Ifacca Directory

May 2011

Constitution of Comparative Research Networks (CRNs)

Researchers based at African universities and centres of research are invited to undertake studies on/or around any of the themes identified as priority research themes of the Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA), including the popular arts, identity and culture in contemporary Africa; and migration dynamics and the making of new diasporic communities. more >

February 2011

Encouraging Private Investment in the Cultural Sector

The Culturelink Network invites you to participate in the research study Encouraging Private Investment in the Cultural Sector, that its focal point IMO is currently undertaking on behalf of the European Parliament. more >

July 2010

Participation in the 2010 International Year for the Rapprochement of Cultures

The UNESCO List of activities of the 2010 International Year for the Rapprochement of Cultures brings numerous activities and projects. Included in this list, among others, is the project entitled Networks as Impetus for the Rapprochement of Cultures. more >

December 2009

Third World Culturelink Conference - Final Conference Report

The Third World Culturelink Conference was held in Zagreb from 13 to 15 November 2009, bringing together Culturelink Network's members, researchers, artists, professionals, and many others who perceive networking as one of the most intriguing phenomenon of contemporary culture. more >

November 2007

Sound of Music Heals Wounds in Former Yugoslavia

Pragmatic interests are replacing the old ideology of “brotherhood and unity” as a motor for renewed artistic cooperation. more >

October 2007

Social-Democrats To Strengthen The Role Of Culture

SDP wants culture to be perceived as a composing part of state and social progress, and to stimulate creativity. more >

January 2003

European 'eCulture' seminar to examine impacts of ICT sector

A conference examining the impacts of the ICT sector on European cultural policies will provide a useful background to the UN World Summit on the Information Society in Geneva this December, organisers have said. more >

January 2011

Open Institutions: institutional imagination and cultural public sphere

The conference Open Institutions is an attempt to revisit the changing institutional landscape of culture: how can we reshape cultural institutions, common resources and cultural public sphere to withstand the challenges of marketization of culture, austerity politics and institutional parochialism? more >

November 2010

Arts Funding | Artistic Freedom

Is public funding a guarantee for a free and diverse arts scene?
Is the market a possible way towards independent arts and artists? The answers to these questions may vary from country to country due to different historical and political experiences. The conference will discuss and analyse the interaction between funding bodies and artists. more >

June 2010

ISPA 2010 Zagreb Congress: Globalisation and Identity

Two times every year international arts leaders convene in one location to exchange and develop ideas, strengthen and nurture relationships, and rejuvenate their passion for the arts. more >

November 2009

Third World Culturelink Conference

The Third World Culturelink Conference will be held under the title Networks – The Evolving Aspects of Culture in the 21st Century.more >

September 2009

The Best in Heritage

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October 2008

Intercultural Dialogue and Digital Culture

The round table entitled Intercultural Dialogue and Digital Culture, will be held in Zagreb, Croatia, on 20-21 November 2008, aiming to discuss and share knowledge about the possibilities that digital culture provides for intercultural dialogue, and to identify examples of existing good practices that allow for participation of users in virtual cultural projects, thus enabling democratic participation of citizens in the building of virtual/digital culture. more >

Globalization of Culture

The main objective of the Forum "Globalization of Culture" is to provide understandings of theoretical and practical aspects of Globalization of Culture. By initiating a multidisciplinary discussion from different points of view conference will ensure the broad scientific insights of these phenomena. more >

March 2008

Cultural Observatories and Cultural Information and Knowledge

The European Network of Cultural Administration Training Centers, ENCATC is holding a round table as part of its activities organized in the framework of the ENCATC working group on “Cultural Observatories and Cultural Information and Knowledge?”. more >

June 2007

Virtual Culture and Its Impact on Cultural Tourism

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October 2006

Cultural portals: A new era of cooperation

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June 2005

2nd World Culturelink Conference

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September 2004

The Best In Heritage

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October 2003

Advancing Cultural Diversity Globally: The Role of Civil Society Movements

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August 2003

1st Festival of New Art

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January 2003

Discussion series on cultural diversity

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September 2011

Exit Europe - New Geographies of Culture

Exit Europe - New Geographies of Culture is a book which sets activities of the independent cultural scene in the region of former Yugoslavia within the broader cultural and social context.
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June 2011

Networks: The Evolving Aspects of Culture in the 21st Century

Researchers from all continents investigate the role and relevance that cultural networks have in cultural development and communication, and new perspectives of cultural networking in the 21st century. more >

September 2010

Making Culture Accessible

This study is a general overview of existing legal and policy frameworks in Europe, covering access to and participation in cultural life, cultural provision and cultural rights. more >

February 2010

Networks: the evolving aspects of culture in the 21st century

The Third World Culturelink Conference Reader featuring the Conference programme, speakers' biographies and selected literature. more >

May 2009

Cultural tourism goes virtual: audience development in Southeast European countries

The book entitled Cultural Tourism Goes Virtual: Audience Development in Southeast European Countries, is the latest in the series of Culturelink research studies in the course of the past few years on the subjects connecting new technologies and culture. more >

March 2009

Culturelink network's virtual resources on digital culture

Culturelink has been continuously dedicated to researching the phenomena of digital culture, and how they have changed the reality of the cultural sector. The results of Culturelink's activities in this research stream have been a number of publications and round tables, through which Culturelink provided a framework for discussing the phenomena of digital culture in a European context. more >

October 2008

Digital culture: the changing dynamics

This book examines possible shifts in the integration of new technologies and digital culture in the processes of affirming cultural diversity and intercultural communication by presenting different case studies and trend analyses. more >

December 2006

UNESCO's Cultural Diversity Convention: Making it Work

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Proceedings of the Second World Culturelink Conference

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September 2006

Why We Need European Cultural Policies

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June 2006

Dynamics of Communication: New Ways and New Actors

This edition of the Culturelink Joint Publications Series, now available online, identifyies the changing roles of cultural policies related to cultural diversity and the newly emerging digital culture. more >

January 2006

UNESCO’S convention on the protection and promotion of the diversity of cultural expressions: Making it work

A collection of essays that describe the lead-up to the adoption of the Convention and outline future directions. more >

February 2005

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