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The meaning of culture in global policy for sustainable development

Online talk with Cornelius Holtorf, Professor of Archaeology, Department of Cultural Sciences at Linnaeus University, Sweden.

Info about event

Time

Thursday 5 December 2024,  at 10:30 - 12:00

Location

Online by Zoom

Organizer

CultureSustain network


The meaning of culture in global policy for sustainable development


Online talk with Cornelius Holtorf, Professor of Archaeology, Department of Cultural Sciences at Linnaeus University, Sweden

The talk will be conducted in English.

“In my talk, I will begin by reviewing various academic definitions of culture.
I will then discuss the difficulties that arise in global policy contexts when there are competing (and confusing) understandings of the term 'culture'. This applies not only to the ongoing campaign to include culture in the Post-2030 Agenda but also to the efforts to do justice to the significance of culture in the work of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
I will conclude by sharing some of my own views on why culture matters in global contexts and what 'cultural sustainability' may mean.”


Organised by the research network CultureSustain