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January 2011
Culture and Creative Industries around the World: online resource hub
This site is a unique gateway to online resources on the culture and creative industries around the world. more >
Why we must maintain funding for the arts
Making a case for the Arts – key advocacy messages. more >
Study on the Entrepreneurial Dimension of the Cultural and Creative Industries
The Study, commissioned by the European Commission, responds to the growing importance of the creative economy, and more specifically of the role of the Cultural and Creative Industries (CCIs), as tools to tackle Europe’s current and future challenges. more >
European Cultural Capital Report 3
Rather than focussing individually on different ECOCs as often articles in previous reports did, this third report has been able to draw conclusions from multiple examples. more >
Survey on the Impact of the current economic climate on Regularly Funded Organisations
This report was prepared to help the Arts Council better understand the current and future challenges facing the arts sector in Northern Ireland as a result of the economic downturn. Undertaking a survey of our Regularly Funded Organisations has provided us with evidence of the challenges facing the sector and enabled us to propose a number of recommendations for organisations to consider over the next few years. more >
The new benefactors
It used to be rich patrons that kept the arts going - nowadays financial sources are as diverse as the art forms they fund. Discover modern-day arts funding and how it's shaping the future of art. Includes an interview with Sarah Gardner, IFACCA's Executive Director. more >
Globalized Arts: The Entertainment Economy and Cultural Identity
This book focuses on the confrontation between global politics and symbolic creative expression, to describe how, by integrating themselves into international markets, entertainment industries give rise to far-reaching cultural anxieties and politics. more >
Cultural Trends: Volume 19 Issue 4
Cultural Trends: Volume 19 Issue 4 is now available online at informaworldTM. more >
Eventful Cities: Cultural Management and Urban Regeneration
As cities become increasingly alike in their physical characteristics, how do they distinguish themselves in the global competition for resources, attention and investment? The answer increasingly seems to be – stage events. Organising or bidding for events has become a major industry worldwide. If you can't get the European Capital of Culture, then try for the World Design Capital, or the Olympic Games, or the World Cup. more >
International Journal of Cultural Policy: Volume 16 Issue 4
International Journal of Cultural Policy: Volume 16 Issue 4 is now available online at informaworldTM. more >
The Independents’ Voice: 2010 The Year of Culture and Creativity in Europe in review
KEA will continue to highlight the contribution of culture to the European project, economic, social development and sustainability. Our relevance lies in promoting culture-based creativity. more >
Removing the obstacles: Disability Access and the Arts
This project involves researching disability and heritage state, federal and international legal frameworks and their application for arts organisations and services that are located in heritage buildings. more >
Anti-Fraud and Corruption Awareness Campaign
The Department of Arts & Culture (DAC) adopts “zero tolerance” to fraud and corruption and declares its intention to serve the South African populace without compromising its commitment to DAC’s vision. more >
Trends and challenges of cultural policies. National case studies.
This work edited by Diane Saint-Pierre and Claudine Audet looks at the cultural policies of various Western countries—and their sometimes convergent, sometimes divergent evolution—based on the national priorities and issues of the time. more >
International Journal of Cultural Policy: Volume 17 Issue 1
International Journal of Cultural Policy: Volume 17 Issue 1 is now available online at informaworldTM. more >
Developing the Arts in Ireland
The Arts Council’s strategic approach for 2011-2013 builds on previous plans. It has a dual focus on supporting artists and arts organisations and on seeking to increase public engagement and participation in the arts. The strategic directions outlined in this document are necessarily flexible and adaptable to changing circumstances. more >
February 2011
Patterns in Performing Arts Spending in Canada in 2008
This report provides a detailed analysis of Canadians who spend money on live performing arts. In 2008, consumer spending on live performing arts was $1.426 billion, or an average of $108 for each of the 13.2 million households in the country. more >
Taking Charge of Change
Economic uncertainty and political churn are intensifying the many strategic challenges facing state arts agencies today. NASAA has compiled this special resource area with tools designed to help state arts agencies take charge. more >
Art in Prisons: a literature review of the philosophies and impacts of visual art programs for correctional populations
This review was commissioned by Arts Access Australia to examine evidence for the value of visual arts programs in Australian prisons and their impact on adult inmates. more >
Music Education in England - A Review by Darren Henley for the Department for Education and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Many children in England benefit from excellent music teaching from excellent teachers. In some parts of the country, the opportunities for children to take part in musical activities are immense. However, some children in England do not currently receive an adequate, let alone good, Music Education. more >
Arts Education in America : What the Declines Mean for Arts Participation
This report, commissioned from the National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago, investigates the relationship between arts education and arts participation, based on data from the Survey of Public Participation in the Arts for 1982, 1992, 2002, and 2008. more >
Beyond Attendance: A Multi-Modal Understanding of Arts Participation
Report authors Jennifer Novak-Leonard and Alan Brown of WolfBrown explore patterns of arts engagement across three modes: arts creation or performance, arts engagement through media, and attendance at arts activities. more >
Culture in development cooperation: cultural sectors in sustainable development policy
The purpose of development co-operation in the field of culture is to strengthen the cultural sector and resources in partner countries and promote active social participation and economic development. This work is integrally linked with promoting human rights, improving intercultural understanding and good governance. Cultural freedom and diversity are also development targets in their own right. more >
Age and Arts Participation: A Case against Demographic Destiny
Mark Stern, University of Pennsylvania, analyzes the relationship between age and arts participation in the Survey of Public Participation in the Arts data for 1982, 1992, 2002, and 2008. more >
Australian arts: strategic directions
The Australia Council for the Arts is the Australian Government’s arts funding and advisory body. Our vision is to enrich our nation by supporting the practice and enjoyment of the arts. more >
Changing Room toolkit
The Changing Room Knowledge Base is a wiki style resource written by and for cultural operators and students. more >
The arts and Australian education: realising potential
As Australia moves towards the implementation of a national curriculum in the Arts, a new review of research, released by the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER), calls for the Arts to be embedded in all academic disciplines and fields as a way of cultivating creativity and imagination. more >
Mapping the Cultural and Creative Sectors in the EU and China
IPR2 has published a working paper on ‘Mapping the Cultural and Creative Sectors in the EU and China‘ as part of an action plan to bring the cultural and creative industries (CCIs) together to exchange information and experiences on the functioning of both markets, and to help to shape policy and legislation. more >
Cultural Trends: Volume 20 Issue 1
Cultural Trends: Volume 20 Issue 1 is now available online at informaworld. more >
FCForum How-To for Sustainable Creativity
The FCForum brings together key organisations and active voices in the spheres of free/libre culture and knowledge. It responds to the need for an international arena in which to put together and coordinate a global framework for action. more >
March 2011
Cultural subsidy and development policy in the Finnish municipalities
In the review, Minister Kalevi Kivistö and Professor Anita Kangas look at subsidy and development policy relating to local cultural provision in terms of legalisation, the availability and accessibility of cultural services, and resources for producing cultural services. more >
SEAS Dock
This is the legacy of European arts platform Black/North SEAS 2006-2010. And a tool for people who engage in transnational collaboration in Europe. more >
Politiques et pratiques de la culture (Cultural Policy and Practices)
French publisher La documentation française recently released Politiques et pratiques de la culture (Cultural Policy and Practices). more >
نشرة الفدرالية الدولية من أجل التنوع الثقافي مارس2011
The first Arabic version of the International Federation of Coalitions for Cultural Diversity (IFCCD) newsletter is now available. more >
Culture and Local Governance
Culture and Local Governance (CLG) is a peer-reviewed online journal. CLG offers a space for dialogue across disciplinary boundaries, between established and emerging scholars, and between academics and practitioners. more >
Relationship between Museums and Municipalities in Europe
Which benefits derive from the relationship between museums and municipalities? How can the existing partnerships be enhanced? Do museums and local municipalities face the same challenges? Which mechanisms are required to make these relations more efficient? more >
The Art of Difference: From Europe as a cultural project to EU policies for culture
The Art of Difference is, in many senses, both a personal and a political book. It seeks to show how an individual can get very close to European matters emotionally, not least in terms of feeling some responsibility for the common good (which transcends national boundaries). more >
Pacific Cultural Mapping, Planning and Policy Toolkit
The toolkit builds on the Cultural Mapping, Planning and Policy Workshop conducted for members
of the Council for Pacific Arts and Culture in March 2010 at the SPC headquarters in Nouméa, New
Caledonia.
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Technology, arts and social connection
Information communication technologies provide many new and exciting opportunities for creative initiatives that promote participation, social connection and community engagement, which have positive health and wellbeing outcomes. more >
Effectiveness indicators to strengthen the knowledge base for cultural policy
Finnish cultural policy has been actively developed in recent years. In 2009, the Ministry of Education and Culture drew up its own strategy for cultural policy that extends to 2020, while a government report on the future of culture was completed in 2010. more >
Strategic Planning for Learning Organizations in the Cultural Sector
Researcher, professor and consultant Lidia Varbanova has published a new book about efficient management and strategic planning of organisations in the cultural sector. more >
UCLG Briefing on the Rio+20 Summit
The UCLG Executive Bureau adopted in November 2010 the policy statement on "culture as fourth pillar of development". more >
Culture & Medias 2030: Prospective de politiques culturelles
This report identifies the major challenges of culture and media player in the next twenty years, and draws guidelines for cultural policies. By defining “possible futures”, the report will determine how the state should intervene to adjust the current cultural policies to these new challenges. more >
International Journal of Cultural Policy: Volume 17 Issue 2
International Journal of Cultural Policy: Volume 17 Issue 2 is now available online at informaworld. more >
Changing Room - Mobility of Non-Artistic Cultural Professionals in Europe
Changing Room - Mobility of Non-Artistic Cultural Professionals in Europe is a research study by the Sibelius Academy examining mobility issues of the “backstage staff” of European culture within the Trans Europe Halles project Changing Room more >
Shaking the money tree: the art of getting grants and donations for independent film and video projects
Everything you ever need to know about how to prepare yourself and your independent noncommercial film/video/media program for getting grants and donations from individuals, crowdfunding, government agencies, private foundations, corporations, and small business. more >
Cultural Policy Update 1: Supporting the arts in spinning times
In this first issue of Cultural Policy Update support models from Europe, Asia and Australia are under scrutiny. The old model of the patron state is wearing out; much is expected from a diversification of funding sources. more >
A case for literature: The effectiveness of subsidies to Australian publishers 1995-2005
A case for literature, a new report to the Literature Board of the Australia Council has shown the vital impact its publishing subsidies program has had on the industry. It has also prompted the Board to re-consider the way it funds Australian publishers. more >
Adapting the Wheel: Cultural Policies for Africa
This tool aims to assist artists, cultural practitioners and stakeholders in Africa to focus their efforts on developing well-researched, well-analysed and thoroughly debated policy frameworks of relevance and significance to their circumstances, that ultimately result in raising the standard of arts and cultural theory and practice in their respective countries. more >
Labour Market Information for Canada's Cultural Sector
The Labour Market Information (LMI) report is rich with the most complete set of tables and detailed statistics ever assembled on the cultural labour force. It documents the breadth and strength of the sector with its labour force of 539,000 employers and workers across the country, and its economic impact of $39 billion or 3.1% of GDP. more >
A Report on the Encountering the Arts Conference
The conference was the third in a series of events held during 2010, which aimed to interrogate the current relationship, and explore possible synergies, between the arts and education. more >
April 2011
Key Issues in the Arts and Entertainment Industry
The new publication Key Issues in the Arts and Entertainment Industry is an encyclopaedic line-up of burning topics, highly relevant for anyone working in the cultural sector in the 21st century. more >
Boundaries and Transitions. Social Innovations in Cultural Process
Collection of papers of the Fifth International Scientific Conference on Social Innovations in Cultural Process: Boundaries and Transitions. more >
Create-Serve Art: A practical guide
This report attempts to provide answers to questions that are posed by the actors of the arts and cultural world in Luxembourg since the implementation of the law of 30 July 1999 concerning the professional independent artist and contract performing artists, as amended in June 2004.
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Review of Cultural Education: Call for evidence
This call for evidence seeks view on how all children can experience a high quality cultural education. Responses are requested from teachers, parents and pupils as well as individuals and organisations involved in delivering the whole spectrum of cultural education to young people in England. more >
ENCATC 2010: Activity Report
In light of a very successful year of activities and with the aim of valorizing its strong membership and contribution to the education and cultural sector, ENCATC has released its 2010 Activity Report. more >
Cultural statistics in the spotlight
Culture plays a significant role in the daily life of European citizens, and statistics can help to illustrate cultural behaviour in the EU as well as cross-cultural contacts. more >
Mzansi's Golden Economy: Contribution of the Arts, Culture and Heritage Sector to the New Growth Path
Conference discussion document: Government, together with civil society, has a responsibility to conserve and protect our culture and heritage for current and future generations. Government, together with civil society, also has a responsibility to transmit and present our culture and heritage for social and economic development. more >
Políticas para la creatividad (Policies for creativity)
Guía para el desarrollo de las industrias culturales y creativas. (Guide for the development of cultural and creative industries). more >
Culture Track 2011
Culture Track 2011 is the fifth instalment of an ongoing national research study of the attitudes and behaviours of cultural audiences, examining trends in attendance at visual and performing arts events and the motivators and barriers that affect participation. more >
The Visual Arts in Canada: A Synthesis and Critical Analysis of Recent Research
This study is the first comprehensive assessment of the state of research knowledge of the visual arts in Canada, cataloguing over 550 Canadian studies and a further 315 studies done abroad. more >
Copyright in a digital era
Copyright can seem like a complex area, but it is important to understand the rights you have over the work that you create. Knowing how to protect those rights, and what options there might be around licensing your work for sale, free use or re-purposing, can increase both audiences and income. more >
Haiti: Making Culture a Motor for Reconstruction
Irina Bokova: A widespread movement of solidarity was born the day after the 2010 earthquake in Haiti. It is time now to transform this momentum into sustainable partnerships and lasting commitments for the country to undertake the long and challenging task of reconstruction. more >
Heritage, Memory and Identity
Bringing together a truly global range of scholars, this volume explores heritage, memory and identity through a diverse set of subjects, including heritage sites, practices of memorialization, museums, sites of contestation, and human rights. more >
Time and Money: Using Federal Data to Measure the Value of Performing Arts Activities
This Note examines large datasets from multiple federal sources including the U.S. Economic Census, the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), to arrive at monetary and non-monetary value measurements of the nation’s performing arts sector. more >
African Directory on Arts and Culture Information
A directory on African Arts, Culture and Heritage information – based largely on www.artsinafrica.com website – has been published. more >
May 2011
Re-Investing in Arts Education: Winning America’s Future.
During the Arts Education Partnership meeting in early May, the President’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities (PCAH) introduced its newly released landmark report, Re-Investing in Arts Education: Winning America’s Future. more >
International Journal of Cultural Policy: Volume 17 Issue 3
International Journal of Cultural Policy: Volume 17 Issue 3 is now available online at informaworld. more >
Guidance on the development of legislation and administration systems in the field of cultural heritage
What laws should states enact to protect and promote their cultural heritage, and what administrative systems can they put in place to manage their cultural heritage policies most effectively? This revised and expanded guidance document aims to provide authoritative information on good practice in three primary areas: - the architectural heritage; - the archaeological heritage; and - the movable heritage. more >
Guidance on the development of legislation and administration systems in the field of cultural heritage
What laws should states enact to protect and promote their cultural heritage, and what administrative systems can they put in place to manage their cultural heritage policies most effectively? This revised and expanded guidance document aims to provide authoritative information on good practice. more >
Reinvesting in Arts Education - Winning America's Future Through Creative Schools
The culmination of 18 months of research, meetings with stakeholders, and site visits all over the country, this report represents an in-depth review of the current condition of arts education, including an update of the current research base about arts education outcomes, and an analysis of the challenges and opportunities in the field that have emerged over the past decade. more >
Return on Investment: The Federal Government, States and the Arts
NASAA's new fact sheet, Return on Investment: The Federal Government, States and the Arts, provides a one-page overview of the relationship between the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and state arts agencies. more >
Culture for Development Indicator Suite
The UNESCO Culture for Development Indicator Suite is a pioneering research and advocacy initiative that aims to establish a set of indicators highlighting how culture contributes to development at national level fostering economic growth, and helping individuals and communities to expand their life choices and adapt to change. more >
Support granted by the Arts Councils
All in all, a total sum of over € 33 million was allocated through the system of arts councils as a support and promotion for the arts. more >
Batterie d’indicateurs de la culture pour le développement
La Batterie d’indicateurs de la culture pour le développement est un projet pionnier de recherche appliquée visant à identifier une série d'indicateurs mettant en évidence comment la culture contribue au développement au niveau national, favorise la croissance économique et aide les individus et les communautés à élargir leurs choix de vie et à s'adapter au changement. more >
Batería de Indicadores en Cultura para el Desarrollo
La Batería de Indicadores en Cultura para el Desarrollo de la UNESCO es un proyecto de investigación aplicada cuyo objetivo es identificar una serie de indicadores que expliquen cómo la cultura contribuye al desarrollo a nivel nacional, fomentando el crecimiento económico y ayudando a los individuos y las comunidades a expandir sus opciones de vida y a adaptarse al cambio. more >
Craft & the Digital World
What happens when makers’ work takes them beyond traditional craft materials – clay, wood, fabric – and into the realm of post-industrial, digital manufacturing and communication technologies? more >
Report of the Independent Expert in the field of cultural rights
In this first report to the Human Rights Council, the independent expert in the field of cultural rights develops preliminary views on the conceptual and legal framework of her mandate. more >
Releasing the Potential for Arts & Design Research in Europe
ELIA and the SHARE Network have jointly written this paper to convince European Commission officials that Arts & Research forms part of the European research landscape and to create openings within the next generation of European Research Funding 2013 -2020, which is now being prepared. more >
Guía sobre políticas en favor de las industrias culturales y creativas
Esta nueva guía presenta de una manera concisa y práctica los conceptos e ideas fundamentales necesarios para el desarrollo de la economía creativa. La guía se concibe como una herramienta útil y exhaustiva al servicio de todos aquellos dedicados al desarrollo de este sector. more >
Access to finance for creative industry businesses
This research project examined whether creative industry businesses face greater difficulties accessing finance compared to those in other sectors. The research uses a mix of statistical analysis of existing survey datasets and newly conducted interviews with small and medium enterprises and finance providers. more >
An alternative arrangement for the copyright levy
On 3 March 2011 Minister of Culture and Sport, Mr Stefan Wallin appointed an expert reviewer to investigate and propose an alternative to the present device-based compensation scheme in view of the right of authors and other right holders to reasonable compensation for legal private copying, consumers’ just interests and possibilities to develop electronic commerce. more >
June 2011
Artists Moving and Learning
“Artists moving & learning” analyses the impact of mobility of artists in Europe from an educational and Life Long Learning perspective. By ‘artist’, we mean the reference to the UNESCO definition1, artists supported by or attached to public structures (national theatres, opera, choreographic centres…) and independent artists in the private sector who are not attached to any structure and thus are difficult to identify. more >
Cultural Trends: Volume 20 Issue 2
Cultural Trends: Volume 20 Issue 2 is now available online at informaworld. more >
Government response to the select committee response on funding of arts and heritage
This document sets out the government's response to the conclusions and recommendations of the Culture, Media and Sport Committee’s report on funding of the arts and heritage. more >
International Co-Production Manual: the journey which is full of surprises
IETM - international network for contemporary performing arts and KAMS - Korea Arts Management Service have just launched a free downloadable publication for cultural operators and artists interested by cooperation in Asia, in Europe and between Asia and Europe. more >
The Green Mobility Guide - a guide to environmentally sustainable mobility for performing arts
Commissioned by On The Move to creative industries environmental experts Julie’s Bicycle, the Green Mobility Guide offers practical recommendations for professionals across the performing arts, case studies and resources, including the Julie’s Bicycle “IG tool” for tracking carbon emissions while on tour. more >
Museums and the Disposals Debate
Museums and the Disposals Debate brings together international guidance, opinion, best practice and case studies in deaccessioning and disposal policies and practice. How museums react to their changing role - from public collector to effective manager - and how they review the purpose and role of their collections... more >
Artist Employment Projections through 2018
Drawing from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Outlook Handbook: 2010-11 Edition, Research Note #103 discusses job prospects for artists and other selected cultural occupations from 2008 to 2018. more >
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 >
Cultural Mobility Information Services in Spain: analysis and proposals. Executive Summary
It includes an analysis of the main features and needs identified as well as a set of proposals for improving the existing information supply. more >
Call for papers and referees: UNESCO Observatory refereed e-journal
The UNESCO observatory is looking for looking for informative and thought-‐provoking papers that challenge or shed light on the participation of young people in the arts. more >
Digital Transitions and the Impact of New Technology on the Arts
The objectives of the report were to provide an overview of current knowledge on the theme of digital transition and the impact of new technology on the arts in order to suggest how changes in the arts and society brought about by digital technologies affect Canadian public arts funders. more >
Access to Finance for Creative Industry Businesses
DCMS and the Department for Business Innovation & Skills (BIS) have published the findings of a jointly commissioned research project to examine whether creative industry businesses face greater difficulties accessing finance compared to SMEs in other sectors. more >
Research into the Impact of the Arts & Creative Industries on Africa’s Economy
The Arterial Network put out a project call for research into the Impact of the Arts on Africa’s Economy. As this call explains, arts and culture are often marginalised in Africa and are seen to have little impact on developmental issues of poverty eradication, job creation, rural and urban development or community livelihoods let alone on economic considerations of GDP, employment and earnings. more >
Creative Industries And Economic Evolution
The creative industries are key drivers of modern economies. While economic analysis has traditionally advanced a market-failure model of arts and culture, this book argues for an evolutionary market dynamics or innovation-based approach. more >
Connecting:// arts audiences online
With Connecting:// arts audiences online we wanted to see how arts organisations can use the internet to build audience engagement and drive attendance. more >
July 2011
The Living and Working Conditions of Artists In Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland report
The Arts Council of Northern Ireland and Arts Council/An Chomhairle Ealaíon have outlined their commitment to prioritising development opportunities for professional artists following a report which found that the average artist earns just £7,500 per year in Northern Ireland and £14,500 in the Republic of Ireland. more >
Return on Investment: The Federal Government, States and the Arts
This publication provides a one-page overview of the relationship between the NEA and state arts agencies. more >
The Cultural Leadership Handbook: How to Run a Creative Organization
Leadership and management skills are needed to meet the mission of creative arts and cultural organizations, and to generate the income that underpins success. The problem is where can you learn these essential skills? more >
Engaging Dance Audiences
Engaging Dance Audiences is a pilot program that enables Dance/USA to analyze current dance-going activities, and its members to explore and research methods of engaging audiences for dance, learn from peers, and share the learning nationally. more >
Cultural Protocol of the EU-CARIFORUM EPA: How is the cultural sector benefiting?
A study carried out by KEA for the European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM) shows how Caribbean artists are benefiting from the EU-Cariforum European Partnership Agreement (EPA). more >
Cultural Reform Too
This publication (in French) covers topics including: culture as a concept and in practice; and cultural reform in action. more >
Art and Sustainability: Connecting Patterns for a Culture of Complexity
What is the cultural dimension of sustainability? This book offers a thought-provoking answer, with a theoretical synthesis on 'cultures of sustainability'. more >
Cultural statistics
This second edition of the ‘Cultural statistics’ pocketbook is more than an update of the first edition published in 2007 as it introduces content from new data sources, mainly in the domain of cultural participation. more >
Visual Artists Mobility Lab: Recommendations and Reader
The first Artists’ Mobility Lab was organised in May 2011 in North East England by ISIS in collaboration with Turning Point North East. It addressed visual arts organisations, networks, festivals, galleries and practitioners committed to international cultural exchange who develop projects, residencies and exhibitions with international artists. more >
Supporting growth in the arts economy
Within the series of three papers: 'The arts economy', 'Place infrastructure and digital' and 'Towards an arts and creative economy', Tom Fleming and Andrew Erskine illustrate synergies between the arts and the creative economy and discuss suggestions for the Arts Council's approach. more >
Culture and Development: Note by the Secretary-General
The present report, prepared by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), presents progress made in the implementation of General Assembly resolution 65/166, entitled “Culture and development”, and includes an assessment of the value and desirability of organizing a United Nations conference on culture and development. more >
An introduction to New Zealand cultural policy
A two-part series exploring the cultural policy of New Zealand. more >
The art of the possible
This report aims to get estimates of the effects of cultural and sporting investment using existing data sources. more >
August 2011
Pour une histoire des politiques culturelles dans le monde
La documentation française vient de publier l’ouvrage Pour une histoire des politiques culturelles dans le monde, dont l’objectif est d'élargir et d'enrichir par des études de cas, les témoignages recueillis lors d’un colloque international qui s'est tenu en 2009 pour marquer le cinquantenaire du Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication français, et ceci, dans une perspective historique. more >
Towards a World History of Cultural Policies
La documentation française has recently published a work entitled Towards a World History of Cultural Policies (Pour une histoire des politiques culturelles dans le monde). more >
Por una historia de las políticas culturales en el mundo
La documentation française acaba de publicar la obra Por una historia de las políticas culturales en el mundo, cuyo objetivo es ampliar y enriquecer, a través de estudios de casos, los testimonios recogidos durante un coloquio internacional que se celebró en 2009 para subrayar el cincuentenario del Ministerio de Cultura y Comunicación francés, todo ello bajo una perspectiva histórica. more >
Community Character How Arts and Cultural Strategies Create, Reinforce, and Enhance Sense of Place
Arts and culture strategies help to reveal and enhance the underlying identity — the unique meaning, value, and character — of the physical and social form of a community. more >
Music and health care
The paper begins by exploring a core premise of the Musical Connections Program: that music can have a transformative impact on people’s lives. more >
Local Cultural Policies Handbook
Local Cultural Policies Handbook – Steps, Tools and Case studies is now available in English. Previously only available in Turkish (Istanbul Bilgi University Press, 2011), this publication pulls together new methodological tools and diverse practical experiences from civic participation in local cultural policy development from across Turkey. more >
International comparisons of public engagement in culture and sport
This report compares Great Britain with other European countries in relation to public engagement in sport and culture. more >
Between art and engineering: Public funding of architecture in the 2000s and changes in architects’ work
The study at hand has two purposes: First, to examine architecture’s share of the arts support system in the 2000s, and secondly to evaluate the status of architects in present building trade and the possible
changes in it. English summary available.
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Strategic Digital Industry plan released
The plan – Creative Industries, a Strategy for 21st Century Australia – outlines whole-of-Australian Government action to support the country’s creative businesses and talent. The plan highlights the significant contribution of Australia’s creative industries to the broader economy. more >
Emergence: Creative practice for a sustainable future
In 2010/11 the arts sector in Wales came together at three major conferences in Cardiff, Swansea and Caernarfon to share ideas, ask questions and get practical tools for a more sustainable practice. more >
September 2011
Youth Arts Transforms Lives - FACT
This resource provides evidence to demonstrate how youth arts can transform young people's lives and enable new generations to progress positively as young citizens influencing the society we live in. The evidence has been collated throughout a year-long campaign which began in June 2010. more >
Community character: how arts and cultural strategies create, reinforce, and enhance sense of place
Arts and culture strategies help to reveal and enhance the underlying identity—the unique meaning, value, and character— of the physical and social form of a community. This identity is reflected through the community’s character or sense of place. more >
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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Culture, knowledge and understanding: great museums and libraries for everyone
A companion to our 10-year strategic framework for the arts Achieving great art for everyone, this publication is our first attempt to integrate museums and libraries into this framework. more >
How Arts and Cultural Strategies Create, Reinforce, and Enhance Sense of Place
Arts and culture strategies help to reveal and enhance the underlying identity—the unique meaning, value, and character— of the physical and social form of a community. more >
Guide to Funding Opportunities for the International Mobility of Artists and Culture Professionals in Europe
The Guide aims to improve the availability and transparency of information to facilitate the international mobility of artists and culture professionals in the EU. more >
Singapore Cultural Statistics 2011
The Singapore Cultural Statistics 2011 provides an update on the Singapore’s arts and cultural sector through the analysis of Singapore’s cultural statistics over the past years. more >
Arts. Environment. Sustainability. : how can culture make a difference?
There is a growing recognition of the contributions of culture and the arts to finding creative solutions for global challenges. more >
A fair share - direct funding for individual artists from UK arts councils
The key finding of this study reveals that shockingly few individual artists apply for funding in their own right, and even fewer are successful. What this means is that there is little direct funding being given to artists to pursue and develop their own projects, under their own control. more >
Teaching Artists and the Future of Education, A Report on the Teaching Artist Research Project
There have been remarkable advances in arts education, both in and out of schools, over the last fifteen years, despite a difficult policy environment. more >
October 2011
Call for Papers: Journal "Revista Crítica de Ciências Sociais" (RCCS), N.º 99
The point of departure for this special issue is the politically prevalent but heavily critiqued trend for cities to participate in an international race for ‘hip’ promotional identities and economic competitiveness through investing in flagship architectural projects and building districts to attract mobile creative talent. more >
Julie's Bicycle - website resources
The Julie's Bicycle website contains numerous resources on the arts and environmental sustainability, including fact sheets, guidelines and case studies. more >
Results of the questionnaire to the participants of the European Culture Forum 2011
This report provides a summary and an analysis of the responses received to the online questionnaire aimed at registered participants of the European Culture Forum 2011, which is due to be held in Brussels on 20-21 October 2011. The questionnaire was designed by Péter Inkei on behalf of the EENC in early August 2011. Responses were collected between 7 and 30 September. more >
Lobbying for Culture as the 4th Pillar of Sustainable Development
Agenda 21 for Culture has drafted the document “Lobbying for Culture as the 4th Pillar of Sustainable Development in the Process of the Rio+20 Summit”, offering ideas to be considered by cultural activists, networks and stakeholders preparing a submission to the Secretariat of the Rio+20 Conference in order to influence the initial documents for the negotiations. more >
The UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions: the good, the Bad and the Ugly from a Global South Perspective
Mike van Graan's presentation to the Cultural Diversity Conference, South Africa. more >
Artists and Arts Workers in the United States
The availability of American Community Survey (ACS) data for 2005-2009 allows researchers to
produce reliable national estimates of the number, variety, and distribution of artists in the United
States.
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November 2011
Cultural Mapping, Planning and Policy: Tonga
In 2010, the Institute of Education (IOE) at the University of the South Pacific (USP) was awarded a contract to carry out a project on cultural mapping, planning and policy development. more >
Do my arts look good on this? - Media Arts and Digital Platforms
In this paper we outline some of the ways in which Creative New Zealand’s resources might be used to support media arts and artists and the wider New Zealand arts sector’s use of digital platforms. more >
The Pleasure of Research
In The Pleasure of Research, Henk Slager treats his previous activities and projects as points of inspiration and shows how the discussion on artistic research delving into issues such as knowledge production, artistic thinking, medium-specificity, context-responsiveness, and counter-archival display, has affected the current state of art and education. more >
It's a given: tracking private sector support for the arts
The Australia Council for the Arts has released a new report which analyses levels of private sector income of Australia Council funded key organisations for the years 2008 to 2010. more >
Ins & outs. A field analysis of the performing arts in Flanders
Several years after the publication of Metamorphoses. Performing Arts in Flanders since 1993, this new edition of VTi’s field analysis shows how the world of performing arts has continued to evolve since 2005. more >
Wallace Studies in Building Arts Audiences
With the perspective that “we are witnessing a dynamic shift in [cultural] participation, both in amount and in form”, this series of case studies was prepared to help arts organizations attract and engage new audiences, in order to help secure their artistic and financial sustainability. more >
Partnerships between schools and the professional arts sector: Evaluation of impact on student outcomes
This publication investigated student outcomes in school/arts partnership programs supported by Arts Victoria and DEECD. more >
Young children’s participation in the arts and reading outside of school in 2008
Young children’s participation in the arts and reading outside of school in 2008, the 35th report in the Statistical Insights on the Arts series from Hill Strategies Research, provides a first look at data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth regarding the frequency with which Canadian children between three and seven years of age participate in certain arts and reading activities outside of school. more >
Assessment of the Economic Impact of the Arts in Ireland
A report on the economic impact of the arts in Ireland, launched this morning (16 November 2011) by Jimmy Deenihan TD, Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, shows that the arts provide significant direct and indirect employment, with Arts Council's annual funding from the Exchequer supporting over 2,600 jobs. more >
Touring in Scandinavia and the Baltics. Bridging regional and international perspectives.
Baltic Circle Seminar Publication 17.-18.11.2011 more >
Book Sector in Spain 2010
The Observatory of Books and Reading has collected all important numbers and figures of the sector from 2010 in one publication. more >
Recommendations Cultural sector cutbacks 2013 – 2016
The following are the recommendations of the Council for Culture for a new infrastructure for cultural organisations, for which the budget of €125m is lower than that in place for the current basic infrastructure. more >
Annual Report 2010
The year 2010, in which the cabinet announced unprecedented large budget cuts, marks a new approach to cultural policy. more >
Europe-China Cultural Compass
Are we meaning the same, when we say the same? -- This was the leading question at the start of the Europe-China Cultural Compass project, an initiative by partners of EUNIC in China, the Goethe-Institut, the British Council, and The Danish Cultural Institute. more >
Arts Council England and Creative & Cultural Skills publish guide on internships in the arts
Arts Council England and Creative & Cultural Skills have published Internships in the arts - a guide for arts organisations. more >
December 2011
IMLS Releases New Five Year Strategic Plan
The IMLS Strategic Plan, 2012 – 2016: Creating a Nation of Learners envisions a democratic society where communities and individuals thrive with broad public access to knowledge, cultural heritage and lifelong learning. more >
Measuring Cultural Diversity: Three Studies from the French Ministry of Culture and Communication
The studies, forecasting, and statistical branch (Département des études, de la prospective et des statistiques-DEPS) of the French Ministry of Culture and Communication has published three studies on cultural diversity in France in the book and recorded music industries as well as a study focusing on theatrical and video film markets in France and Europe. more >
Exploratory Mapping of Intermediary Organisations - Supporting Performing Arts Circulation in Europe
"Creating and performing across borders is key to develop and enrich the artistic experience for both creators and audiences. However operating within the European stages is complex and risky, yet challenging! Europe features an unbalanced scenario in what comes to the performing arts sector policies, infra-structures, working and social status and thus configuring disparate conditions for mobility. more >
Creative Industries, Culture and Policy
The Creative Industries sets the agenda for these debates, providing a richer understanding of the dynamics of cultural markets, creative labor, finance and risk, and how culture is distributed, marketed and creatively reused through new media technologies. more >
Le fil de l'esprit. Augustin Girard un parcours entre recherche et action
Dans quelle mesure la recherche peut-elle contribuer à définir une politique publique de la culture? Telle est la question à laquelle, dès 1963, Augustin Girard s’efforce de répondre en créant, au ministère des Affaires culturelles, le Service des études et recherches. more >
Le fil de l'esprit
To what extent can research help to define a public policy culture? That is the question that, in 1963, Augustin Girard tried to answer by creating the Studies and Research Service within the Department of Cultural Affairs. more >
(Inter)Cultural Capitals across Europe
A Grundtvig-Learning Partnership on Intercultural approaches in adult education in the context of European Capitals of Culture. more >
The international who's who in cultural policy, planning and research >