The Global Convention is in the center of the
Global Cultural Forum, offering a space of reflex
ion about cultural perspectives and social realities.
It is an open platform for discussion and exchange
of ideas, experiences and knowledge stimulated
by conferences, workshops, related activities,
billboards and other intellectual, politic,
artistic demonstrations and provocation. Global
Convention will gather creators, academics,
intellectuals, scientists, educators, strengthening
interchanges and communication between different
continental cultural agents.
Six general and interdisciplinary themes are
presented at he Convention. Five convention
days with central conferences, debates, associated
activities and billboards.
"José", poem by the Brazilian
Poet Carlos Drummond de Andrade anticipates
the perplexity signed at this beginning of century.
It shows the end of utopia, designs the frame
of incertitude circling us the claudicate composition
of many questions and few answers. It suggests
the popularization and insipid culture ground
swell emerging from assembly line impelled by
the growing consumption.
Theme Construction:
Culture and Social Development:
Sharing Responsibilities
Poetical Title: You who write poems,
who love, who protest?
Identity and Autonomy: Drawing
New Cartographies
Poetical Title: You, a man who
has no name,
Knowledge, Education and Solidarity:
New Time Cultural Dimension
Poetical Title: Your library, your
gold mine,
Cultural Diversity: Patrimony
and Humanity Paradigms
Poetical Title: And everything
ran away and everything went moldy,
Economics and Culture: Production
and Value Circulation
Poetical Title: The key in the
hand, you want to open the door,
New World Configurations: The
Impact on Culture Management and Administration
Poetical Title: Utopia did not
come and everything came to an end
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