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1、专访美国华盛顿史密森尼学会副会长保护世界文化：日益紧迫的使命——专访美国华盛顿史密森尼学会副会长理查德·库林 华盛顿史密森尼学会负责历史、艺术和文化的副会长理查德·库林最近与美国国务院国际信息局讨论了保护文化遗产的问题。库林承担着众多展览设施的管理工作，例如赫希杭博物馆、国立非洲艺术博物馆、国立美国历史博物馆、国立美洲印第安人博物馆、史密森尼拉美中心和史密森尼美国亚太裔项目。 WorldCulturalPreservation:AGrowingImperativeAconversationwiththeSmithsonianInstitution’sRichardK
2、urinRichardKurin,undersecretaryforhistory,art,andcultureattheSmithsonianInstitutioninWashington,satdownwiththeStateDepartment’sBureauofInternationalInformationProgramsforadiscussiononprotectingculturalheritage.Kurinoverseasnumerous25museums,includingtheHirshhornMuseum,theNationalMuseum
3、ofAfricanArt,theNationalMuseumofAmericanHistory,theNationalMuseumoftheAmericanIndian,theSmithsonianLatinoCenterandtheSmithsonianAsianPacificAmericanProgram.Question:HowwouldyoudefinecultureandwhyisitimportantthattheUnitedStatesplayaroleinitspreservationglobally?Kurin:Asananthropologist
4、bytradewhohasworkedinmanycountriesaroundtheworld,I’mproudtorepresentnotonlytheculturesoftheUnitedStates,butindeedtheculturesofpeoplesandregionsaroundtheworld.Idefineculturereallyasawayoflife,asthethingsthatareimportanttous,thevaluesandbeliefsthatmakelifemeaningful.Cultureisexpressedthr
5、oughsonganddance,througharchitecture,throughliterature,throughouraspirations,throughourreligions,throughourcraftsmanshipandartistry.Cultureisobviouslyimportant25becauseitdefineswhoweareinrespecttoourfellowhumanbeings,toourneighbors,andindeedtopeoplearoundtheworld.Wehaveatremendousabili
6、tytolearneachother’scultures,tolearnthemthesamewaywelearnlanguages.Nowthatsaid,wedospeakalotofdifferentlanguages—some6,000ontheplanetrightnow.And,asweknow,theplanethasbecomealotsmaller.Ourculturesareinmuchgreatercontacteverydaywitheachother.Soit’simperativethatwe,ascitizensofaplanet,un
7、derstandeachother.Maybewedonotneedtospeakeachother’slanguages,eateachother’sfoodsorsingeverybodyelse’ssongs,butwedoneedtotastethemandexperiencethem.AndIthinkthatthisexperiencemakesusrichashumanbeingsanditincreasesourunderstandingofeachother.Q:Canprotectingcultureplayaroleinadvancingh
