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Language, Culture & Heritage Bibliozone

 

 

In September, Foresight For Development turns the spotlight on the future of African Language, Culture & Heritage.

Featured in Bibliozone this month is a collection of publications related to language, literature, culture, heritage and philosophy futures. The selection of documents is partial and based on accessible material. Therefore, we would like to invite everyone to supplement our library with additional materials.

 

From our FFD library:

Here are the publications available in our library:

• Language
• Literature
• Culture
• Heritage
• Philosophy

Language

Africa

• African Languages and Information and Communication Technologies: Literacy, Access, and the Future
• An Odyssey of Words: Evolution of the Arabic Language in the 20th Century
• Functional Seclusion and the Future of Indigenous Languages in Africa: The Case of Cameroon
• The Future of Languages of Kenya: Adopting the Principles of Environmental Conservation
• The Inventions of African Identities and Languages: The Discursive and Developmental Implications

Global

• A Future of Fewer Words? - Five Trends Shaping the Future of Language
• Colonisation, Globalisation, and the Future of Languages in the Twenty-first Century
• Disappearing Languages
• English as a global language: Its historical past and its future
• How the language you speak affects your future
• Instant Messaging and the Future of Language
• Language Death versus Language Survival: A Global Perspective
• The Effect of Language on Economic Behavior: Evidence from Savings Rates, Health Behaviors, and Retirement Assets
• The Future of English?
• The Future of Language
• The Future of English as a World Language
• The Future Of The English Language
• The Uncertain Future of the English Language
• What is the Future of the English Language? Perhaps better put, What is the Future of the Englishes?

Literature

Africa

• African Language Literature as a Weapon against African Language Marginalization
• Europhonism, Universities, and the Magic Fountain: The Future of African Literature and Scholarship
• The festschrift tradition in African literature: Its implications for the future of African literary criticism
• The Past, Current and Future State of African and Caribbean Writing and Publishing

Global

• MMOGs and the Future of Literature
• The Future of Literary Imagination and its Forms in Relation to Catalan Achievement
• The Future of Literature in the Age of Information
• The Future Poetry

Culture

Africa

• Creative South Africa: A strategy for realising the potential of the Cultural Industries
• Cultural Identity and the Future of Africa
• Culture and development: A response to the challenges of the future?
• Globalization and the future of African culture
• The effects of globalization on culture in Africa in the eyes of an African woman

Global

• Cultural Maturity
• Cultural Maturity: Scenarios for the Future
• The Evolution of Culture: trapped in two cultures with one future
• The Future of Culture
• The Future of Culture in a Global Setting
• The Futures of Cultures: Present Images, Past Visions, and Future Hopes

Heritage

Africa

• African Cultural heritage and the World Heritage Convention - First Global Strategy Meeting
• A Guide for African Local Governments: Cultural Heritage & local development
• Conservation of Immovable Cultural Heritage in Sub-Saharan Africa
• Cultural Heritage Strategy for the City of Cape Town
• Final Draft National Heritage and Cultural Tourism Strategy (ZA)

Global

• Future of Cultural Heritage Impact of external developments
• Mapping Heritage: A Participatory Technique for Identifying Tangible and Intangible Cultural Heritage
• Preserving our Past with Toys of the Future
• Why cultural heritage matters: A resource guide for integrating cultural heritage management into Communities work at Rio Tinto

Philosophy

Africa

• African Philosophy and the Future of Africa
• Sagacity in African Philosophy
• Towards The 21st Century Globalisation of African Philosophy
• Whither Philosophy in Africa?

Global

• Philosophy and the Future
• The future of philosophy
• The Future of Philosophy
• The Living Future in Philosophy

 

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