Samuel Jones
Researcher
Samuel Jones is a researcher at Demos. His research interests include culture and the arts, museums and galleries, creativity and the communication of ideas and knowledge through the cultural sector. In particular, he is interested in cross-cultural communications and the role of culture in international relations. In other work, he has focused on Global English and conversations. Recently, he has undertaken research in both the US and China.
- Leave well alone, and leave something for the future The DCMS have recently launched a consultation document, asking 'what property should we be seeking to protect in the event of armed conflict?' As well as being an important move towards protecting our heritage, this also raises the intriguing question of what we want the future to think of us. Looked at this way, culture's role as a medium becomes very clear, an idea we're currently exploring in other contexts.Meanwhile, Jonathan Glancey, for one, is pretty clear on what he'd like to see... continue reading on 7th September 2005
- Capturing Antipodean Cultural Value A value way beyond painting the numbersAugust 3, 2005Economics aside, the arts have huge importance in our cultural wellbeing, writes David Throsby.Tessa Jowell, the British Secretary of State for Culture, made a speech last year in which she said: "Too often politicians have been forced to debate culture in terms only of its instrumental benefits to other agendas - education, the reduction of crime, improvements in wellbeing. In political and public discourse in this country we have avoided... continue reading on 3rd August 2005 Comments (1)
- So Giotto Drew on Rocks... So Giotto drew on rocks?Children?s Art, Creativity, and Everyday DemocracyIn a speech at the British Council last year, the Chancellor, Gordon Brown, set an important challenge: ?how, from the foundation of British values?, might ?we refashion the settlement between individual, community, and government??Amongst the areas in which he suggested we could achieve this, he singled out ?the expression of civic purpose? that can be found in ?our great municipal art galleries, museums and the BBC?.In... continue reading on 8th July 2005