Sunday 27 January 2008

Ideas for Culture in Venezuela

5) CULTURE

This is part of all the ideas for Venezuela.

5.1. OFFER MORE CULTURAL PROGRAMMES AND LESS PROPAGANDA:
The Venezuelan government needs to take off political propaganda from the public TV and add more diverse cultural programmes. Venezuelans cannot be forced to watch one or the other programme, but they should be able to have more offer from the public channels on such issues as natural science, on how Japan, Europe and the US developed, on how they can set up their own business or what environmental wealth and problems Venezuela has.

5.2. PROMOTE THE PUBLIC USE OF PEMON, GUAJIRO, WARAO:

All public signs in areas with significant Indian population must be written in Spanish and in the language of the Indian community. This goes for all the Guajira region (Guajiro), the Gran Sabana (Pemon) and the Delta (Warao).

5.3. MAKE THE INSTITUTE FOR INDIGENOUS LANGUAGES SOMETHING REAL:

The government should guarantee that the announced Institute for Indigenous Languages does work for the preservation of those languages:

  • coordinate with the Indigenous communities the creation of dictionaries and grammars not only for universities but above all for the communities themselves
  • promote the translation of basic textbooks in those languages
  • foster the interest in those languages among all Venezuelans

5.4. PROMOTE MUSEUMS AND THEATRES AT SCHOOLS:
The government needs to promote school visits to museums and theatres.

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