新作坊 Humanity Innovation and Social Practice

Cultural diversity as human capital

摘要：

This paper is based on two recent reports for the STOA Unit of the European Parliament, on the relationship between Cultural Diversity and the Information Society. An analysis of the current crisis of consensus in Europe, further radicalised by a set of recent events, highlights how cultural diversity has become a central political issue. The argument then sustains that the Information Society can and should be an opportunity to valorise cultural diversity as a key asset and important component of Europe's collective human capital. Policies to promote cultural diversity in the Information Society need to shift from an industrial policy orientation to one based on social innovation, and focus evenly on the major elements of communicational capability - access, competence and motivation - mainly by intervening on the dynamics of technical literacy, cultural literacy and collective creativity.