Demos

Theme : cultural_age

Overcoming Cultural Inertia Last week, I spoke at the Edinburgh International of Politics at an event which asked '"What Does the New Europe Mean For Artists and Cultural Policy Makers?".

The debate focused on the relationship between cultural practice and engagement and identity in an interconnected world.

I've copied the text into this blogpost. from : samjones 26th August 2008
The Cultural Age - Integration and Cohesion Earlier this week, we held the second of our two seminars on The Cultural Age.It focused on integration and cohesion. One of the most interesting things to emerge was that much is going on in the cultural sector, policy-making and academic research but, often, each is unaware of what is going on in the other. At the very least, some of those ends could be tied up in conversations between participants of Monday's session. Another area of debate was long-term change. ... from : samjones 27th June 2008