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Zamyn   Zamyn, meaning 'the ground' in farsi, explores culture - not as a commodity or casualty of an increasingly interconnected world, but as a global driving force at the heart of these connections. Through multi-disciplinary and international perspectives Zamyn analyses and communicates on how culture influences, and is influenced by economic globalisation. Culture, often equated with essentialist notions of the 'Arts', 'high' or 'popular' culture, is considered by Zamyn as the system of values, symbols and practices that underpin the socio-cultural fabric of the everyday in all its complexities. What distinguishes one people from another across the developed and developing world is the way in which the perception and interpretation of these values, symbols and practices diverge and converge. Zamyn examines culture as a framework of meaning that mediates collective interpretations of the world as we know it, with an emphasis on cultural change as a driver of economic globalisation, and as a wider process that we are often unaware of. Publication: Cultural Politics in a Global Age Programme: Currency - Beyond 08 Zamyn's forthcoming programme will identify, analyse and communicate the current interplay between the financial sector and global cultures, providing a platform for reparation, exchange and collaboration. This process will also facilitate a renewal of transparency, integrity and responsibility. Comment & Debate Graham Mather opens Zamyn's first Comment & Debate series as he reflects on the gainers and losers after financial turbulence. more... maarten wouters/Lifesize/Getty Images -- Zamyn, South Building, Somerset House, Strand, London, WC2R 1LA t.+44(0)20 7845 4681   f.+44(0)20 7845 4672   mail@zamyn.org   www.zamyn.org