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.
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- Positioning the Arts at the Heart of Society Following on from Charlie's comment below, I think that connects pretty strongly with a more general awareness amongst public, politicianas and companies that the arts and culture are more than just add ons and things that make life generally pretty. from : samjones 27th September 2006
- From Siena to State Britain I spoke at a debate for Resonance Fm at the Pumphouse Gallery last night. Here's a text of what I said. from : samjones 18th May 2007
- Talk Us Into It at the Festival of Ideas Last year, we published Talk Us Into It, which examined the role of conversation in the public realm. I'll be talking about it at the Sedbergh Festival of Ideas at the end of this month from : samjones 6th July 2007
- Book Review: 'Provoking Democracy: Why we Need the Arts' I've just written a review of Caroline Levine's book, Provoking Democracy: Why we Need the Arts. Overall, it encourages constructive discussion of the relationship between the arts and democracy that goes beyond territorialism and, even if it does leave questions unanswered, that is part of its value, flagging up areas to which policy-makers and cultural professionals must pay greater attention. from : samjones 28th March 2008
- Contemporary Art and Social Change A couple of months ago, I wrote a review of Provoking Democracy, a book about the role of artisitc production in a democracy.We'll be revisiting this, and other topics, when we speak at the launch of Peckham Space in a couple of weeks. It's a project run by Camberwell College of Arts and promotes participation in contemporary art as a means of social expression.It's at 7.30 pm at Camberwell School of Art ... you can find out more details here and here from : samjones 9th June 2008
- Cultural and Artistic Practice and Democratic Participation Last week, I spoke at the launch of Peckham Space, a project run by Camberwell College of Arts that looks at the role or participation in contemporary art.The speech covered a range of topics, in particular that of creative and artistitc production as a democratic space and its potential in relation to politics. You can read a text of the speech, here ... and a podcast of the event will follow soon. from : samjones 27th June 2008