Full Coverage: Culture

27.07.2005 The inclusion of the Old Bridge in Mostar and the Old City on UNESCO’s list of world cultural heritage is a huge achievement for Bosnia and Herzegovina and introduces a brighter future for B&H cultural heritage, concluded the round-table discussion “Mostar – Global Cultural Heritage: Perspectives for the Coming 10 Years”.

27.07.2005 Rock ‘n Roll has a new partner: Sunshine. Throughout Austin, Texas outdoor events are tapping into the sun, and skeptics--who argued solar-power would diminish sound quality--are being proven wrong: the stages provide sound for up to five-thousand people and are receiving rave reviews from the music industry.

26.07.2005 The image of Serbia in the European countries and the US is chiefly related to war, poverty and instability, and there is a stereotyping of Serbs as aggressive and war-mongering nation, show the results of a poll conducted by “Exit Team” and “TraNSfer” Club od Psychology Students during the EXIT 05 Music Festival.

26.07.2005 As a result of the cooperation between the Amnesty International Croatia and the Motovun Film Festival, the “Amnesty International Film Award” will be awarded for the best short or feature film on the subject of human rights presented at the Festival that will take place July 25-29 in Motovun, Istria.

25.07.2005 Palestine's art scene is remarkably vibrant; Ramallah and Gaza held successful theatre festivals this summer. Although some have questioned art's importance in a war zone, Abdelfattah Abu-Srour, of the Gaza Theater Festival, explains that theatre allows people to release the “anger, frustration, and pressure they live under, and to deliver their message in a peaceful, nonviolent, and civilized way.”

21.07.2005 Arts Engine's film "Deadline" received an Emmy Award nomination this week for Outstanding Continuing Coverage of a News Story in a News Magazine. The film explores Illinois Governor George Ryan's 2003 decision to pardon all 171
Death Row prisoners and recounts the legal storm surrounding the decision.

20.07.2005 Le trafic Internet du continent africain prendra bientôt des itinéraires plus courts et, par conséquent, moins onéreux.

Ce printemps, l’association des associations de fournisseurs d’accès Internet africains, AfrISPA, a fait connaître les deux soumissions gagnantes qui ont été présentées dans le cadre de sa demande de propositions pour fournir des connexions Internet directes entre les pays africains. (L’établissement de ces connexions s’appelle « échange de trafic régional entre homologues »; les sociétés qui assurent ces connexions s’appellent « exploitants régionaux ».)

20.07.2005 Zimbabwean artist Owen Maseko says public toilets are "the only democratic place left where members of the public can say exactly what they want to say without fear of retribution." His installation of toilet walls adorned graffitti-style with political sentiments drew much attention at the Khululeka Exhibition in Bulawayo.

19.07.2005 Il existe deux faits saisissants au sujet des universités africaines et de la largeur de bande. Le premier est que l’université moyenne en Afrique possède la même largeur de bande globale qu’un simple utilisateur de l’Amérique du Nord ou de l’Europe. Le deuxième est que l’université africaine moyenne paie 50 fois plus pour cette largeur de bande que les universités d’Europe ou d’Amérique du Nord, qui jouissent d’une capacité beaucoup plus grande.

19.07.2005 The World Bank Office to B&H congratulated the citizens of Mostar on the decision by the UNESCO Committee on World Heritage to list the Old Bridge and the historical quarters of the city into the list of world monuments of cultural heritage.

18.07.2005 Raped, and abandoned by their husbands for "shaming their honor," a group of Kenyan women started their own village ten years ago. Today the all-female community continues to flourish and act as a safe haven for young women escaping violence and forced marriage. The women run their own tourist campsite and a cultural center where they sell traditional crafts and jewelry, and have been so successful they are able to send their children to school for the first time.

12.07.2005 Creative actions to promote fair trade chocolate are being organized at screenings of "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" around the U.S. While we're enjoying Wonka chocolate bars, says Global Exchange, West African cocoa producers remain impoverished by unfair trade practices and hundreds of thousands of children work dangerous tasks on cocoa farms. You can make a difference in their lives this week!

08.07.2005 Ce qui caractérise la langue française, c'est sa non-neutralité. Dans les grammaires et les dictionnaires, le masculin semble être l'unique donnée de la langue et le féminin, une sorte d'artifice. Lorsque la grammaire stipule que le "masculin" l'emporte sur le "féminin", il ne faut pas y voir un phénomène "naturel". Il faut comprendre ici que le langage est autant une construction sociale et politique que le véhicule inconscient de cette société.

07.07.2005 On Tuesday, July 5, the Cultural Centre Kotor organized the “Preserve the Stari Grad Art Gallery” action. The action was organized to protest the decision of the Municipal Council to close the Art Gallery and transform it into a telecommunications and services office.

06.07.2005 A one-day day debate was held at UNESCO on the subject of “Islam, media and public opinion”. The event was organized by the Islam and Laicism Commission in France, the French League for Human Rights in cooperation with UNESCO and the French National Commission for UNESCO.

05.07.2005 Montréal - le 28 juin 2005 - Le vernissage de l'exposition " Imagine Montréal living life in peace " s'est tenu le mardi 28 juin dans les locaux de MusiquePlus. À cette occasion ont été dévoilées, en leur présence, les photos et les témoignages de " 25 " personnalités qui affirment leur attachement aux droits humains.
La Ville de Montréal hébergera l'exposition dans le Hall de l'Hôtel de Ville du 30 juin au 11 juillet, puis, après un passage dans les vitrines de MusiquePlus/MusiMax, rue Sainte-Catherine, les photos de Michel Cloutier seront exposées au Complexe Desjardins du 18 au 25 août.

04.07.2005 Use your video phone to shoot a message to G8 leaders, and send them straight to OneWorld TV's G8 platform. Don't have a video phone? Check out what others have already posted on the OneWorld TV website.

01.07.2005 Worldwide concerts featuring the biggest names in music--U2, Destiny's Child, Coldplay, Dave Matthews Band, Tim McGraw, Madonna, Sting, and more--along with an expected one million spectators and perhaps a billion worldwide viewers all come together Saturday with one purpose--to make poverty history. Add your name to the Live8 petition telling leaders to make world poverty history at next week's summit.