The presentation discusses the relationship between culture and development. It defines development as an ongoing process of reducing imbalanced situations in society and ensuring people's participation in social, economic, and human development initiatives. Culture is an integral part of development, as it forms the foundation and provides the elements of sustainable development through socio-cultural communication tools. Specifically, cultural education empowers communities by building capacity, networking, volunteerism, collaboration, and focusing on social problems, while maintaining social ties, cultural analyses, discovering talent, and promoting self-esteem, social respect, and harmony. Overall, the presentation argues that culture is key to measuring a society's development and progress.

1. The
presentation
on
Culture and
Development

2. Embroidering a quilt is a symbol of culture and
development

3. According to the ancient Greek philosophers, “Changes
come in consequences of using human's power of
possibility. Realizing the process of these changes and
its realistic implications are development
According to different economists:
Development is an ongoing process which helps to
remove or reduce imbalanced situations of society
ensuring people's participation in social, economical and
human development initiatives.
In the 1970’s the emphasis was in ongoing economics
poverty elevation, removing imbalance of the society
and creating job opportunity is development.
Development according to UNDP.
Development is mean Increase of average knowledge,
life and economical earning per head of the people of a
country.
Context of Development

4. Culture is the integral part of development. Because
culture is the foundation. The elements of
sustainable development lie in the community
culture. That is why socio-cultural communication
tools should be used for development.
Basement of Development

5. Socio-Cultural Foundation

6. Society and Culture
Development

7. Culture is the power
which
made us human being

8. Culture is a generation to generation
learning process to step forward
materializing the dream

9. Development is the process to measure
change and status of the culture

10. Culture is not a commodity but
maybe the artistic expression of culture
is a commodity

11. Culture is so far in confinement of Geography,
Language, Nations, religion, clan etc
but Culture is enjoyed equally all over the world

12. The present
concerns:
Globalization
Trans-culture
Multi-culture
Inter-culture

13. In the eve of globalization
we have to keep in mind
industrialized country divided the world
as
First world
Third world
and
North South Conflict

14.  as the cultural activist we do
not want to divide human
culture

15. Strengths of the Culture
(Community level)
• Cultural education is inherited by people of the society
• There are many education and communication
elements integrated into daily practices.
• It is not commercially motivated and it is not
state owned.
• It is totally participatory and action oriented.
• Its main mission is empowerment of its target
community.
• It is free of outside interference from the state as
well as political and commercial sectors.
• It is funded by both public and private sectors as
worked out by the communities involved.

16. Effects of Cultural in development:
(Community level)
 Capacity building of communities to share information and
experiences
 Community networking
 Volunteerism in community initiatives
 Collaboration among the community people
 Concentration to social problems
 Maintained social ties
 Cultural analyses, protection
 Discovery of latent talent
 Self esteem and social esteem
 Social respect, tolerance and communal harmony

17. We look forward to our own culture and
education that will lead us towards a
golden future….

18. Thanks
Prof. Sultan Muhammad Razzak,Ph.D.
Executive Director
Forum for Culture and Human Development
823/A, Khilgaon, Dhaka-1219, Bangladesh Telefax:880-2-7216270, Fax: 880-2-7215005
Email: anupam@bdmail.net