Abstract
Diversity is the source of the human capacity to develop: we think by associating different images; we identify by contrasting ways of living; we choose from an array of options; we grow by rebuilding our confidence again and again through dialogue. In this new beginning, to cope with the momentous challenges of sustainability, governance and conviviability in a global era, we need all the creativity we can summon from around the world.
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This paper was delivered at the New York University seminar on ‘Culture and Trade’, New York, 5–10 March 2000. Unpublished.
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“The World Welcomes America’s Cultural Invasion”, in: International Herald Tribune, 26 October 1998: cover page.
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These figures are even more striking compared to those of 1992, when the EU-12 had an audiovisual trade deficit with the USA of US$860 million in cinema, US$1,716 million in television programmes and US$1,153 million in video films (Council of Europe 1997: 328). European broadcasters have become huge markets for imported television programmes. Some European governments therefore advocate quotas on the proportion of foreign programming that national channels can show. After a long debate, the European Union agreed in 1997 to a ‘Television without Frontiers’ directive, aimed at setting quotas for domestic television programmes. However, intense opposition, led by Britain, added to the directive ‘where practicable’, rendering the provision ineffectual.
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“Un livre n’est pas, pour l’auteur, une marchandise, un objet de commerce; c’est un usage de ses forces qu’il peut concéder à d’autres, mais qu’il ne peut jamais aliéner”. Document by the French delegation to UNESCO, 2004.
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Debate on L’exception générale pour la culture, l’audiovisuel et l’exclusion de la propriété littéraire artistique dans les accords A.M.I.: une question de survie, organized by the Société des auteurs et compositeurs dramatiques (SACD), held at UNESCO in 1997.
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Arizpe, L. (2015). Cultural Diversity as a Source of Creativity for Globalization. In: Culture, Diversity and Heritage: Major Studies. SpringerBriefs on Pioneers in Science and Practice(), vol 12. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-13811-4_6
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