Black/North SEAS was a European cultural platform that connected two very different European regions – The Black Sea and the North Sea. SEAS created 20 new cross-disciplinary artistic works that were inspired by intercultural exchange between artists from the two … Read More
Prof. Milena Dragićević Šešić: A collaborative, human and community engaging angle on cultural policy and management
Milena Dragićević Šešić is Professor of Cultural Policy & Management, former President of University of Arts in Belgrade. She is Head of UNESCO Chair in Cultural Policy and Management (interculturalism and mediation in the Balkans) at the University of Arts, … Read More
Tags: management, policy, research, Voices and viewpoints
Strategic Planning for Learning Organisations in the Cultural Sector
A new book by Lidia Varbanova Efficient management and leadership of any cultural organisation are immensely connected with the strategic planning process. Setting up the mission and vision, diagnosing and analysing the current situation within a constantly changing environment, … Read More
Tags: learning organisations, management, strategy
“ If you don’t care don’t do it”, advises Christopher Gordon
Christopher Gordon has worked in the arts/cultural policy professionally for 40 years. He is a freelance consultant, university teacher and writer/researcher. Having half-trained as a Classical archaeologist, changed direction into arts management and then policy development, implementation and evaluation. Some … Read More
Tags: policy, research, Voices and viewpoints
Climate change: artists respond
Many scientists agree that climate change – including global warming – is possibly one of the greatest threats and one of the biggest challenges facing our society today. In response to this global problem, artistic communities across Europe are initiating … Read More
Tags: climate change, innovation, research, sustainability
Greening the Arts: Thinkpieces for a zero carbon future and a survey of sustainable arts practices
Recently launched collaborative Research in focus “Climate Change: Artists Respond” on LabforCulture aims at investigating whether artistic work and actions can influence sustainability – and if so, how? We collected there diverse viewpoints, made interviews, and summarized results of mapping … Read More
Tags: climate change, research, sustainability
The m-learning environment
We experience today a major shift in the way we interact with each other, share, exchange and use information and knowledge. We become more mobile, using our cell phones as a primary interface for communicating, surfing the web, listening to … Read More
Tags: innovation, mobile learning
What we really need is a “thinking arts manager”
Herwig Pöschl started his career as a creator in the field of music for film and media in the 70s. He is curator for regional and urban cultural development and creative industries, as well as an innovative educational cultural producer. He … Read More
Applying artistic methods in business management, training and beyond
Art and artists have a special ability to provoke thinking, to use creativity and innovation, to improvise and experiment, to extract the “invisible”, to symbolize, to bring our emotions on the surface. Artists experiment, raise awareness, challenge us, make our … Read More
A fresh approach to culture-led regeneration policies
Claire Bullen (UK) is the winner of the 7th Cultural Policy Research Award 2010 (CPRA). Claire is a 2nd year PhD Student at the Research Institute for Cosmopolitan Cultures – an inter-disciplinary research centre at the University of Manchester. The … Read More