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Creative Pathways call for action and commitment
Creative and Cultural Industries Creative Pathways Forum

Creative Pathways call for action and commitment

September 24, 2025

The closing session of the forum was designed to bridge reflection and action, bringing together the moderators of the four thematic workshops to deliver concise

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Digital resilience and the future pathways of creativity
Creative and Cultural Industries Creative Pathways Forum

Digital resilience and the future pathways of creativity

September 24, 2025

This workshop explored the role of emerging digital tools in enhancing creative resilience and expanding opportunities for creative and cultural expression in the Jordan Valley.

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Agritourism in the Jordan Valley: pathways for sustainable growth
Creative and Cultural Industries Creative Pathways Forum

Agritourism in the Jordan Valley: pathways for sustainable growth

September 24, 2025September 24, 2025

The workshop on agritourism in the Jordan Valley brought together farmers, youth, experts, and development practitioners to reflect on the sector’s potential as a driver

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Creative and Cultural Industries Creative Pathways Forum

The Food Systems Pathway: Culinary Creativity from the Jordan Valley

September 24, 2025

The dialogue brought together practitioners and community representatives to discuss how tourism and agriculture in the Jordan Valley can be reimagined as pathways that enhance

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Culture, Art, and Identity-Driven Pathways in the Jordan Valley
Creative and Cultural Industries Creative Pathways Forum

Culture, Art, and Identity-Driven Pathways in the Jordan Valley

September 24, 2025September 24, 2025

The workshop opened with a reflection on the erosion of cultural and creative identity in Jordan and the need to reclaim and revitalise it. The

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Localising the Economic Modernisation Vision (JEMV): Creative and Cultural Industries (CCI) in the Jordan Valley
Creative and Cultural Industries

Localising the Economic Modernisation Vision (JEMV): Creative and Cultural Industries (CCI) in the Jordan Valley

September 24, 2025

Exploring the role of Creative and Cultural Industries (CCI) in the Economic Modernisation Vision (EMV) and their potential for acting as an economic growth driver

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Decentralising Creative and Cultural Industries: the Jordan Valley as a model for Ecosystem Thinking 
Creative and Cultural Industries Creative Pathways Forum

Decentralising Creative and Cultural Industries: the Jordan Valley as a model for Ecosystem Thinking 

September 23, 2025September 24, 2025

Mention the Jordan Valley in a conversation about Creative and Cultural Industries, their future and their promise, you are more likely to hear words of

CCI, Oped
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Self-sovereignty
Knowledge Paper

Self-sovereignty

May 4, 2025

A man who owns himself, and who settles his heart, mind and soul with wisdom, justice and light Rooting the knowledge model The knowledge paper

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Edward Said’s ‘Orientalism’: Academic Scholarship, Policymaking, and Colonized Minds
Alternative Narrative

Edward Said’s ‘Orientalism’: Academic Scholarship, Policymaking, and Colonized Minds

July 18, 2022July 18, 2022

In 1978, Palestinian-American scholar Edward Said changed the discourse around the West Asia and North Africa (WANA) region forever when he published his book ‘Orientalism’.

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Orientalism: A distorted perception of “the other”
Alternative Narrative

Orientalism: A distorted perception of “the other”

July 18, 2022July 18, 2022

“Arabs, for example, are thought of as camel-riding, terroristic, hook-nosed, venal lechers whose undeserved wealth is an affront to real civilization.” – Edward Said Orientalism

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At the East of West’s Ego
Alternative Narrative

At the East of West’s Ego

July 18, 2022

In 1978, the Palestinian-American professor and writer Edward Said published his work Orientalism, that sparked an everlasting debate on the topic. In his book, he

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The confirmation bias
Alternative Narrative

The confirmation bias

July 18, 2022

“What we see depends mainly on what we look for” – John Lubbock  The confirmation bias is a type of cognitive bias. It is the

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Do biased affect our decision making process?
Alternative Narrative

Do biased affect our decision making process?

July 18, 2022

“One way or another we are all biased, but still we have the modern cortical capacity to choose whether or not to let the harmful

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Strengthened institutions, empowered people, and enhanced opportunities
Context

Strengthened institutions, empowered people, and enhanced opportunities

July 18, 2022July 18, 2022

The UN Jordan Sustainable Development Framework 2018-2022 When one studies political reports of Jordanian institutions like ministries, one sometimes stumbles upon acronyms starting with the

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What is Cognitive Bias?
Alternative Narrative

What is Cognitive Bias?

July 18, 2022July 18, 2022

As humans, sometimes we think irrationally. The ways we act, we treat other people, we make decisions may be influenced by some peculiar processes that

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How we judge people: fundamental attribution error in dept
Alternative Narrative

How we judge people: fundamental attribution error in dept

July 18, 2022

What causes injustice and stereotypes? They can happen for countless factors, but what no one knows is that cognitive bias can be one of the

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Non violent communication
Alternative Narrative

Non violent communication

July 18, 2022July 18, 2022

“All violence is the result of people tricking themselves into believing that their pain derives from other people and that consequently those people deserve to

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The art of living well
Alternative Narrative

The art of living well

July 18, 2022July 18, 2022

Every person pursues happiness in their life. But some people argue that happiness is just a fleeting feeling, and what we really want to pursue

Well being
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Culture is to be lived and to be learned
Alternative Narrative

Culture is to be lived and to be learned

June 6, 2022

Very often we hear about celebrities, TV shows or, in general, people in the public eye being called out for Cultural Appropriation.  It happens when

Cultural appropriateness
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Cultural Appropriation in Times of Rising Islamophobia in France
Alternative Narrative

Cultural Appropriation in Times of Rising Islamophobia in France

June 6, 2022

In January, Vogue France faced heavy criticism from Social Media users after posting a picture of model and actress Julia Fox to their Instagram feed.

Cultural appropriateness
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Towards a Circular Water Sector
Alternative Narrative

Towards a Circular Water Sector

June 6, 2022

Water Scarcity Around the Globe: Reasons, Issues and Consequences Today, water scarcity – the limited access to much needed water – affects four billion people

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What is media bias?
Alternative Narrative

What is media bias?

June 6, 2022

Over the past half decade, the legitimacy of the mainstream media has become a central theme of our political discourse. Some of this as of

Media bias
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What are the environmental challenges for Jordan?
Alternative Narrative

What are the environmental challenges for Jordan?

June 6, 2022

The Middle East, like much of the world, is getting hotter, the already hot and dry climate is changing rapidly and it’s raining less.  People

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Appreciation or Appropriation?
Alternative Narrative

Appreciation or Appropriation?

May 31, 2022

Exploring the concept of cultural appropriation and its consequences  “It’s about understanding the value and traditions of the symbols that are appropriated to ensure that

Culture
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How Jordan Faces its Environmental Challenges
Context

How Jordan Faces its Environmental Challenges

May 31, 2022

The climate crisis is leaving its marks in many parts of the world, and we are already facing many challenges related to it. Harsh winters,

Environment
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Reviving Al Hima: Combating Desertification in Jordan through Traditional Rangeland Management
Context

Reviving Al Hima: Combating Desertification in Jordan through Traditional Rangeland Management

May 31, 2022

Drylands – arid, semi-arid and dry sub-humid areas – cover 46.2 % of the global land and are home to 3 billion people. They result

Climate change
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There is no Planet B
Alternative Narrative

There is no Planet B

May 31, 2022

“We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children”, Native American Proverb  The picture above dates back to the

Climate change
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The damaging impact of blind trust in pictures?
Context

The damaging impact of blind trust in pictures?

May 31, 2022

It has long been hailed that “a picture is worth a thousand words” and in February this year, there was no finer example of this

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Yet another Call for Justice: Context in a Picture
Context

Yet another Call for Justice: Context in a Picture

May 31, 2022May 31, 2022

The image: Muhammed El-Kurd at the UN General Assembly, United Nations Photo, 29 Nov 2021. A young man holds a speech. At first sight, this

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When Photos Can Make a Change…
Context

When Photos Can Make a Change…

May 31, 2022May 31, 2022

“The camera is an instrument that teaches people how to see without a camera”, Dorothea Lange, Los Angeles Times (13 Aug. 1978) Photographs today make up

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