Conferences and Events in June 2009
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Researching cultural work and creative biographies: A half-day data analysis workshop
Academic interest in the contemporary cultural industries and creative sector has converged recently on the workers themselves, with a corresponding shift to empirical work using practitioners’ and novices’ own accounts of their creative work and their experiences and expectations. more >
The 7th Annual European Heritage Awards
The aim of the Annual European Heritage Award is to recognise and highlight achievements in preserving European history and tradition: restoration and conservation, research, education and dedicated service in the cultural heritage sector. more >
Euro-African campus for cultural co-operation
The first edition of the Euro-African Campus for Cultural Cooperation will be held in Maputo, Mozambique, in 2009. The project has been designed by the Interarts Foundation and the Observatory of Cultural Policies in Africa (OCPA). more >
IPAM 2009
IPAM 2009 offers a unique opportunity for globally interactive agents in the Performing Arts Industry to become acquainted with this exotic, richly facetted, singular culture, to boost international cultural exchange programmes and, last but not least, to exchange experiences and know-how gained in the field of world-wide touring, attracting sponsors and fund raising. more >
European Forum: The distinctive contribution of the arts to Intercultural Dialogue. A view from and on the arts
The European Year of Intercultural Dialogue 2008 was primarily a communications campaign to promote cultural diversity and intercultural dialogue. It was a time to make bold claims and catch a bit of the limelight. We now want to take a more critical look at the role of the arts in intercultural dialogue in particular and also invite the views of people from other domains. more >
Intervention through art education
ITAE – intervention through art education is an international consortium of art educators with the aim of improving the quality and intensity of art education in schools and universities. more >
Creative Age Symposium: Creating Creative Futures!
Held in conjunction with the Creative Age Festival, this one-day symposium showcases various initiatives and opportunities that are enhancing the depth and breadth of the field of arts and aging. more >
Culture, sustainable development and local governments: What challenges for the next decade
The seminar is organised on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the Observatory of Cultural Policies of France and the 5th anniversary of the approval of the Agenda 21 for culture. more >
U40-World Forum
The U40-process offers young people Under 40 – postgraduates, PhD students, young professionals, and similarly qualified experts – the opportunity to participate in the international debate on Cultural Diversity and the implementation of the UNESCO Convention on the Protection and the Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expression. more >
Annual Research Conference, the Association of Cultural Economics Japan
The Japan Association of Cultural Economics (JACE) is pleased to announce a Call for Papers for its Annual Research Conference. Topics of papers previously presented have included creative cities, government funding for the arts, government policy for nonprofit organizations in the arts and culture, cultural participation, case studies of community development with the use of the arts and comparative study of cultural policy. more >
Future Britain: Arts leading the way
Future Britain: Arts leading the way is a national cross artform conference discussing the development of the sector over the coming years and its role in shaping Britain's future. more >
Arts Council conference - Art and conflict
‘Art and Conflict’ provides a timely opportunity to explore the increasing reach and importance of the arts around the world in the process of healing and supporting societies in transformation. The conference theme also explores how artists represent conflict and its legacy. more >
What’s Culture got to do with it?
The main aim of this conference is to discuss what role the study of culture plays and could play in understanding change in contemporary Africa. more >
Cultural Diplomacy and Culture in a Changing World
The concept of ‘soft’ power has shaped a lot of international political and diplomatic thinking in recent years. The purpose of this international forum is to re-examine cultural diplomacy and in particular the place of culture in international relations. more >
Eighth International Conference on Public Policy and Non Profit Marketing
The International Association on Public Policy and Non Profit Marketing is pleased to invite proposals for the Eighth International Conference on Public Policy and Non Profit Marketing. Tracks include marketing the arts! Deadline for submissions is February 28. more >
Renewable Resources: The Arts in Sustainable Communities
At the Americans for the Arts convention, more than 1,600 arts leaders and their allies in business, education, and government will discover the arts at work in the Pacific Northwest. more >
Americans for the Arts Annual Convention
Americans for the Arts, the nation’s leading nonprofit organization for advancing the arts in America, will hold its annual convention in Seattle, June 18 – 20, 2009. more >
Fête de la Musique
The world's largest musical celebration, takes place on the same day, 21 June, in over 300 cities around the world. more >
Experience the Creative Economy 2009
Experience the Creative Economy is a unique conference which allows scholars new in their careers to experience notions of the creative economy in a small and focused setting. more >
What can art still do?
This seminar, to be held in Paris, seeks to identify certain specific contexts in which art does not simply function as a source of income or of identity politics. more >
¿Qué le queda a las artes por hacer?
Este seminario busca identificar varios contextos específicos en los que las artes no solamente cumpla las funciones de ser una fuente de ingresos o de políticas de la identidad. more >
Communicating the Museum
9th Communicating the Museum conference – “Digital and personal networking: Making the most of the connected world”. more >
Creativity and innovation in European cities
European network Banlieues d'Europe is organising the first part of its 16th annual meeting in Prague on 26-27 June. Entitled 'Creativity and Innovation in European Cities – 20 years after the fall of the Iron Curtain', the meeting will present experiences, testimonials and reflections from several European countries. more >
Resorting to the coast: tourism, heritage and cultures of the seaside
The dominance of coastal tourism within the modern period has generated a wealth of issues which this conference seeks to address. This major international and multi-disciplinary conference seeks to promote dialogue across disciplinary boundaries on a global stage. Papers are welcome from: anthropology, archaeology, architecture, art and design history, cultural geography, cultural studies, ethnology and folklore, history, heritage studies, landscape studies, linguistics, museum studies, political science, sociology, tourism studies and urban/spatial planning. more >
33rd session of the World Heritage Committee
During the session, the Committee considers requests for the inscription of new sites on UNESCO's World Heritage List and examines the state of conservation of sites already inscribed on the List. more >
10th International Conference on Arts and Cultural Management: Call for Papers
This scientific conference will address various sectors of the arts and cultural industries (performing arts and festivals, heritage, museums and visual arts, film production and distribution, book publishing, recording, broadcasting, audiovisual media and multimedia). more >
Culture Meets Economy: Culture and Crisis – Opportunity or Threat?
For the second time, the European Academy Bozen/Bolzano and the University of Innsbruck are organizing a Scientific Track within the framework of the conference Culture Meets Economy, to take place from 30 June to 1 July 2009 in Bolzano, Italy. Deadline for the submission of abstracts is 15 April 2009. more >
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