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Cultural dialogue in the context of globalisation

The fourth World Congress ran alongside IOV’s General Assembly and examined how traditional culture responds to global change.

2007

Historical archive

Historical note

The fourth IOV World Congress on Folk Culture was held in Athens and Volos in 2007 together with the seventh World General Assembly.

Its central subject was cultural dialogue in the context of globalisation. The programme connected cultural identity with urbanisation, changing values, integration and education.

View across Athens, Greece
Context image of the host place; not a photograph of the meeting. Contemporary regional view · image source recorded in the assemblies attribution ledger

Recorded themes

  • Cultural identity within globalisation processes
  • Functions of art and the impacts of globalisation
  • Rural-to-urban transition and traditional culture
  • Educational and pedagogical values of traditional culture

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