Sustainable digital access to cultural heritage has become an important policy goal and field of research. In Flanders (Belgium), a collaborative interdisciplinary research project is being carried out that looks into challenges posed by sustainable digital archiving and access as they affect cultural, educational and scientific sectors. This presentation focuses on the challenges that need to ...

We ARE a multicultural society. That is a fact. The policy of multiculturalism adopted by the Fraser Government recognised that fact and adopted programs of affirmative action designed to ensure that migrants have equality of opportunity to participate in all aspects of life in Australia. It was a policy of INTEGRATION not assimilation. It encouraged cultural diversity but not separatism. Its p...

The goal of the research paper is to explore both the concept of cultural safety and its practical implications for policies and programs designed to improve the health of Aboriginal people and the wellness of Aboriginal communities. The paper demonstrates the concept of cultural safety can shift from a being a tool to deliver health care services to individuals to a new and wider role. The con...

Numerical phases have rich cultural connotations and connect closely with culture. Along with the extension of China’s reform and opening up policy, cross-cultural communication tends to be wider. The comparative research on cross-cultural languages is very important. Because of different cultural backgrounds, the cultural connotations of Chinese and English numerical phases are quite different...

When cultural economists look at the public support for the arts, they distinguish between two aspects: the positive issue where one analyses the extent of support by the government, and the normative issue whether or not the arts should be publicly supported and, if so, to what extent. In the second case, the cultural economist desires to inform the public about an appropriate policy, a welfar...

The purpose of this paper is to consider the relevance and consistency of socio-cultural theory to inclusive practices and the implementation of current government policy on inclusion. The policies of the NSW DET for the development of inclusive schooling will be examined. The implications of recent legislation as well as the recent initiatives such as Special Education initiative, curriculum c...

This article addresses issues for child protection managers, such as hiring, program design, service evaluation, and policy development. It presents three frameworks for levels of organizational change: cultural sensitivity, which modifies existing services to better meet the needs of target populations; self-reflective cultural sensitivity, which calls for managers to be aware of personal and ...