14 February 2006
Webchat To Examine Impact of Globalization on Cultural Diversity
Professor Tyler Cowen also to discuss U.S. funding of the arts
As the world's peoples adjust to increased globalization, concerns about the impact on cultural diversity are surfacing with increasing regularity.
During a February 15 webchat, Tyler Cowen, professor of economics at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, and general director of the James M. Buchanan Center for Political Economy, will answer questions about U.S. cultural diversity, how America funds the arts, the effect of globalization on culture and the proposed UNESCO Convention on the Promotion and Protection of Cultural Diversity.
The online dialogue is sponsored by the State Department’s International Information Programs (IIP).
More information about Cowen may be found on the university Web site.
You may monitor this webchat between 1:30 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. EST (1830-1930 GMT) on February 15. To ask a question or make a comment during the webchat, please register at iipchat@state.gov. If you already have participated in one of our previous discussions, there is no need to register again. Simply use the same user name and password. We neither require nor encourage the use of full names. You may also submit questions ahead of time to iipchat@state.gov.
The transcript of this webchat will be available on USINFO’s Webchat Station, where information about other upcoming webchats also is available.
(Distributed by the Bureau of International Information Programs, U.S. Department of State. Web site: http://usinfo.state.gov)
