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cAIR10 7-10 April 2010 Graz, Austria

cAIR10 7-10 April 2010 Graz, Austria. Welcome! Richard Parncutt Martina Koegeler. Old news: Skin color and poverty. One billion people are hungry. They are mostly black. A child dies due to hunger or poverty every 5 s. . ~. International Conference on Financing for Development

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cAIR10 7-10 April 2010 Graz, Austria

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  1. cAIR10 7-10 April 2010 Graz, Austria Welcome! Richard Parncutt Martina Koegeler

  2. Old news: Skin color and poverty One billion people are hungry. They are mostly black. A child dies due to hunger or poverty every 5 s.

  3. ~ International Conference on Financing for Development Monterrey, Mexico, 2002 world’s 22 richest countries pledge: 0.7% of national income in ODA (official developmental assistance) ~$200 billion/year (cf. Iraq war: ~$100 bn/year) ~could eliminate extreme poverty (Sachs, 2005) Average current level of ODA ~0.33% USA~ 0.22%

  4. Official Developmental Assistance in 2006 as % of gross national income – by country  Sweden UN target: 0.7% USA

  5. Official Developmental Assistance Why is only Sweden paying 1% GNI? Is Sweden special? Better education? Less sexism and racism?

  6. Skin color, culture, violence Genocides and politicides 1955-2001 Sudan, South Vietnam, India, Punjab China, Iraq, Algeria, Rwanda, Congo-K, Burundi, Indonesia, China, Guatemala, Pakistan, Uganda, Philippines, Pakistan, Chile, Mexico, Angola, Cambodia, Indonesia, Argentina, Ethiopia, Congo-K, Afghanistan, Burma, El. Salvador, Uganda, Syria, Iran, Sudan, Iraq, Somalia, Bosnia, Burundi, Rwanda, Serbia Barbara Harff (2003). No lessons learned from the holocaust? Assessing risks of genocide and political mass murder since 1955, American Political Science Review, 97, 57-73.

  7. Skin color and child soldiers

  8. Skin color and life expectancy

  9. AIDSArea of country on map is proportional to number of AIDS deaths per year

  10. Female genital mutilation (FGM)

  11. Infant mortalitydeaths per 1000 live births

  12. Death penalty in the USAmore likely if killer black or victim white

  13. Drug dealers in Austria 2000-2007: Austrian media reports suggest • most drug dealers are black • most blacks are drug dealers 2006 national police report on drugs: No. of arrests of suspected drug dealers • 61% Austrian • 8% Nigerian (~15% black) The media did not publish this. There was no apology. No-one knows.

  14. Skin color and literacydark blue = under 50%

  15. Global warmingmore serious in the tropics

  16. Are the following racist acts? • Not paying 0.7% GNP for ODA • Instead financing the Iraq war • Using “War on terror” as a distraction • Ignoring unfair trade, tax oases • Not signing Kyoto • Not promoting condoms to prevent HIV • Not addressing indigenous health issues • Not rejecting far-right politics

  17. European xenophobia Far-right parties have significant support in most EU countries

  18. Interculturality in current European news • Italy • Lega Nord triumphs in regional elections • Russia: • Islamic suicide bombers in Moscow underground • France, Belgium • When is Burka/Niqab ok? • Switzerland • no new minarettes • Turkey • promotes Turkish-language schools in Germany • convinces US to avoid term “genocide” • threatens to expel 100,000 Armenians guest workers

  19. Interculturalityin current world news • USA • success of first black president • Israel • settlements in East Jerusalem • Iran • G8 threaten sanctions • China • conflict with Google

  20. Graz today • NGOs • human rights • legal advice • language • employment • women’s issues • ikndividual minorities • Research • SE Europe • history, literature • religion • sociology, • psychology • cultural studies • anthropology • philosophy

  21. Intercultural history of Grazthe Austro-Hungarian empire • 16th -18th C.: Turkish wars “normal” xenophobia • 1867-1918 Monarchy • about 20 official languages☺ • From 1870 German-nationalism • 1939: Annexation by Nazi Germany  popular support for Nazis unclear • 1945: Austria = “victim of Nazism”  less denazification than in Germany

  22. Intercultural history of Graz postwar • 1955: state treaty, neutral republic • 1960s: guest workers from SE Europe • 1990s: immigration from E & SE Europe • 2000: Austrian government coalition with far-right “freedom party”; EU sanctions • 2001: Human rights city

  23. Accepting difference

  24. Interaction between cultures

  25. Awareness of your own … …and other cultures

  26. Equal rights and dignity

  27. Tolerance for ambiguities

  28. Main aims of cAIR Short term: • synergize practice and research  please emphasize this synergy in all presentations! Long term: • promote intercultural communication • reduce racism  difficult to monitor

  29. cAIR: Communities of practiceEqual opportunity as a prerequisite for constructive collaboration • Equal rights and obligations • practitioners and researchers • practitioners/researchers in different areas • languages, religions, skin colors • Analysis, exposure and deconstruction of implicit theories of • self-superiority

  30. Welcome to cAIR10!Submissions by country

  31. Welcome to cAIR10!submissions by topic Promising: • Visible symptoms • health • minorities, refugees • towns, cities • Awareness raising • arts • education • language • Not enough? • Big forces • global politics • business, economics • mass media • Cultural detail • religion • ways of thinking

  32. Progress is possible! Historical examples • French revolution • American independence • Abolishment of slavery • Education and voting for women • Defeat of dictatorships • International declaration of human rights • International criminal court • Internet and transparency  Elimination of extreme poverty and racism?

  33. Martin Luther KingAfrican American civil rights movement, 1963 I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.

  34. Wangari MaathaiNobel Peace Prize 2004 for contribution to sustainable development, democracy and peace We can work together for a better world with men and women of goodwill, those who radiate the intrinsic goodness of humankind. To do so effectively, the world needs a global ethic with values which give meaning to life experiences and, more than religious institutions and dogmas, sustain the non-material dimension of humanity. Mankind's universal values of love, compassion, solidarity, caring and tolerance should form the basis for this global ethic which should permeate culture, politics, trade, religion and philosophy.

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