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.
at 2:00pm on Monday, 9th June 2008
Last week, we hosted the first of our Cultural Age Seminars. It addressed education for the cultural age. We've put a transcript of the opening speech on the website - it's available for download here.
The next seminar will be held on 23rd June and will address Integration and Cohesion in the Cultural Age. Speakers include Rushanara Ali Associate Director of the Young Foundation, Kim Knott - Head of the AHRC Diasporas, Migration and Identities Programme and Moira Sinclair - Director of Arts Council London
Online and in the streets, we encounter a more diverse range of cultures than ever before. Mass immigration, the permanent settlement of diaspora communities and the global media have brought different cultures into greater proximity; even those not living in the places of highest immigrant population encounter new levels of diversity and difference. With cheap air travel and mass communication, diaspora communities themselves are able to stay in closer touch with friends and relatives at home. Such changes add new layers of depth and complexity to senses of identity.
In the second seminar in our series, we will be asking how cultural practitioners and academic thinkers can work with policy-makers to come to terms with the challenges that an intercultural world throws up, and develop the opportunities for integration that it offers? The Commission for Cohesion and Integration flagged up the potential role for culture, but how do we make this a policy reality?
The next seminar will be held on 23rd June and will address Integration and Cohesion in the Cultural Age. Speakers include Rushanara Ali Associate Director of the Young Foundation, Kim Knott - Head of the AHRC Diasporas, Migration and Identities Programme and Moira Sinclair - Director of Arts Council London
Online and in the streets, we encounter a more diverse range of cultures than ever before. Mass immigration, the permanent settlement of diaspora communities and the global media have brought different cultures into greater proximity; even those not living in the places of highest immigrant population encounter new levels of diversity and difference. With cheap air travel and mass communication, diaspora communities themselves are able to stay in closer touch with friends and relatives at home. Such changes add new layers of depth and complexity to senses of identity.
In the second seminar in our series, we will be asking how cultural practitioners and academic thinkers can work with policy-makers to come to terms with the challenges that an intercultural world throws up, and develop the opportunities for integration that it offers? The Commission for Cohesion and Integration flagged up the potential role for culture, but how do we make this a policy reality?
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