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Date Posted: 06:25:26 11/08/01 Thu
Author: Pete Knopf
Subject: Welcome to Culture

�Culture is becoming an increasingly critical medium for economic, educational, and political transactions, not just an amenity.

�Globalization is increasing the importance of cultural understanding.

�Cultural assets are increasingly strategically important to communities.
--What are some of these strategic uses?

�Cultural organizations, from a humanities point of view, include far more than performing and visual arts organizations, although these are included. Cultural organizations include historic sites/museums, heritage organizations, children�s museums, leadership organizations, libraries, leadership organizations, bar associations, economic development entities, and a host of educational organizations.

�Cultural organizations, their leaders, and their resources may provide some of the locally focused leadership for communities, as corporations move and globalize their attention.

�Cultural assets may be used by communities to help �brand� communities as they compete for talent and expertise, as well as educate and nurture those who already live there.

--How do we honor and express various cultural traditions?

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