Cultural identity

Type of entry: Right

Cultural references through which individuals or groups define and express themselves and by which they wish to be recognised; cultural identity embraces the liberties inherent to human dignity and brings together, in a permanent process, cultural diversity, the particular and the universal, memory and aspiration. UNESCO Declaration of Cultural Rights 1996

Broader Terms:

• Cultural life, participation in and benefits of scientific progress
• Science and culture, conservation of

Narrower Terms:

• Cultural identity, freedom of choice in
• Cultural identity, respect for

Related Terms:

• Self-determination