The Second World Culturelink Conference was dedicated to the dynamics of communication in a world marked by rapid changes. These changes, influenced especially by the development of new information and communication technologies, affect the very ways of communication. Discussions thus focused on new ways and actors of communication, as well as on the new possibilities of networking and the role of networks in promoting intercultural dialogue and cooperation. The book's first and second chapters are dedicated to globalization processes, their consequences and the redefined roles of all actors involved in the cultural field (the role of the state, of local communities, professional organizations etc.). The analysis of the cultural policies and development of partnership between civil society and the private sector is also included. The third part of the book presents papers on cultural diversity – especially with a view to the UNESCO Convention on the Protection of the Diversity of Cultural Contents and Artistic Expressions – multiculturalism and new cultural identities, intercultural communicating. The fourth chapter has been dedicated to the new ways of communicating and cooperating, cultural networks, digital culture, and unequally representation of digitalisation at the global levels. For more information, CLICK HERE [Text: Culturenet]

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