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National Days: constructing and mobilising National Identity
The book shows how national days are best understood in the context of debates about national identity. It argues that national days are contested and manipulated, as well as subject to political, cultural and social pressure. It brings together some of the most recent research on national days and sets it in a comparative context. more >
Cultural policy and funding for the performing arts in the European Union
This article was commissioned by the Saison Foundation in Japan for publication in its Viewpoints newsletter 47 (in Japanese). It is also available on the Culture360 website. more >
Performing arts policy and funding in Europe: national perspectives, trends and issues
This article was commissioned by the Saison Foundation in Japan for publication in its Viewpoints newsletter 48 (in Japanese). It is also available in English on the Culture360 website. more >
Commonwealth Statement on Culture and Development
The aim of the Commonwealth Statement on Culture and Development is to highlight the importance of the multiple connections between culture and development, and the added value that can be achieved by taking greater consideration of culture in development. more >
Art-Goers in their communities: patterns of civic and social engagement
Data from the 2008 SPPA show that American adults who attend art museums or live art performances are far more likely than non-attendees to vote, volunteer, or take part in other community events. more >
The Art of Engagement: Trends in U.S. Cultural Exchange and International Programming
This document presents an overview of the results from the International Programming and Cultural Exchange Survey administered between September 2007 and June 2008. more >
2008/09 Annual Report
In 2008/09, over $158 million was awarded to more than 4,400 artists and arts organizations in 689 communities across Canada. more >
Investing in Cultural Diversity and Intercultural Dialogue
This World Report aims to become a reference tool for cultural diversity. Cultural diversity, which is too often reduced to the protection of heritage in danger, is also the development of intercultural skills, the search for an antidote to expressions of cultural isolationism, the road towards new forms of governance, the lever of the effective exercise of universally recognized human rights and a means to reduce imbalances in the world trade in creative products. more >
Strategy for Cultural Policy
The Ministry of Education has prepared a strategy for cultural policy up to 2020. It is intended to steer the Ministry’s action in the field over the coming years. more >
The Journal of Arts Management, Law, and Society, Volume 39, Number 3
Volume 39 Number 3 / 2009 of The Journal of Arts Management, Law, and Society is now available online. more >
Annual Report for 2008-2009
The Department for Arts anbd Culture of South Africa publish online its Annual Report for 2008-2009. more >
Art-Goers in their Communities: patterns of civic and social engagement
Data from the 2008 SPPA show that American adults who attend art museums or live art performances are far more likely than non-attendees to vote, volunteer, or take part in other community events. Arts participants also show a greater likelihood of involvement in sports, collaborative art-making, and taking their children to performances. more >
Cultural Policy Critical Dictionary: Culture and Imaginings
The realm of cultural policy is one where many discourses meet, ranging from academic discourse to the direct exercise of public and entrepreneurial responsibilities. This concurrence makes this book especially valuable. more >
Culture and sustainable development: examples of institutional innovation and proposal of a new cultural policy profile.
This report is the contribution of our Committee to the “new cultural policy profile” process launched by the Division of Cultural Policies and Intercultural Dialogue of UNESCO. more >
Diccionario crítico de política cultural: cultura e imaginario
La política cultural es un ámbito en el que confluyen vertientes de discurso muy diversas, que van de la academia como al ejercicio directo de responsabilidades públicas y empresariales. more >
Using the arts and culture to deliver positive activities for young people
Following three successful national events run by Arts Council England and Museums Libraries and Archives which looked at the ways arts and culture deliver positive activities for children and young people, we have collated a small number of case studies which represent the essence of the three events and which we hope you will find useful as an advocacy tool. more >
Quality Framework (2nd edition)
The Quality Framework was launched as a developmental (continuous improvement) tool. Since then, we have worked closely with arts organisations to review, refine and further develop the Quality Framework including an independent evaluation. more >
SICAmag international edition
SICA Magazine's special (international) edition on Dutch identity through contemporary culture: From The Netherlands With Attitude. more >
European study on learning benefits for cross-border mobile artists
Do artists acquire new skills and competences when crossing borders? Does mobility help them to be more creative and innovative and what else can they learn? A European comparative study examines the reality of cross-border mobility of artists and its impact on their professional development. more >
Social entrepreneurship: new ways of working, future trends and opportunities?
LabforCulture starts the autumn with a feature on Social entrepreneurship. Following on from the review of the financial crisis and the cultural sector, it wanted to focus on new trends in working practices, applicable in and out of the cultural sector. more >
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