Culture, Diversity and Heritage: Major Studies

• Main Author: Arizpe, Lourdes (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: SpringerBriefs on Pioneers in Science and Practice, 12
• Subjects: Political science.; Culture > Study and teaching.; International relations.; Anthropology.; Political Science and International Relations.; International Relations.; Regional and Cultural Studies.

The texts presented in this book trace the rise of culture as a major concern for development, international diplomacy, sustainability and national politics over the past two decades. As a major participant in anthropological field research, advocate for cultural freedom and decision-maker in intern...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Arbitrating Collective Dreams: Anthropology and the New Worlding
• The Ritual and the Promise: Why People Value Social Ritual
• Culture and Science
• The Intellectual History of Culture and Development Institutions
• Cultural Diversity as a Source of Creativity for Globalization
• How to Reconceptualize Intangible Cultural Heritage
• The Genealogy of Intangible Cultural Heritage
• Cultural Endowments at Risk in Induced Development
• Culture, Governance and Globalization
• Freedom of Choice, Democracy and the Zapatistas
• Equality of Vulnerability and Opportunity
• Convivencia: The Goal of Conviviability
• Freedom to Create
• Culture and Development: A Comparative Study of Beliefs.