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</b></span><span class="" style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif;">Amy Stevenson <<a href="mailto:amy.stevenson@culturaldevelopment.net.au" class="">amy.stevenson@culturaldevelopment.net.au</a>></span></div>
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</b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">FW: Upcoming Global Frictions Seminar Session: 'Can Culture Be Developed?' hosted by the Centre for Global Research, RMIT University</b><br class="">
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<span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Date:
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<img apple-inline="yes" id="8D8964A2-46EA-4AFC-8A7F-C380575BC29C" height="640" width="640" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D1C1BF.8B8AAA90"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 24.533334732055664px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(127, 127, 127);" class="">Global
Frictions Seminar Session hosted by the Centre for Global Research:</span><span lang="EN-AU" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
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<b class=""><i class=""><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 27.600000381469727px; font-family: Arial;" class="">Can culture be 'developed’? And if so, whose culture and to what end?<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></i></b><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 27.600000381469727px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" class=""> </span><span lang="EN-AU" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 24.533334732055664px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(127, 127, 127);" class="">Thursday</span><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 24.533334732055664px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(127, 127, 127);" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>23
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<span lang="EN" style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 24.533334732055664px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(127, 127, 127);" class="">RMIT University, Storey Hall, Building 16, Level 7, Conference Rooms 1 and 2</span><span lang="EN-AU" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: Arial;" class=""><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/342-348+Swanston+St,+Melbourne+VIC+3000,+Australia/@-37.809049,144.9617733,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x6ad642cb9dfa0e57:0x94b0e82ecb04a53f!8m2!3d-37.809049!4d144.963962" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">Map</a></span><span lang="EN-AU" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.399999618530273px; font-family: Arial;" class="">Culture is increasingly recognised as the fourth pillar of sustainable development in the ‘developed world’, with international peak bodies such as United
Cities and Local Government (UCLG) identifying culture as a policy domain that governments should consider and support. A Committee for Culture was recently established by UCLG in the Asia-Pacific region, indicating a likely relevance to Asian and Pacific
nations including many considered as ‘developing’. However, this impetus is not universal, with neither the Millennium Development Goals nor the recent Sustainable Development Goals, identifying culture as a focus for policy and activity. This disparity might
be appropriate given the different development trajectories of rich countries and the developing world, or these international progress initiatives might be missing a vital link.</span><span lang="EN-AU" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.399999618530273px; font-family: Arial;" class="">Issues to be examined include: what role should or could culture play in desired futures for the developed and developing world? Can cultures be developed
and if so, how? How can those changes be understood and assessed?</span><span lang="EN-AU" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.399999618530273px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" class="">The session will bring<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.399999618530273px; font-family: Arial;" class="">together
scholars and practitioners with expertise on culture and development from Australia, Europe and Asia.</span><span lang="EN-AU" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
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<b class=""><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.399999618530273px; font-family: Arial;" class="">Key people:</span></b><span lang="EN-AU" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.399999618530273px; font-family: Arial;" class="">Mr John Smithies (Director, Cultural Development Network and Principal Research Fellow, Centre for Global Research, RMIT)</span><span lang="EN-AU" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; line-height: 16.866666793823242px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;">
<span lang="EN" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.399999618530273px; font-family: Arial;" class="">Ms Holly Schauble (Director, Many Hands International, Australia and Timor Leste)</span><span lang="EN-AU" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; line-height: 16.866666793823242px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;">
<span lang="EN" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.399999618530273px; font-family: Arial;" class="">Mr Thomas Lopes (Health Promotion Officer, Many Hands International, Australia and Timor Leste)</span><span lang="EN-AU" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; line-height: 16.866666793823242px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;">
<span lang="EN" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.399999618530273px; font-family: Arial;" class="">Dr Christiaan De Beukelaer (School of Culture and Communication, University of Melbourne)</span><span lang="EN-AU" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; line-height: 16.866666793823242px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;">
<span lang="EN" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.399999618530273px; font-family: Arial;" class="">Dr Kim Dunphy (Convener) (Research Program Manager, Cultural Development Network and Principal Research Fellow, Centre for Global Research, RMIT)</span><span lang="EN-AU" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.399999618530273px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" class="">The Global Frictions Seminar Series is a program of free public seminars exploring key issues and debates in the field of global
studies.</span><span lang="EN-AU" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
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<b class=""><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.399999618530273px; font-family: Arial;" class="">Registration and bookings</span></b><span lang="EN-AU" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
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<b class=""><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.399999618530273px; font-family: Arial;" class="">To RSVP and for more information, email <a href="mailto:globalresearch@rmit.edu.au" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">globalresearch@rmit.edu.au</a></span></b></p>
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