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			Publications on Cultural Policy Listed here are publications written by Center staff relating to cultural policy, UNESCO and Center initiatives.

'Theorizing Cultural Heritage': Rockefeller Foundation Humanities Fellowships

Article by 2004-2005 fellow Robert Albro.
"The Challenges of Asserting, Promoting and Performing Cultural Heritage." Read here.

Article by 2004-2005 fellow Christina Kreps.
"Indigenous Curation as Intangible Cultural Heritage: Thoughts on the Relevance of the 2003 UNESCO Convention." Read here.

Article by 2004-2005 fellow Sita Reddy "Making Heritage Legible: Who Owns Traditional Medical Knowledge?" Read here.

Publication -Safeguarding Traditional Culture:

Publication of the proceedings of the 1999 Smithsonian-UNESCO meeting on Safeguarding Traditional Cultures, entitled:

"A Global Assessment of the 1989 Recommendation on the Safeguarding of Traditional Culture and Folklore: Local Empowerment and International Cooperation" held at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., from June 27-30, 1999. Read here.

Individual Articles:

James Early
Towards a New Cultural Democracy: Artistic Expressions, Culture and Sustainable Development (Reflections on the meeting of artists and cultural workers in Santorini, Greece, September 2000) Read here.

Articles published in past editions of Talk Story:

James Early
'Second Inter-American Meeting of Ministers of Culture and Highest Appropriate Authorities Produces Compromise Declaration' Talk Story, Fall 2004, No. 26 p13. Read here.

James Early
'UNESCO Legal Instrument to Promote and Protect Cultural Diversity: Genuine or Not?' Talk Story, Spring 2004 No. 25 p8 and 13. Read here.

Frank Proschan

'"Mekong Lifeways" opens in Vietnam' Talk Story, Fall 2003 No. 24 p12. Read here.

Ralph Rinzler

'A Festival to Cherish our Differences' reprinted from the 1976 Bicentennial Festival Program in Talk Story, Fall 2003 No. 24 p8-9. Read here.

Richard Kurin

'UNESCO Considers Draft for Intangible Cultural Heritage Convention' Talk Story, Spring 2003 No. 23 p8-9. Read here.

James Early and Peter Seitel

'UNESCO Draft Convention for Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage: "No Folklore without the Folk"' Talk Story, Fall 2002, No.22 p19. Read here.

James Early

'Cultural Democracy: A Global Warming' Talk Story, Spring 2002 No. 21 p12. Read here.

James Early and Peter Seitel

'UNESCO Meeting in Rio: Steps toward a Convention' Talk Story, Spring 2002 No. 21 p13. Read here.

Peter Seitel

'Proceedings of Smithsonian-UNESCO Conference Forthcoming' Talk Story Fall 2001 No. 20 p13. Read here.

Amy Horowitz

'Center and UNESCO to Co-host Conference' Talk Story, Spring 1999 No.15 p7. Read here.