Inspirational Speech given on the occasion of the meeting of German as well as selected Austrian, Polish and Swiss UNESCO Chairs from 28 to 29 October 2011 at the Technische Universität Dresden, Germany

Denna uppsats är en kulturanalys av den svenska fikakulturen. Fika är en social institution i Sverige som innebär att ta en paus från en aktivitet eller bara ta en paus i vardagen för att dricka en kopp kaffe eller annan dryck och äta något sött till i sällskap med vänner, familj, bekanta eller arbetskollegor. Jag undersöker med hjälp av intervjuer, frågeformulär, observationer och arkivmaterial varför en så vardaglig företeelse som fika skulle kunna nomineras som immateriellt kulturarv, hur en eventuell kulturarvsprocess skulle kunna se ut samt vad i fika som eventuellt kan vara immateriellt kulturarv. Jag har även undersökt vad fika innebär för människor och kaffets roll. Vad innebär det om man till exempel inte dricker kaffe men ändå fikar? Resultatet visar att fika, trots begreppets omgärdande normer och regler, kan omtolkas för att passa för stunden och för individen. Begreppet fika skulle kunna bli immateriellt kulturarv då det uppfyller de kriterier Unesco ställer. I fikats fall handlar det inte om att bevara eller trygga; det handlar snarare om att uppmärksamma och synliggöra.

The master thesis contains an analysis of guiding services in all the UNESCO locations in the Czech Republic. There is a special emphasis on the current situation in Prague because the position of the capital city in the incoming tourism is unquestionable. A part of the analysis is formed with a brief comparison of Prague with Vienna and Budapest.

This thesis presents an ethnographic examination of a discrete convergence between geology and society. It is communicated through the geoparks model that has shaped a policy of sustainable territorial development, as grown out of a motivation seeking to promote wider awareness and engagement with issues of geological heritage, conservation and sustainable development. The research is devised by way of an adaptive set of methods, bringing data from the field as experienced in rocky outcrops across case study geopark sites, at the formal dissemination of the approach in geopark network conferences, and by informal internet access to a dispersed online community of geoparkians. In so doing I seek to open a window looking out on one perspective of anthropology in the Anthropocene. The research follows the flow of geoparks policy as guided and shaped by a defining charter and statutes, which after nearly two decades of lobbying and promotion have now become an official programme with the United Nations Education Science and Culture Organisation (UNESCO). By utilising an anthropological examination of geoparks policy, rather than blandly accepting an essentialised view that aspires to be passed from site to site around the globe as the programme expands, this thesis provides a critical assessment of previously taken for granted terms and mobilizing metaphors. It explores the underpinning philosophy of geology that has impacted upon the forms and direction in which the geoparks are being developed. It evaluates the function and application of a form of audit culture that seeks to ensure accountability and progression as the model is expanded into new territories, and considers how a more singular pure vision of geoparks is being balanced with multiple and often complex enactments, as seen notably through the analysis of how three case study sites; English Riviera Geopark (UK), Katla Geopark (Iceland), and Marble Arch Caves Geopark (UK and Ireland) are practiced on the ground.

Festrede anlässlich des Festaktes der Deutschen UNESCO-Kommission e.V. zum 40-jährigen Jubiläum der UNESCO-Welterbekonvention im Theater Vorpommern in Stralsund am 21. Juni 2012

Thèse (Ph.D.)--Université Laval, 2008. / Bibliogr.: f. 411-441. Publié aussi en version électronique dans la Collection Mémoires et thèses électroniques.

Thesis (Ed.D.)--Teachers College, Columbia University. / Typescript. Includes tables. Sponsor: Goodwin Watson. Dissertation Committee: Donald Tewksbury, Lyman Bryson, . Type B project. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 163-165); "Annotated audio-visual bibliography" (leaves 139-162).

Univ., Diss., 2006--Kassel.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Oregon, 2004. / Typescript. Includes vita and abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 293-307). Also available for download via the World Wide Web; free to University of Oregon users.

Submitted by Giuliana Kauark (giukauark@gmail.com) on 2018-05-25T12:53:48Z No. of bitstreams: 1 TESE_versao final.pdf: 2164873 bytes, checksum: 3a835430639159da8dd5ad403cd7cb4e (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Setor de Periódicos (per_macedocosta@ufba.br) on 2018-05-30T20:56:41Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 TESE_versao final.pdf: 2164873 bytes, checksum: 3a835430639159da8dd5ad403cd7cb4e (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-05-30T20:56:41Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 TESE_versao final.pdf: 2164873 bytes, checksum: 3a835430639159da8dd5ad403cd7cb4e (MD5) / Na contemporaneidade, a diversidade cultural emerge como conceito jurídico e político não isentam de disputas e ambiguidades. Buscando compreender essa problemática, a pesquisa desenvolvida visa a analisar o processo de institucionalização da diversidade cultural na agenda internacional por meio da aprovação da Convenção de 2005 sobre a Proteção e a Promoção da Diversidade das Expressões Culturais no âmbito da UNESCO e sua tradução em termos de políticas culturais nacionais. Diante dos desafios de implementação do supracitado documento, nosso objetivo foi analisar as medidas e políticas desenvolvidas pelos Estados Partes, notadamente Brasil e França, a partir de análises documental e empírica. Com efeito, nos ativemos às narrativas construídas a partir dos relatórios quadrienais apresentados a UNESCO pelos países analisados, bem como às entrevistas com gestores e pesquisadores atuantes nos cenários brasileiro e francês. A diversidade cultural como oximoro restará, finalmente, evidente ao percebermos diferentes interpretações sobre o tema ao mesmo tempo em que assemelha o discurso.