Introduction to Cultural Mapping, and its relevance in the 31C4　UNESCO’s objectives and lessons learnt（PPT 23页）.ppt

Putting Cultural Diversity into Practice: Some Innovative Tools Training for Asia Pacific Field PersonnelBangkok, Thailand, 15-19 December 2004 Introduction to Cultural Mapping, and its relevance in the 31C/4UNESCO’s objectives and lessons learnt 天马行空官方博客：/tmxk_docin ; QQ:1318241189 Three questions to be addressed: What is cultural mapping? Why has UNESCO become involved in cultural mapping? What are the lessons learnt? Reference 32 C/5 programme action: Integrating cultural pluralism and intercultural dialogue in the development of indigenous peoples “They tore off our fruitsThey broke our branchesThey burned our trunksBut they could not dry our roots” Quote from an indigenous community in Oxaca, Mexico I. What is cultural mapping?  Cultural mapping in the context of empowering indigenous communities is a technique, a tool and methodology that allows to: elucidate indigenous knowledge create media that permit different voices and cultural systems to enter into dialogue with one another Examples of mapping place name hunting territories elders’ knowledge animal behaviour cultural landscapes archaeological sites ethno-ecological knowledge location of food and medicine plants ethnic and language boundaries family territoriesetc. Mapping is not just restricted to the physical world, i.e.Beaver Indians of Northern British Columbia would dream maps of trails for hunting. Wisdom maps represent values and morality, i.e. the Western Apache elders associate moral tales with the myths surrounding each place name in their territory. other Mapping can express many types of relations It is about: peoples, the land, water, the night sky memories the world of the ancestors this life, the spiritual world and the lives of those still to come One landscape may have very different meanings for different cultures. It is often this lack of cultural dialogue and understanding that causes such sharp conflict between indigenous peoples and dominant