Is Culture the Key to Safeguarding Indigenous Rights?
40 percent of the estimated 6,700 languages spoken around the world are in danger of disappearing. Most of these languages are indigenous languages, w...
Culture & traditions (Videos)
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Culture and traditions are part of the intangible cultural heritage. They are transmitted from generation to generation, and are constantly recreated by communities and groups in response to their environment, their interaction with nature, and their history. They provide people with a sense of identity and continuity, and promotes respect for cultural diversity and human creativity.
Why Architects are Looking to the Past to Build the Sustainable Cities of Tomorrow
In this episode, UNESCO sits down with Thomas Vonier, President of the International Union of Architects, to discuss the designation of Rio de Janeiro...
This is the Stuff of Life
From the coaxing ritual for camels of Mongolia to the Bigwala music and dance of Uganda, the latest episode of Culture Speaks focuses on Living Herita...
Reviving the Spirit of Mosul
This episode provides an in-depth look at UNESCO's new initiative to "Revive the Spirit of Mosul", the largest reconstruction effort undertaken by UNE...
Integrating Culture into Reconstruction and Recovery
In this episode, Sameh Wahba, Director of the Social, Urban, Rural and Resilience Global Practice of the World Bank, reveals why the world's largest d...
ICTs: The key to safeguarding intangible heritage?
This special youth edition of Culture Speaks features a young change-maker and UNESCO Youth Forum participant, Tamara Richardson, who describes the ke...
Tourists behaving badly? Making sustainable tourism a reality at World Heritage sites
Last year, more than 1.2 billion people travelled across international borders, a trend that is only set to continue. As the number of people travelli...
The Digital Revolution
In this episode of Talking about Culture, we feature an interview with Danielle Cliche, secretary of the 2005 Convention, and Octavio Kulesz, a UNESCO...
What Are Cultural Rights?
Did you know that the ability to access, participate in and contribute to cultural life is considered a human right? In the latest episode of the Cult...
Exploring World Heritage
In this first instalment of "Talking About Culture", Francesco Bandarin, assistant director-general for culture of UNESCO, offers an eye-opening accou...