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The Children of an “Infinity of Cultures*” A Human Rights Approach to Cultural Mixing / Les enfants d’une “infinité de cultures”: une approche fondée sur les droits humains au brassage culturel

Category: Event By: Emilie Wilson

Event date: 26 October 2021

Watch again: the UN Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights, Karima Bennoune, and the Coalition for Religious Equality and Inclusive Development (CREID), in the launch of the Special Rapporteur’s final report to the UN General Assembly.

Rejoignez la Rapporteuse Spéciale des Nations Unies dans le domaine des droits culturels, Karima Bennoune, et la Coalition pour l’égalité religieuse et le développement inclusif (CREID), lors du lancement du rapport final de la Rapporteuse Spéciale, à l’Assemblée générale des Nations Unies.

**Title quote from the Haitian poet, Jacques Stephen Aléxis

Faced with rising claims about monolithic cultures and cultural “purity” around the world, and with rising threats in many contexts, whether of the destruction of the cultural diversity of Afghanistan or the erasure of mixed identities in Japan, the speakers will address how those who value rights-respecting cultural openness and hybridity can defend these practices.

How can we preserve histories of cultural mixing in the past and ensure their possibilities in the present and future so as to protect cultural rights for all?

Face aux revendications croissantes pour des cultures monolithiques et pour la ‘‘pureté’’ culturelle à travers le monde, et face aux menaces croissantes dans de nombreux contextes, qu’il s’agisse de la destruction de la diversité culturelle de l’Afghanistan ou l’effacement des identités mixtes au Japon, les intervenantes aborderont la façon dont ceux et celles qui valorisent l’importance d’une ouverture et d’une hybridité culturelles respectueuses des droits humains peuvent défendre ces pratiques.

Comment préserver les histoires du brassage culturel du passé et assurer leurs possibilités dans le présent et l’avenir afin de protéger les droits culturels pour tous/toutes?

Speakers/intervenants

  • Karima Bennoune, UN Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights and Visiting Professor, University of Michigan Law School (Algeria/USA) / Rapporteuse Spéciale des Nations Unies dans le domaine des droits culturels et professeure invité, University of Michigan Law School (Algérie/États-Unis)
  • Wole Soyinka, Writer, Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, 1986 / Écrivain, lauréat du prix Nobel de littérature, 1986 (Nigeria)
  • Omaid Sharifi, Artivist and Co-Founder, ArtLords / Artiviste et co-fondateur de ArtLords(Afghanistan)
  • Pragna Patel, Founder and Director, Southall Black Sisters / Fondatrice et directrice de Southall Black Sisters (UK/Royaume Uni)
  • Hiroko Tsuboi-Friedman, UNESCO 2005 Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions Expert Facility member /Membre de la Banque d’expertise de la Convention de 2005 sur la protection et la promotion de la diversité des expressions culturelles (Japan/Japon)
  • Mariz Tadros, Director, CREID, and Professor of Politics and Development at the Institute of Development Studies / Directrice de la Coalition pour l’égalité religieuse et le développement inclusif et professeure de politique et développement à l’Institut Des Etudes sur le Développement (Egypt/UK; Égypte/Royaume-Uni))

This event will feature simultaneous interpretation in French and British Sign Language.This event will feature simultaneous interpretation in French and British Sign Language.

#culturalmix

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See also…

Stop homogenising us: mixing and matching faith and beliefs in India and beyond (analysis)

The Grand Egyptian Festival: religion, heritage and social cohesion (analysis)

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