Culture and Development Roundtable

Director: Alberta Arthurs
November 1, 1996 - May 1, 1997

The concept of "culture and development" is surfacing today at the World Bank, the British Council, UNESCO, SIDA, and other agencies within the development community. At the base of this concept is the recognition that cultural factors--ranging from religion to artistic expression--fortify or impede movements toward democratization and modernization. This project aimed to find and examine the best definitions and ideas, to produce a conceptual framework for the subject, and to determine the best practices in the field. Speakers addressed the issue through the lenses of religion, anthropology, identity, and the arts.

Meetings

Roundtable Meeting

Development and the Arts: Ways in Which Artistic Expression Advances Change

Presider: Alberta Arthurs
Speakers: Kwame Anthony Appiah, Harvard University
Jean Franco, Columbia University
June 12, 1997
Roundtable Meeting

A New Geo-Religious Reality: The Changing Religious Landscape and Its Implications

Presider: Alberta Arthurs
Speakers: Diana Eck, Harvard University
Clifford Chanin, Rockefeller Foundation
April 23, 1997
Roundtable Meeting

Growing Artificial Societies

Presider: Alberta Arthurs
Speakers: Robert Axtell, The Brookings Institution
Joshua M. Epstein, The Brookings Institution
Kenneth Prewitt, Social Science Research Council
March 25, 1997

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