and the European Union (EU) have joined forces for the EU4Culture project in Albania, which restores and revitalizes 24 culturally significant heritage sites that suffered damage during a devastating earthquake.
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Foundation film "A Thousand Colours" aims to humanize the notion of cultural diversity
's projects have supported women empowerment through education and training.
announced the inscription of 64 documentary collections on its Memory of the World Register, bringing the number of listed collections to 494 the process relaunches after a six-year pause.
Tea is an age-old symbol of wellbeing that appears in the arts, literature, music and boasts countless colours and varieties.
A jazz journey around the world
As the great Nina Simone said, "Jazz is not just music, it is a way of life, it is a way of being, a way of thinking". resented the flagship Jazz Day event, a spectacular All-Star Global Concert, will featuring an extraordinary selection of jazz performances from Austria to Zimbabwe, highlighting the power of jazz in bridging differences and promoting unity and peace through intercultural dialogue and collaboration.
The new publication recommends that the international community develop tailored assistance to protect and promote artistic freedom in emergency context.
brings us the story of the silk roads dating back to the first exchanges between China and the Roman Empire - beyond commerce these routes enabled the spread of ideas, knowledge and religions.
celebrates our shared heritage, because culture is a global public good.
There may be no universal understanding of creativity. The concept of creativity ranges from artistic expression to problem-solving and can be used in the context of economic, social and sustainable development. The creative economy too has no single definition. It is an evolving concept which builds on the interplay between human creativity and ideas and intellectual property, knowledge and technology. On World Creativity and Innovation Day (21 April), the world is invited to embrace the idea that creativity and innovation are essential for harnessing the economic potential of nations.
The Silk Roads Programme, one of s flagship initiatives, has served for more than three decades as a valuable tool for understanding how cultures and societies interact and enrich each other.
The story of the bells of Al-Saaa Convent dates back to 1876 when the bell tower was offered to Iraq by Empress Eugenie of France. Along the years, it became a powerful symbol for all Mosuls community members. The structure of the Al-Saaa Convent was damaged during the occupation of the city by Daesh and its convent was looted and ransacked. The Convent lost its clock and three bells. After years of silence, the clock and bells now echo again in the city thanks to s flagship initiative .
The story behind a painting typically starts with identifying the artist and when the work was produced. Truth be told, there are some allegedly prized paintings that tell a story of criminal deception. Art forgery can be lucrative and often go undetected, but , including radiocarbon dating using accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS), can reveal the fakes.
How? All living things, including a paintings canvas (made of natural fibres) or frame (made of wood), absorb carbon from the atmosphere, including carbon-14. Carbon-14 is an unstable isotope that decays at a known rate. When plants or animals die, they cease to absorb carbon, and the radioactive carbon already accumulated decays. Thus, the age of material can be determined by the amount of carbon-14 present, using AMS to measure the ratio of carbon isotopes.
presents the Meteora, a region of almost inaccessible sandstone peaks, monks settled on these 'columns of the sky' from the 11th century onwards. Twenty-four of these monasteries were built, despite incredible difficulties, at the time of the great revival of the eremetic ideal in the 15th century.
At the core of all the faith systems and traditions is the recognition that we are all in this together and that we need to love and support one another to live in harmony and peace in an environmentally sustainable world. As our world continues to be beset by conflict, , and the spread of hate speech, let us observe the International Day of Human Fraternity (4 February), while doubling our efforts to spread the message of good neighbourliness based on our common humanity - a message shared by all faith traditions.