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Preservation of Culture in

Preservation of Culture in. Shamsul A.B. National University of Malaysia. an Internetworked World. A paper for the ASEAN Regional Workshop 26-27 Jan 2000, APDC, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. CLASH OF CULTURES. Issues:

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  1. Preservation of Culture in Shamsul A.B. National University of Malaysia an Internetworked World A paper for the ASEAN Regional Workshop 26-27 Jan 2000, APDC, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

  2. CLASH OF CULTURES • Issues: • Culture of the Finite Planet World Vs Culture of the Infinite InternetworkedWorld • Impact of the Culture of the Infinite World upon the Culture of the Finite World • GENERAL CONCERN:Destruction of the Culture of the Finite World

  3. Culture of the FINITE World • Product of social arrangements created over time, for collective survival in the finite planet, ‘The World’ • Four types of categories of Culture • Cerebral • Collective • Concrete & descriptive • Social

  4. Culture of the INFINITE World • Living space as Infinite entity • Social Relations outside corporeal location • Creating Culture in the Infinite World • Simulated Social life, IMAGE-TO-IMAGE • Could this threaten the Culture of the Infinite World?

  5. DISCOURSE & ACTION Two Main Viewpoints a. THE BREAKDOWN VIEW: Moralistic b. THE BREAKOUT VIEW: Political economy

  6. a. THE BREAKDOWN VIEW: Moralistic • Culture an idealized perfect entity • Culture can be corrupted • Culture eroded and destroyed • Culture must be preserved

  7. b. THE BREAKOUT VIEW: Political Economy • Culture a Social construction • Flexible, Modifiable, Renewable • Ever-Changing, Phases & Faces • Preserved, Regenerated THRO’ Fragmentation

  8. THE DOMINANT VIEWPOINT: Breakdown View • WHY? • Represents the interest of the state • Strong homogenizing tendencies • Definer of ‘National Culture’ & custodian • ‘Nation-State’ Vs. ‘Globalization’ • Infinite Culture threat to the Finite National Culture • Breakdown View = ‘Official View’

  9. MINORITY VIEWPOINT: The Breakout View • WHY Serious Consideration? • Culture, set of Symbolic exchanges • Liberate relationships from spatial referents • Always fragmented (Class, Ethnicity,etc.) • Could be produced and reproduced anywhere • Final articulation, always localized • In-Built survival and preservation mechanism

  10. POLICY & PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS • ICT is a means NOT an end • ICT Culture & the abuse Threat • ICT Culture or Capitalist Culture? • ICT Culture & the differentiated Society • Access to ICT

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