EUROPEAN ART AND CULTURE BETWEEN FREE TRADE AND CULTURAL DIVERSITY. A DELICATE DIALOGUE?

 

Date: 15 -16 December 2006

 

Venue: High Tech Centre, Helsinki, Tammasaarenkatu 1-7, located in the district of Ruoholahti.

 

LINKS

 

INTERESTING ARTICLES

In some cases articles are stored in this site, in other cases they will be links to other sites

 

1) REGULATIONS AND LAWS

 

Bossche, Van den, Peter. 2006. Free Trade and Culture A Study of Relevant WTO Rules and Policy Options for the Protection of Cultural Values. Summary of the conference paper (PDF)

Dahrendorf, Anke. 2006. Trade meets Culture. The Legal Relationship between WTO rules and the UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions. Maastricht Working Papers. Faculty of Law.

 

2) AUDIOVISUAL SECTOR AND CREATIVE INDUSTRIES

 

Freedman, Des. 2005. GATS and the audiovisual sector. An update. Global Media and Communication. Volume 1(1): 124-128. SAGE Publications.

Herold, Anna. 2003. European Public Film Support within the WTO Framework. IRIS plus, Legal Observations of the European Audiovisual Observatory, Issue 2003-6.

Loisen, Jan. 2006. Can the existing WTO legal framework take into account the cultural specifity of the audiovisual sector? In Obuljen, N. Smiers, J.(eds.) UNESCO's Convention on the Protection and the Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions: Making it Work

Neuwirth, Rostam J. 2002. The Cultural Industries and the Legacy of Article IV GATT: Rethinking the Relation of Culture and Trade in Light of the New WTO Round. Paper presented at Conference on Cultural Traffic: Policy, Culture, and the New Technologies in the European Union and Canada, Carleton University, 22-23 November 2002.

Pauwels, Caroline & Loisen, Jan. 2003. The WTO and the Audiovisual Sector. Economic Free Trade vs Cultural Horse Trading. European Journal of Communication, Vol. 18, No. 3, 291-313 (2003). SAGE Publications.
Wiedemann, Verena. 2006. Empowering Audiovisual Services for the Future (PDF). In Obuljen, N. Smiers, J. (eds.) UNESCO's Convention on the Protection and the Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions: Making it Work

Wiedemann, Verena. 2004. Cultural Diversity: The Central Mission of Public Service Broadcasting at the Crossroads of WTO and UNESCO. Paper presented on December 11th 2003 at the World Electronic Media Forum, Geneva.

Widemann, Verena. 2004. Public Service Broadcasting, State aid, and the Internet: Emerging EU Law. In Diffusion online 2004/47.

 

 

3) ARTS, HERITAGE, TOURISM AND FREE TRADE

 

Albro, Robert. 2005. Making Cultural Policy and Confounding Cultural Diversity. Available at Cultural Commons.

Barlow, Maude. 2001. The Global Monoculture: ‘Free Trade’ Versus Culture and Democracy. Earth Island Journal. Autumn 2001.

Benhamou, Françoise & Peltier, Stéphanie. 2006. How to Assess Cultural Diversity? Evidence from the French Publishing Industry. Paper presented at 14th International Conference of the ACEI Vienna, 6-9 July 2006.

Broude, Tomer. 2005. "Taking 'Trade and Culture' Seriously: Geographical Indications and Cultural Protection in WTO Law" (May 1, 2005). SSRN Electronic Paper Collection.

Farchy, Jöelle & Rainaivoson, Heritiana. Cultural diversity: towards a multidimensional approach. The case of music industry (doc). Paper presented on 6-9 July 2006 at 14th International Conference of the ACEI, Vienna.

Frau-Meigs, Divina. “Cultural exeption”, national policies and globalisation: imperatives in democratisation and promotion of contemporary culture. Quaderns del CAC. Issue 14.

German, Christophe. 2006. Towards a global “Cultural Contract” to counter trade-related cultural discrimination (PDF). In Obuljen, N. Smiers, J. (eds.) UNESCO's Convention on the Protection and the Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions: Making it Work

Graber, Christoph Beat. 2006. The New UNESCO Convention on Cultural Diversity: a Counterbalance to the WTO? Journal of International Economic Law Vol. 9 No 3. Oxford University Press. 2006. NOTE! FULL TEXT OF THIS ARTICLE IS ONLY AVAILABLE TO SUBSCRIBERS OR ON A PAY PER ARTICLE BASIS.

Jamieson, Bruce. 2000. Trade Liberalization: Culture, Identity and Social Cohesion. Department of Canadian Heritage (PDF). Available on Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada.

Palma Martos, Maria Luisa & Palma Martos, Luis. 2006. Fixed Book Pricing in Spain: A Debate Between Economic Efficiency and Cultural Diversity (doc). Paper presented on 6-9 July 2006 at 14th International Conference of the ACEI, Vienna.

Stenou, Katérina (ed.). 2004. UNESCO and the Issue of Cultural Diversity. Review and Strategy, 1946-2004 (PDF).

Tunney, James. 2004. World Trade Law, Culture, Heritage and Tourism. Towards a Holistic Conceptual Approach? Current Issues in Tourism. Vol 7, No. 4&5. NOTE! FULL TEXT OF THIS ARTICLE IS ONLY AVAILABLE TO SUBSCRIBERS OR ON A PAY PER ARTICLE BASIS.

 

 

ORGANISATIONS

 

The IFLA (International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions) position on the World Trade Organisation

EBLIDA (European Library and archive association) statement on the WTO GATS negotiations. Libraries and trade in services (PDF)

Boylan, Patrick: Culture and World Trade (PDF). ICOM (International Council of Museums) news

WTO (World Tourism Organisation). Fair Trade and Tourism in the Framework of the Programme of Work of the World Tourism Organisation for the Period 2006-2007 (PDF)

International Network for Cultural Diversity. WTO Trade Negotiations: Doha Development Agenda Threatens Cultural Diversity (pdf). Available at www.suisseculture.ch.

European Audiovisual Observatory. Media Law € Policy

European Coalitions for Cultural Diversity. Final Declaration (PDF). Meeting in Brussels, January 17 and 18, 2006

 

WTO, UNESCO, EU

 

World Trade Organisation (WTO)

GATT

GATS

TRIPS

 

UNESCO

UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions (PDF)

UNESCO Universal Declaration on Cultural Diversity

UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Recent publications on culture and communication statistics in the world

 

Council of Europe, cultural policy

Council of Europe. Council for Cultural Co-operation. CDCC-BU (2000) 9. Cultural Policy  and International Trade - An Assessment.
Council of Europe. Council for Cultural Co-operation. Culture Committee. CC-CULT (2001) 15. Towards a Transversal Strategy for Promoting Cultural Diversity. Draft agenda, item 9.1.

European Parliament resolution on the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) within the WTO, including cultural diversity - 12 March 2003 (PDF)

European Parliament: Services Directive

European Commission. Trade issues.

EUMAP. Television across Europe.

 

 

OECD - MAI

 

 

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