Art & Culture
A new kind of TV: Cleverman
Already generating local anticipation and international buzz, with a second series already committed to by the Sundance Channel in the US, Cleverman represents a new chapter in Indigenous storytelling on screen.
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Screen Australia launches the next steps for Gender Matters: Brilliant Careers and Brilliant Stories
Screen Australia has announced the next step in Gender Matters, the five point, $5 million plan over three years to address the gender imbalance within the Australian screen industry. Working closely with the Gender Matters Taskforce, Screen Australia will on 28 January launch two new funding programs as part of this initiative: Brilliant Careers and Brilliant Stories.
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UNESCO Strategy Reinforces Protection of Culture and Heritage in Armed Conflict
In November 2015, the 38th General Conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) adopted a Strategy for the reinforcement of the organization’s actions for the protection of culture and the promotion of cultural pluralism in the event of armed conflict.
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UK's major new project aims to light the fuse of economic growth
A UK major new project is being launched to explore how the creative, digital and IT (CDIT) sector in North East UK can be developed in order to play a leading role in the region’s economy.
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Ethiopia to host 11th meeting for the Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage
Ministry of Culture, 2014La danza del wititi del valle del Colca (Perú)
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Gender Matters – Screen Australia’s focus on female led creative teams
Screen Australia announced a five point, $5 million plan over three years for Gender Matters, a suite of initiatives that address the gender imbalance within the Australian screen industry on 7 December.
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International Expert Meeting on the Responsibility to Protect as applied to the Protection of Cultural Heritage
UNESCO organized an International Expert Meeting on the Responsibility to Protect as applied to the Protection of Cultural Heritage from 26 to 27 November 2015. The primary purpose of the meeting was to discuss the concept of Responsibility to Protect and its possible application to the protection of cultural heritage.
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Fifteen elements added to the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Ministry of Youth, National Service, Sport & Culture of Namibia, 201Oshituthi shomagongo, marula fruit festival (Namibia)
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Unlocking India's printed heritage
An international team is to digitise and give free online access to one of the world’s most important collections of South-Asian language printed books. A pilot project for a major digitisation initiative – Two Centuries of Indian Print – was announced today by the British Library, with the support of funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council through the Newton Fund.
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