cultural diversity

1. cultural diversity

2. research history #1 Attempting to fit in the round hole: researching diverse sites and speeches, verifying all sources participating in various conferences on cultural diversity

3. wsis gazette.pdf wg-b_e.pdf grant_vf.pdf Hanley.pdf PLNNAT03-te.pdf canadian.pdf 9901pospaper.pdf acheson_culture.pdf CBC_Submission_May_ 2002.pdf Lachapelle.pdf http://216.239.39.104/search?q=cache:OxHnoz0XxYsJ:www.manhattan-institute.org/hazlett/canadian.pdf+british,+canadian+television+policies&hl=en&ie=UTF-8 http://www.pch.gc.ca/pc-ch/pubs/info-news/vol_01/no_03/culture_e.cfm http://www.mcc.gouv.qc.ca/international/diversite-culturelle/eng/network.html http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/INFO_SHT/b308.htm http://www.pch.gc.ca/progs/ai-ia/ridp-irpd/02/quebec_e.cfm Patrimoine Québec and Heritage Canada sites http://www.crtc.gc.ca/ENG/publications/reports/PolicyMonitoring/2002/gic2002.htm http://www.chin.gc.ca/English/Intellectual_Property/Developing_Policies/goals.html http://www.cpa.ca/cjbsnew/1996/ful_noel&cle.html http://216.239.39.104/search?q=cache:PxZPdzupSN0J:www.incore.ulst.ac.uk/home/policy/eval/canadian.pdf+anglophone+and+francophone+television+policy&hl=en&ie=UTF-8 http://www.mcc.gouv.qc.ca/international/diversite-culturelle/eng/speeches00.html http://www.cdc-ccd.org/Anglais/Liensenanglais/events/meeting/mccaskill_eng.html http://216.239.39.104/search?q=cache:6qg_kurQZOsJ:www.iigr.ca/conferences/311003/pdfs_311003/Lachapelle.pdf+cultural+diversity+and+sheila+copps+and+louise+beaudoin&hl=en&ie=UTF-8 http://www.mcc.gouv.qc.ca/international/diversite-culturelle/eng/review2003-2.html The speeches of Sheila Copps and Louise Beaudoin research history #2these are half the quantity of sites and documents I researched without finding clearly articulated, well-defined policies

4. research history #3since unable to find succinct, well-defined policies to compare, at any of the sites with the exception of…the unesco universal declaration on cultural diversity, (paris,november 2nd); which is made up of 12 articles, and 20 steps to be used towards implementation. which can be found at…http://portal.unesco.org/culture/en/ev.php@URL_ID=2977&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html or the pdf 127160m-2.pdf

5. scope • I decided, to instead of focusing on macro-social, and comparing policies of different nations, to take the micro-social or intra-personal approach • …meaning I will not be taking cities, countries, nations, or continents and their policies as samples…instead, I will be taking myself in the context of the concepts learned in this class, to make an attempt at expressing my own paradigmatic views as ‘politique’…comparing how they differed before and after ‘the accident’

6. 2 overt goals -understandglobalisation -understand comparative analysis 1 covert goal -as a p.h.d. student one is expected to not only understand these concepts…but to develop one’s own point of view relative to each of these goals (a self-reflexive p.o.v.) what were we supposed to learn in this course?

7. …because I was unable to find clear, concise, and meaningful policies to compare, I decided to use my own experience to create some policies of my own. But to do so credibly meant that: -I had to translate my own paradigms into policies (‘politiques’) -demonstrate an understanding of globalisation -demonstrate an understanding of comparitive analysis

8. cultural diversity …and moi

9. definition of terms used in this presentation • globalisation(my understanding of the term) • comparative analysis • culture • cultural diversity • Me x 5 (incarnations, disguises, or ‘chapeaux’) • me1: television professional • me2: accident victim • me3: dysfunctional handicapped member of society • me4: student • me5: director …and still counting

10. globalisation • primarily an economic phenomenon, involving the increasing interaction, or integration, of national economic systems through the growth in international trade, investment and capital flows . • Which also involves a rapid increase in cross-border social, cultural and technological exchange as part of the phenomenon of globalisation.

11. comparative analysis to use Smelser’s definition: -a form of analysis permitting the discovery of specific variation between human beings, social arrangements, and the fruits of their endeavours. -now, in a sense, all description, all explanation, and in fact all language itself is based on comparative analysis. -Smelser defines it as follows: the description and explanation of similarities and differences (mainly differences) of conditions and outcomes, among large-scale social units, usually regions, nations, societies, and cultures.

12. culture At its simplest level, is any form of epistemic community. Any group with shared knowledge.

13. Cultural diversity …an acceptation, and sometimes a celebration of the extent to which individuals in that community vary (both a reduction and vulgarisation).

14. Me x 5 (disguises, or ‘chapeaux’) • me1: television professional • me2: accident victim • me3: dysfunctional handicapped member of society • me4: student • me5: director …and counting

15. our context • north american, quebecois, montrealais, uqam-ien, student of communications, at the doctorate level: • very multicultural, very multilingual, multi-experiential, and very diverse in general • strong ‘bonhommie’ + mutually encouraging • -an extremely postmodern setting

16. I used to think… I used to (and still do, to an extent), think of being handicapped as ‘other’ use to think that being handicapped means that you one is functionally, intellectually, and psychologically impotent growing up in Montreal, I used to think that speaking a different language constitutes being diverse I now believe: I now think being handicapped definintely places you as ‘other’, but I now realise so does everything else in life… it definitely places you…one…me, into a group that is limiting; both by members of that group, and by the society in which it lives I now believe that many things constitute being diverse, and that it is up to the desire and force of the individual to accept them, or reject them in part or in their entirety my ‘politiques’: differencesin the sense that Gaetan Tremblay explained…Le politique : secteur des relations de pouvoir.

17. I used to think… In terms of (social) power, one had none when and if one is put in the handicapped stereotype that social status very much affects how you are percieved and treated by others I now believe: That there is a wealth of latent strength and power; whether one accepts the sterotype, or if one plays with it I can now confirm how critical one’s social status is, that it goes wayyyyy beyond one’s physical appearance, manners, grooming and politeness in determining how you are percieved and dealt with my ‘politiques’: differencesin the sense that Gaetan Tremblay explained…Le politique : secteur des relations de pouvoir. La gouvernance de soi par rapport aux autres. A cultural studies point of view.

18. conclusion: • Everybody in society should undergo an extreme accident For two reasons: • to undergo extreme shock and severe trauma to force an alternate perception of reality • to experience what it is like to being ‘diverse’ first hand …, perhaps imposing the extreme shock is impractical and unrealistic, but a role-playing exercise complete with assets to gain and lose, AND with different strategies to use