Address by Amadou-Mahtar M'Bow, Director-General of UNESCO, at the opening of the Jokkmokk Symposium on 'Museums and the Cultural Continuity and Identity of Indigenous Peoples'; Jokkmokk (Sweden), 23 June 1986
Speech on cultural diversity in the contemporary world, the particular problem of minority identities in the industrialized countries, referring to the example of the Samé in Sweden (probably the earliest inhabitants of northern Scandinavia), and to new trends in museology - ecomuseums - referring t...
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Language: | English Arabic Russian |
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23 June 1986
1986
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Online Access: | https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000069509 |
Summary: | Speech on cultural diversity in the contemporary world, the particular problem of minority identities in the industrialized countries, referring to the example of the Samé in Sweden (probably the earliest inhabitants of northern Scandinavia), and to new trends in museology - ecomuseums - referring to the mission of the Swedish Mountain and Samé Museum, designed to be a national museum, meeting place and the main museum of Samé culture in Sweden, briefly recalls UNESCO's role in safeguarding minority cultures |
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