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Maisha-African Cultural Centre (Canada)
The Maisha-African Cultural Centre carries a non-geographical interest but rather a cultural and social condition to promote and spread the African cultural.
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Centre europ�en des Mythes et L�gendes ( France)
Located at the foot of the medieval city of Carcassonne, the European Centre of the Myths and Legends is an international society of international studies of compared civilization.
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Juminkeko - Information Center for the Kalevala and Karelian Culture (Finland)
The center's objectives are the preservation of Kalevala traditions and culture, cultural exchange between Finland and the Republic of Karelia, Russia, international cultural exchange based on the Kalevala.
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Beast Fable Society (United States of America)
International community of writers, scholars, critics, translators, teachers, and students.
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Center for Afghanistan Studies (United States of America)
The Center serves as the only institutional base in the United States specifically and exclusively concerned with Afghanistan affairs.
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International Centre for Youth Literature Studies (France)
This project originates from the bringing together the images, the literature for the youth and the new technologies.
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Lontar Foundation (Indonesia)
The Lontar Foundation long term goals are to stimulate the further development of Indonesian literature, to make it accessible to an international audience and to preserve it for future generations.
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American Folklore Society (United States of America)
They serve to stimulate interest and research in all aspects of the study of folklore and folk life.
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Aboriginal Art & Culture Centre (Australia)
The centre is devoted to study and promote the culture, tradition and language of Southern Arrernte Australian Aboriginal tribal group, whose homelands are situated 100 kms south of Alice Springs in Central Australia.
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CALIFA - Centre d�Analyse des Litt�ratures Francophones des Am�riques (Canada)
The CALIFA seeks to encourage research projects on the French-speaking world in general, including the American French-speaking cr�olophonie and the Canadian French-speaking in particular.
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Fernando Pessoa Center (Portugal)
Founded by the City of Lisbon as a new center for poetry in homage to Fernando Pessoa, the goal of the Casa Fernando Pessoa is to promote the poet's works and to stimulate public appreciation of poetry.
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FSAC - Folklore Studies Association (Canada)
The FSAC promotes, publishes and disseminates folklore research.
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Alaska Native Language Center (United States of America)
The Center is dedicated to the research and documentation of the twenty Native languages of Alaska.
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CELEC - Centre d'�tudes sur les Litt�ratures �trang�res et Compar�es (France)
The researches concern the theoretical reflection on the literature, the study compared by sort of the fiction, the analysis of the symbolic structures of the literary texts, the reflection applied to the cinema and to the arts.
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Mercator Centre (United Kingdom)
Research and documentation centre, which runs projects in the fields of European minority languages, literary translation and publishing in less diffused European languages.
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Baltic Institute of Folklore (Estonia)
Coordination and promotion of folklore studies in the Baltic states.
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BCLA - British Comparative Literature Association (United Kingdom)
They aim to promote the scholarly study of literature without confinement to national or linguistic boundaries, and in relation to other disciplines.
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Centre R�gional des Lettres de Basse-Normandie (France)
Organisation of literary events.
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Uysal-Walker Archive of Turkish Oral Narrative (United States of America)
Uysal-Walker Archive of Turkish Oral Narrative collections are presented in two independent sections, in English and in Turkish.
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Archives of Latvian Folklore (Latvia)
It is now a part of the Institute of Literature, Folklore and Art of Latvia.
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Poetry Society (United Kingdom)
The Poetry Society exists to help poets and poetry thrive in Britain today.
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ARALD - Agence Rh�ne-Alpes pour le livre et la documentation (France)
The ARALD has as an objective the editorial and cultural literary promotion of the book and the culture of the writing.
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L'espace d'un Instant - El Polo Balcanes-C�ucaso-Asia Central (France)
European network of places for the translation of contemporary poetry.
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North East Folklore Archive (United Kingdom)
A multimedia resource established for the preservation and study of North East Scotland's music and song and spoken history of its people.
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IFAN - Institut fondamental d'Afrique noire (Senegal)
The Institute is divided in a laboratory of African�s literature and civilisations and Islam�s laboratory.
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Union latine (France)
This site is a real mine of information regarding cultural events connected to countries of the romance languages, both in Europe and Latin America.
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Korean American Folklore Archive (United States of America)
The archive consists of numerous written records housed at the Folklore and Mythology Program, UCLA.
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Givens Foundation for African American Literature (United States of America)
The mission of the Foundation is to celebrate and promote African American literature and history through programs and activities that encourage reading and increase public awareness of African American writers.
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ARPLE - Association de Recherche et de Pratique sur le Livre pour Enfants (France)
The association has for main objective to make known and loved books for children thanks to animation, reading, discovery, meeting, publications and actions of training with the intermediaries of the book.
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Yucat�n: Identidad y Cultura Maya (Mexico)
This site is devoted to the Maya culture.
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Arnamagn�an Institute (Denmark)
Collection of medieval and early-modern Scandinavian manuscripts.
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Asian American Writers� Workshop (United States of America)
Organization dedicated to the creation, development, publication and dissemination of Asian American literature.
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CEDOPAL - Centre de Documentation de Papyrologie Litt�raire (Belgium)
This centre has an absolutely unique file regrouping the 6000 literary Greek and Latin papyrus listed to date and a unique in the world of more than 8000 photographs of literary papyrus.
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Fondation Royaumont (France)
Foreign poets who attended translation seminars at Royaumont wanted to continue the experience of collective translation in their home countries.
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Australian Script Centre (Australia)
This organisation collects catalogues, promotes, and distributes unpublished Australian plays.
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Basque Cultural Institute (France)
They actively support Basque culture and language through projects initiated by non-profit organization's members of the Institute.
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Foundation for Endangered Languages (United Kingdom)
The aims of the Foundation are to raise awareness of endangered languages, to support the use of endangered languages in all contexts and to support the documentation of endangered languages.
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SIL International (United States of America)
SIL is a service organization that works with people who speak the world�s lesser-known languages.
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Institute for the Translation of Hebrew Literature (Israel)
The Institute was founded with the aim of acquainting foreign readers with the best of modern Hebrew literature.
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Asociaci�n de Escritores en Lengua Vasca (Spain)
The Association defends the professional and moral rights of the writers.
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