culture 2014- Swaziland-

http://www.irinnews.org/fr/report/83937/swaziland-a-culture-that-encourages-hiv-aids
Interesting look at a culture that is attacking its own diversity through its behaviours in the Southern African nation of Swaziland

culture 2014- Brazil

http://www.mongabay.com/history/brazil/brazil-the_brazilian_way.html

Look at perhaps a 'Brazilian culture'

http://www.brazilrus.com/culture-and-people/

overview of Brazilian regional differences

http://countrystudies.us/brazil/35.htm
basics of the Amerindian population

http://www.survivalinternational.org/tribes/uncontacted-brazil
info on some of the most isolated- and what threatens their survival and therefore their diversity

2014 culture paper- Nauru

http://www.everyculture.com/Ma-Ni/Nauru.html

The basics of Nauru culture

culture paper - China and Tibet

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/mar/10/dalai-lama-tibet-china

http://www.culturalsurvival.org/publications/cultural-survival-quarterly/china/survival-tibetan-culture

http://tibet.net/2007/04/07/chinas-impact-on-tibetan-cultural-and-linguistic-identity/

http://www.mtac.gov.tw/mtacbooke/upload/09409/0202/2.pdf
impact of railway built by Chinese on Tibet

http://www.cwru.edu/affil/tibet/booksAndPapers/Impact_China_Reform_Policy.htm


http://www.globalization101.org/the-impact-of-globalization-on-tibet-2/

globalisations impact on Tibet

http://news.xinhuanet.com/zhengfu/2002-11/18/content_633172.htm
china's view of changes to Tibetan culture since 1959

http://www.academia.edu/1319076/Chinas_minority_education_policy_with_reference_to_Tibet

education policy- impact on culture in Tibet

Culture paper 2014- EUculture?

http://www.lse.ac.uk/publicEvents/pdf/20060215-Figel.pdf

Interesting lecture notes- is there a European culture?

http://www.eurozine.com/articles/2013-07-12-odoherty-en.html

Interesting article

http://www.debatingeurope.eu/2011/12/19/is-a-european-identity-possible/#.UzbU1KRF3IU

Some interesting quotes on whether there could ever be a European culture

culture paper 2014- Algeria

http://www.minorityrights.org/4083/algeria/berbers.html
details about Berber culture

http://www.dayan.org/commentary/bruce_The%20berber%20culture%20movement.pdf
globalisation and the berber

http://www.economist.com/blogs/pomegranate/2014/02/berbers
fortunes of the berbers

http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/security/2014/02/algeria-sectarian-conflict-ghardaia-reflects-mismanagement.html#
modernisation a threat to Mozabite diversity

http://www.african-bulletin.com/7536-the-baground-of-mozabite-issue-in-algeria.html

Background to the issues

2014- culture report

http://journals.culture-communication.unimelb.edu.au/platform/resources/includes/vol2_1/PlatformVol2Issue1_Movius.pdf
Article about cultural globalisation rather than global culture

Culture report 2014- France

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/3601299/Disney-fini-Dont-take-the-Mickey.html

The French reaction to Disneyland- a bit old but some good points

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/merde-asterix-screwup-shows-mcdonalds-just-cant-get-it-right-in-france/
Is McDonalds a threat to French gastronomy

 

 

http://www.gmu.edu/programs/icar/ijps/vol2_2/seljuq.htm

cultural conflict- North African immigrants in France

2014 culture report- useful article

http://www.sagepub.com/upm-data/24132_19_Hollway_Ch_19.pdf
a useful article to read

The Culture report 2014- North Korea

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/oct/15/north-korea-pyongyang-secret-culture

From 2010, so pushing it time wise but still very useful, insightful information.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-03-26/an-north-korea-video-shows-karaoke-salons/5347926

This video is poor quality but is reportedly from inside North Korea- of Karaoke and beer drinking- not exactly traditionally North Korean.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-16243995

An overview of life in North Korea

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-26747649
the haircut link

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b03txq49/Panorama_Educating_North_Korea/
I player

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