THE GLOBAL AND THE LOCAL

I gave a lecture on "Access to Justice During the Civil Conflict," based on the research I had done with a team of six researchers through UNDP, at the Institute for Advanced Study on Asia at  Tokyo University. You can view their website here: http://www.ioc.u-tokyo.ac.jp/project/tobunkenseminar.html

This article was printed in 2005, after King Gyanendra's takeover, in ISIS International, an organization which documents feminist visions and strengthens social movements from the Phillippines. I noted that the cultural songs and dance of the Panchayat period were making a comeback after the King's takeover, and wrote this article as a reflection on the meaning of cultural diversity. You can read the online  version here. http://isisinternational.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=275&Itemid=261 Due to some errors I noted in the website, I am cutting and pasting a copy-edited version below. Culture Is Dead, Long Live Culture by Sushma Joshi Can a country promote cultural diversity through media as a deliberate national policy, or will all such policies eventually end up “Disney-fying” cultures by stripping them down to their most basic, visible symbols? After the Nepalese King’s Proclamation of February 1, 2005, which suspended democratic r...