expressions but that these criteria have to be set from outside - for example, by public funding institutions - so that regional actors implement them.
KW - cultural diversity
KW - cultural policy
KW - evaluation
KW - UNESCO
KW - Cultural studies
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85106158930&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1017/S0940739121000059
DO - 10.1017/S0940739121000059
M3 - Journal articles
AN - SCOPUS:85106158930
VL - 27
SP - 511
EP - 525
JO - International Journal of Cultural Property
JF - International Journal of Cultural Property
SN - 0940-7391
IS - 4
ER -