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Cultural Diplomacy and culture in a Changing World

ENCATC and its member Goldsmiths University of London have the honour of inviting you to attend the International Forum Cultural Diplomacy and culture in a Changing World organised next Thursday 18 June - 2pm-6.30pm at the Romanian Cultural Centre (Ratiu Foundation), 18 Fitzhardinge Street, Manchester Square, London W1H 6EQ.

This event is one of the activities of the ENCATC Working Group, Europe International lead by Gerald Lidstone from the Goldsmiths University of London.

2009-06-05

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New Research report released on cultural development in rural communities

(April 21, 2009) Vancouver The Creative City Network of Canada (CCNC) unveils a new project on cultural development in rural communities today. The report, Developing and Revitalizing Rural Communities Through Arts and Creativity, is a comprehensive review of existing and original research and identifies 'best practices' in rural communities and includes information from Canada and around the world. This new research sets the stage for rural communities to determine the best approach to reach out and take advantage of their creative capacity.

2009-05-04

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New Publishing Partner for Arts Management - Oldest Periodical in Field joined by AAAE

Arts Management (AM), Americas oldest continuing periodical for cultural administrators, trustees and supporters, has a new co-publisher, effective with its January-February 2009 issue. The Association of Arts Administration Educators (AAAE), the international organization of higher education degree programs in arts administration, cultural management, and cultural policy, will be responsible for insuring distribution of the periodical to arts professionals throughout the world.

2009-04-15

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Virtual Concerts in the Park: Classical Music in Second Life

Time was when orchestras and ensembles wanted to reach out to new audiences, they took their instruments out to the park and shopping malls where teens and young families tended to gather. In todays world, increasingly, people are meeting online. Some intrepid, tech-savvy musicians and ensembles are out there in the virtual community, presenting virtual concerts in the new virtual park. Who are they? What are their experiences and what are the lessons we can learn?

2009-04-07

music

Culture in Motion. 600 arts managers joined a conference in Europe‘s Capital Brussels

Almost 600 cultural manager subscribed to December conference Culture In Motion, held by the European Commission of Culture in Brussels on December 12th, 2008. Was it the chance to get first-hand information from the commissioners on how to apply for one of the grants? Was it the perspective to be presented to some of the best-practice models of the last eight years of the programme? Was it to network on a European level? Probably all of this.

2009-04-04

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3rd Istanbul Congress of the International Dance Council (CID)

The Istanbul Section of CID will host for the third time the international congress, 8-12 April 2009. You are invited to showcase your work or simply attend, together with dance practitioners from many countries. The venue is in the heart of the city, 10 minutes walking from Taksim Square. As in all CID congresses the program includes: research reports (papers), lectures, classes, performances, video projections, exhibitions, evenings, opening cocktail & gala dinner, visits to places of special interest. All forms of dance are represented. Strictly non-profit. Not to be confused with festivals, workshops, competitions, forums or open conferences. Registrations are open.

2009-04-03

Arts Management Newsletter

No 91

This is the 91st edition of Arts Management Newsletter, published in March/April 2009.

2009-03-01

The Multilateral Intellectual & Cultural Property Rights Regime

In his latest study, the Canadian cultural economist Harry Hillman Chartrand argues that 'cultural property' has been extended thru the 2005 UNESCO Convention on Cultural Diversity to include the so-called cultural industries. He also highlight the emerging split in the multilateral system between WIPO and UNESCO.

2009-02-27

More American AdultsRead Literature

Washington, D.C., January 12, 2009 -- For the first time in more than 25 years, American adults are reading more literature, according to a new study by the National Endowment for the Arts. Reading on the Rise documents a definitive increase in rates and numbers of American adults who read literature, with the biggest increases among young adults, ages 18-24. This new growth reverses two decades of downward trends cited previously in NEA reports such as Reading at Risk and To Read or Not To Read.

2009-02-10

media & literature

The Europe of Festivals

The festival boom throughout Europe araises questions and demands analysis:

- how are festivals born, how do they develop,

- how do they balance local interaction and international cooperation,

- how do they economically, culturally or socially impact on their respective territories?

2009-02-10

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Marketing and Management Tips for Tough Economic Times

For many organizations, recession and the long shadow cast by September 11 have replaced the rosy glow and giddy expansion boom of recent years with a nervous pallor of uncertainty. In Boston, New York, Chicago and San Francisco, museums have already announced staff cuts or postponed building plans. And in an October survey of more than 800 performing arts groups conducted by AMS Research and Planning, nearly 60 percent of respondents indicated that they're paring their budgets by 5 to 25 percent.

2009-01-02

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Arts Management Newsletter

No 90

This is the 90th edition of Arts Management Newsletter, published in January 2009.

2009-01-01

10th World Leisure Congress most sucessful yet!

The 10th World Leisure Congress held in Quebec City, Canada was attended by over 3000 delegates from over 70 different countries. According to World Leisure Board of Directors Chair, Dr. Derek Casey, the event was marvelous and will be long remembered by many people.

2008-12-03

cultural tourism

The Cultural Manager: Marginal Notes on a Discussion of Roles and Values

1. New Cultural Managers between Art and Economy

The balancing act between art/culture and economy, just as much as the connection between the two, has been especially critically discussed ever since cultural managment emerged as an occupation. Among the many postulates are the following: Commercialisation of Art and Culture or the Business-ization of Artistic Processes. In this context, the New Cultural Manager between Art and Economy was the title of a forum within the 53rd Loccum Cultural Policy Colloquium After us: the cultural economy? ... And what about cultural policy? in which the young/new cultural manager had to deal with this subject area in the context of his work in a differentiated way.(1) The role of the cultural manager within this tense relationship was to be discussed, especially since the words culture and manager are united in the name of this occupation.

2008-12-01

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Preview: Texts and Tours. Developing the Potential of Literary Tourism

Leeds Metropolitan University, Leeds (UK), 5th December 2008

Given the privileged global role of the English language and the undoubted popularity of English literature throughout the world, it would seem that the United Kingdom has much to offer the world in terms of its literary heritage. However, despite some national, regional and local initiatives over the years, there is still substantial potential for the development of literary tourism.

2008-11-27

cultural tourism

CIE Heritage Day South Africa to be continued as Internet platform

The Centre for International Heritage Activities is a knowledge centre and a network organisation in the area of shared cultural heritage and culture and development. It organised the third CIE Heritage Day on 5 June 2008. After past heritage days for Indonesia and Suriname, this year the event highlighted the range of heritage in South Africa. Appropriately, the day started in the Moravian Church in Zeist, which has direct ties with Genadendal in South Africa.

2008-11-27

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Cultural Mediation

In Québec the term cultural mediation is currently being used by a growing number of cultural actors and covers a broad spectrum of practices ranging from audience development activities to participative and community arts. The many forms that the notion and practice of cultural mediation takes on, its obstacles and stakes, raise the more general question of cultures condition in todays context.

2008-11-26

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Annual Report 2006-07 of the Australia Council

The annual report is a report on the operations of the Australia Council for the 2006-07 financial year. It has a theme of the
'the arts for Australia' to express the vital contribution that artists make to the nation.

2008-11-25

intersectorial

The Economics of Culture & Cultural Statistics in South Africa

The realisation that culture plays a vital role in areas as divers as understanding economic performance and development and individual behaviour patterns has led to social scientists searching for appropriate indicators of culture in an economy. This paper tries to define culture and then explore the arguments about why culture is important.

2008-11-19

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White Paper on the Cultural Policies of Local and Regional Authorities in Europe

Three years after the publication of the Green Paper on the cultural policies of local and regional authorities in Europe (2004), the European cultural scene changed with the evolution of local authorities, works of the Commission, of the Parliament and of the Committee of the Regions.

2008-11-19

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