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T5 - IDENTITY IS THE ANSWER Lisa C. Henriques Abstract:
Considering
the role-played by Internet in the modern society, a new range of
possibilities has been opened. In this context it’s my personal belief
that this project (interactive forum/library) can make the difference in
international political and cultural dynamics.
I present here, before the specialists, an original project for the
development of a platform for respect and mutual understanding between the
different cultural and political background of individuals.
Aiming this objective we start by the idea that you can only fear
or reject something that you don’t know or fully understand.
Personal interests are not bound to disappear. Free markets,
concurrence and the development of technology makes mankind walk forward.
But there must be space and wide diffusion of the character that has
distinguished man from other animals - besides nationalities, religions,
regional specificities or all frontiers we are here together.
Survival can’t mean the annihilation of the differences.
Can we prove to be truly sapiens?
Or is our specie in danger of extinction?
By investigating and establishing these different identities we are
developing the self-esteem that will be decisive in the appeal for new
publics that can profit from technologies in ways otherwise unthinkable,
as they would be tempted to reject them. We could expect a new breath for
the Information Society. We would be asserting to the extension of the
idea, giving substance to the word globalisation.
This objective can be reach by the development of this space
(interactive forum/library) 1.
Understand diversity to enhance unity 2.
Wide range of languages in which the information is vehicular. 3.
Comparative study of religions, political systems, public
institutions and cultural backgrounds 4.
Identify the elements that characterise and distinguish the
different communities, preserve specificities, creation of self-esteem
– the absence of this regard is the main reason why the so called
globalisation is associated with the idea of the homogenisation of the
society. 5.
Promoting the interchange of people, knowledge and commercial
activities.
This would be a challenge for the specialists in international
relations, historians, sociologists, anthropologists, artist working
closely with new technologies specialists all over the world – to
develop this kind of investigation and publication of results. For the
economic structures it would correspond to an extension in markets and a
good investment. An investment in future generations. Brief
author CV: SC European Union Law, CEL, King’s College of London SC Community and Integration Law, FD-IE, University of Lisbon Finalist, International Relations degree, UAL, Lisbon Attended language, literature and contemporary history courses in Oxford and Lisbon. Participant in conferences related to conflict and cooperation, sociology and politics organized by UAL, Universidade Nova de Lisboa (FCSH) and Instituto de Estudos Estratégicos Internacionais. Co-worker for CEG/UAL Seminar under the theme “Europe’s New Destiny” with the support of the European Commission, Portugal. Delegate of the U.K. for the Security Council at VIMUN 2002, Austria. |
