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The 16th edition of the Education and Research Sessions reaffirmed their role as a dynamic space for academic dialogue and cross-sector exchange. Bringing together researchers, educators, and cultural professionals, the sessions provided a platform to collectively reflect on how cultural policy, management, and education can help shape inclusive and sustainable futures. The papers presented by more than 100 participants from 38 countries throughout 28Read more

By Matina Magkou, Researcher, Université Côte d’Azur, France   As pressures on the arts and culture sector to demonstrate their value continue to intensify, an important question arises: are future generations of professionals adequately equipped to reflect on and carry out meaningful evaluations? Can evaluation truly be taught, and do existing frameworks reflect the realities ofRead more

By Cleopatra Charles, Professor, Rutgers University, United States of America and Margaret F. Sloan, Director, School of Strategic Leadership Studies at James Madison University, United States of America   Evaluating the intangible value of the arts using FACE metrics In teaching nonprofit management, especially for arts and culture nonprofits, few topics resonate more immediately with studentsRead more

By Carla Figueira, Strategic Policy Advisor, ENCATC and Aimee R. Fullman, Professor in Arts Management, State University of New York at Buffalo, United States of America   Learning In: Using Case Clinics and Cultural Autobiographies as Regenerative Cultural Policy & Management Teaching Tools Carla Figueira & Aimee R. Fullman Introduction: Facing Crossroads in Cultural Policy & Management AsRead more

By Antonia Silvaggi, Head of Skills for Culture, Founder, Melting Pro, Italy   ABSTRACT  In a rapidly evolving cultural landscape, researchers and professionals are increasingly expected to bridge the gap between academic knowledge and societal challenges. The OFFICINA CHANGES programme, developed by DINAMICA (Melting Pro, Ideazione s.r.l., and BAM! Strategie Culturali) for Fondazione CHANGES, supports aRead more

By Gigi Guizzo, Senior Development Manager, Rinova, Spain   Introduction: A Personal Trajectory into Cultural Rights Over the past two decades, I have had the privilege of working across different European countries on initiatives that connect the arts with education, social action, and community development. My professional path has taken me from local programmes in neighbourhoodRead more

By Gerald Lidstone, ENCATC President   As we look beyond 2030, one thing becomes increasingly clear: the future is cultural. The theme of this year’s ENCATC Congress — The Future Is Cultural: Policy, Practice, and Education — captured a crucial moment in our shared work. Around the world, we are confronting intersecting crises: ecological fragility, digital disruption, and political polarisation.Read more

By Ms. GiannaLia Cogliandro, ENCATC Secretary General   /EDITORIAL This issue of the ENCATC Scholar – Issue #19 – focuses on equipping educators with practical teaching materials and innovative approaches in response to the rapidly evolving challenges facing the cultural sector. As the world undergoes profound transformations – technological advancements, environmental crises, and shifting societal valuesRead more

By ENCATC /PROCEEDINGS A very special edition of the ENCATC Congress 2024 took place in Lecce, Italy from 18 to 20 September, marking the 32nd  anniversary of the initiative and affirming once again the key role of ENCATC in bringing together diverse voices and insights from the  cultural management and policy community. Over the course of 3 days, we brought together nearly 200Read more

By Dr. Milena Stefanovic, Assistant professor, Faculty of Dramatic Arts (University of Arts, Belgrade, Serbia) /TEACHING EXPERIENCES Environmental sustainability and concert industry   Introduction or why we need to teach environment sustainability issues to students During one of the Strategic Management and Marketing lectures I teach to the Faculty of Drama Master’s students, we discussed trendsRead more

By Caitlin McKinnon, PhD candidate, Queen Margaret University (and the University of Stirling) /TEACHING EXPERIENCES Making the Familiar Strange: Using zines as a reflective tool in arts management education   Defining a zine To define a zine is no easy task, for as Dr. Ash Watson notes “a zine is often understood by what it isRead more

By Geert Drion Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, Netherlands /TEACHING EXPERIENCES Co-creating cultural encounter   Introduction In Europe, for cultural organisations, managers, practitioners, policy makers and network-builders alike, the need for new vocabularies and methods for (cross-)cultural encounters has become increasingly urgent, given the polarised cultural discourse that contextualises their work. In the Netherlands, a new framework was developedRead more

By Dr. Hyung Yu Park Associate Professor, Tourism Studies, Department of Marketing, Enterprise and Tourism (Middlesex University, UK) /TEACHING EXPERIENCES Digital Storytelling – Individual Meaning-making for Heritage Tourism   Introduction Experiential learning emphasises student-centred, collaborative and inclusive methods that are often difficult to implement in traditional teaching environments. In order to maximise the benefits of experientialRead more

By ENCATC /PROCEEDINGS A momentous milestone was celebrated in Helsinki from 11th to 13th October as we held the 31st edition of the ENCATC Congress, entitled “Artificial Intelligence Embraced: the future of the cultural and creative sector”. With more than 250 participants and speakers coming from dozens of countries around the world to engage in debates, keynotes, presentations, workshops and much more, the event servedRead more

By Prof. Dr. Julia Glesner (University of Applied Sciences Potsdam) and Sara Tvrdišić (University of Arts in Belgrade) /TEACHING EXPERIENCES How to use ChatGPT in Cultural Marketing?   Introduction In November 2022, the US company OpenAI launched its chatbot ChatGPT built on top of its large language models (LLMs). “This chatbot has redefined the standards of artificialRead more

By Annukka Jyrämä  & Kaari Kiitsak-Prikk Professor of Cultural Management (EAMT) & Senior Lecturer of Cultural Management (EAMT) /ANGLES Supporting the mindset of tech-savvy arts managers: How to build a technology mindset in cultural management? Technological change and digitalization cannot be ignored by art organisations and arts management education. Artificial intelligence (AI), digital tools, platforms, augmented and virtual reality,Read more

By Genni Perlangeli, Andrea Rea & Fabiola Sfodera /ANGLES The platformization of cultural industries The platformization of cultural industries through digital transformation has played a crucial role in recent years. Forms have been acquired in producing and circulating various cultural contents (Platform Studies and Digital Cultural Industries Paolo Magaudda, Marco Solaro Sociologica. V.14N.,2020). In the reconfigurationRead more

By Prof. Dr. Julia Glesner University of Applied Sciences Potsdam, Germany /TEACHING EXPERIENCES Cultural Organizations Collectively Led – Opportunities and Challenges Introduction: Collective leadership – or, depending on the definition, shared leadership – (Rybnikova & Lang, 2021) is being intensively tested in the cultural sector. From an academic point of view, the opportunities of this model areRead more

By Julie Goodman Drexel University /TEACHING EXPERIENCES Whose Values? Decolonizing Discussions of Cultural Policy Introduction Cultural policy is, “the sum of a government’s activities with respect to the arts (including the for-profit cultural industries), the humanities, and heritage,” (Mulcahy 2006). The study of cultural policy in arts management education, then, is most often concerned withRead more

By Dr Carla Figueira (Goldsmiths, University of London) /TEACHING EXPERIENCES Sharing learning and teaching experiences during the Covid-19 pandemic   Introduction Despite all the challenges that the Covid-19 pandemic brought about, it represented, in my personal context of postgraduate teaching in Higher Education in the UK, an amazing learning opportunity. The switch from face-to-face teachingRead more

By Nuria Cortés, Ph.D. (Goldsmiths, University of London) /CASE ANALYSIS A reflective case analysis of an interactive and collaborative teaching practice under unexpected circumstances, the use of MURAL digital tool   Introduction This case analysis comes from my personal experience as a lecturer in the MA in Tourism and Cultural Policy at Goldsmiths, University ofRead more

By ENCATC /PROCEEDINGS 2022 ENCATC Congress on Cultural Management and Policy: “Internationalization in focus: theoretical, strategic, and management perspectives in education, research, policy and practice” The 2022 ENCATC Congress on Cultural Management and Policy “Internationalization in focus: theoretical, strategic, and management perspectives in education, research, policy and practice” took place from 17- 19 October 2022 inRead more

By Dr. Valentina Volpi (Link Campus University); Prof. José Marín-Roig Ramón (Universitat Politecnica de Valencia); Prof. Mª Asunción Pérez Pascual (Universitat Politecnica de Valencia); Prof. Mª José Canet Subiela (Universitat Politecnica de Valencia) /TEACHING EXPERIENCES O-City Learn: An open and free learning resource for creating competences in the Orange Economy   Introduction The creation ofRead more

By Rodrigo Paris and Roma Triunfo Nodo Centro Cultural Digital (www.nodocultural.art) /CASE ANALYSIS Theater after dust: the light after the digital BigBang   According to a study carried out by SINCA, a total of 1,591 venues are registered in Argentina for the exhibition of performing arts. The majority (70%) are theaters; 23%, cultural centers, andRead more

By Emilia Sánchez González M.A. World Heritage Studies. Brandenburg University of Technology /CASE ANALYSIS Lessons from planning hands-on heritage training programs during the COVID-19 pandemic. Case analysis of European Heritage Volunteers   Introduction The reach and severity of the COVID-19 pandemic took the entire world by surprise. Every individual and every organization had to findRead more

By Dr. Xela Batchelder(Waynesburg University); Thomas Karr, MFA (Wayne State University); Dr. Brett Ashley Crawford (Carnegie Mellon University); Brenda Lee Johnston, MAM (Butler University); and Dr. Amy Shimshon-Santo, Ph.D. (Claremont Graduate University) /TEACHING EXPERIENCE Using Podcasts to Enhance Student Learning Inside & Outside the Classroom   Introduction As technology evolves and the society we liveRead more

By ENCATC /INTERVIEW Why Culture Matters: In conversation with Ambassador Morikawa Toru, Executive Director, Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF) Ambassador Morikawa Toru joined the Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF) as its 8th Executive Director in August 2020. He is a career diplomat, and his previous postings include serving as Minister, Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of Japan in Iran;Read more

By Alice Demattos Guimarães PhD Candidate, Western Norway University of Applied Science /PROCEEDINGS Global Conversation: Decolonising cultural management education   An invitation to reflect our role and position in times of changes In a first-ever digital format, ENCATC embraced resilience adapting its annual congress to the unprecedented year of 2020 and the COVID-19 outbreak. InRead more

By Antonia Silvaggi Co-founder and Head of SKills for Culture, Melting Pro Learning and Ludovica De Angelis Co-founder Coordinator, Melting Pro Learning /CASE ANALYSIS An Italian case on developing soft skills for future cultural leaders in a Master’s Programme   Introduction This article describes the teaching experience of the module entitled “Developing skills and abilities forRead more

By Yelena Kharitonova Caravan Cultura CreArt Agency, Academy and Consultancy /CASE ANALYSIS ENCATC in Maastricht at TEFAF! The story to be continued… Today art fairs are considered to contribute significantly to the cultural, societal & economic development wealth of Europe and beyond. The art fairs have major impact on the development of cultural participation andRead more

By Stephanie Dieckvoss Kingston School of Art, Kingston University /CONTEXT A brief history of contemporary art fairs Looking back at the history of fairs for contemporary art as platforms for the sale and distribution of art at a time when the ongoing coronavirus crisis has virtually stopped the most important opportunity for galleries to generateRead more

By Mary-Ann Schreurs Strategic Advisor at Innovate.City /ANGLES If not now, then when? Challenging times for Eindhoven and Dutch Design Week At the turn of the 21st century, the design field in Eindhoven was in a flux. Already big in consumer products made by companies as DAF but especially Philips, Philips Design, had a brilliantRead more

By Maciej W. Hofman Policy Officer at Culture Policy Unit, Directorate-General for Education, Youth, Sport and Culture (DG EAC) of the European Commission /ANGLES The impact of culture for the local development in the EU: policies, funding, future prospects It goes without saying that regions and cities in the European Union highly value their cultureRead more

By Adelaide Duarte Researcher and Professor at Institute of Art History, School of Social Sciences and Humanities, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal /CASE ANALYSIS ARCOlisboa: a newly art fair and its impact ARCOlisboa: is there a need for a new contemporary art fair? Before COVID-19 crisis, academics agreed that arts fairs flourished all over theRead more

By Paulo Pires do Vale Comissário do Plano Nacional das Artes /CONTEXT National Plan for the Arts: a strategy, a manifesto este é o dia, esta é a hora Ricardo Reis According to the Constitution of the Portuguese Republic, one may read in article 73, after stating that “everyone has the right to education andRead more

By Manuel Veiga Lisbon City Council, Municipal Director of Culture /ANGLES The role of Arts and Culture in urban revitalization “Urban form is usually the product of historical evolution, but it can also be the outcome of policy” (Cotella, Evers, Rivolin and Solly, 2020). Lisbon is one of Europe’s oldest cities and, as such, its urbanRead more

By Inês Faria and Vasco Almeida Lavrar o Mar Cooperativa Cultural /PROFILES Madalena Victorino When choreographer Madalena Victorino undertakes a project, she embraces it with all the strength she is capable of – which is immense. For her, the separation between professional and personal life is tenuous: they both have the same value. Her loveRead more

By Joana Monteiro Director of the Museum of Lisbon /CONTEXT Challenges in managing a city museum: the Museum of Lisbon in times of change Introduction There are two global trends directly connected to this case study: the growth and increasing complexity of cities in the world, and the changing role of museums in the presentRead more

By Inês Henriques and Teresa Pinheiro MIL – Lisbon International Music Network /CASE ANALYSIS A music festival and convention that turns Lisbon into a meeting point for the portuguese speaking music markets MIL – Lisbon International Music Network MIL – Lisbon International Music Network is a festival and convention focused on the dissemination and internationalizationRead more

By Elena SV Flys Eastern Michigan University /TEACHING EXPERIENCE Accessibility Design as part of the Arts Curriculum Introduction This short paper highlights the contradiction of the arts seeking social inclusion and justice but still being inaccessible to many stakeholders, due to the lack of access services. When accessibility is mentioned, usually people think exclusively ofRead more

/Interview ENCATC Interview to keynote speaker Dr. David Throsby Yesterday we had an interesting discussion about how sustainability is pre-Westernized and how how can we think of sustainability beyond this Western perspective… This is a very interesting matter and it is one that I do a lot of work at the moment with indigenous peopleRead more

By Andrew Ormston Drew Wylie Projects and Queen Margaret University /CASE ANALYSIS Diversity for sustainable development in cities and regions: two case studies from the Philippines Creative hubs are increasingly attractive vehicles for pursuing diverse and sustainable development. Most of them started out in response to the particular needs of a group of creative organisationsRead more

By ENCATC /PROCEEDINGS 2019 ENCATC Congress on Cultural Management and Policy: “Diversity and sustainability at work. Policies and practices from culture and education” The 2019 ENCATC Congress on Cultural Management and Policy “Diversity and sustainability at work. Policies and practices from culture and education” took place from 2- 5 October 2019 in Dijon, France. Since 1992, the ENCATCRead more

By Dr. Devandré Boonzaaier Senior Lecturer, University of Fort Hare, South Africa /TEACHING EXPERIENCE A humanizing pedagogy for the music and arts administration curriculum Introduction The University of Fort Hare is just over a century old. The music department at the University of Fort Hare can trace roots back to the 1970s. Since 2012, theRead more

By Tamsyn Dent Research Fellow at King’s College London, UK /CONTEXT Diversity, intersectionality and care in the UK screen sector Diversity and inclusion are globally agreed to be a good thing for creative and cultural work, celebrated for both its economic and social benefit (UNDP & UNESCO, 2013). Why then, is the creative and cultural workforceRead more

By Vladimir Paunovic PhD student in Culture and Media Management, Faculty of Dramatic Arts, University of Arts in Belgrade, Serbia /CONTEXT Sustainability of the independent cultural scene of Serbia Introduction The importance of non-institutional participants in culture, in the context of achieving sustainability, has long been recognized in the theory of European cultural policy. As oneRead more

ENCATC elaboration based on the Keynote of Milena Dragićević Šešić Head of the UNESCO Chair in Interculturalism, Art Management and Mediation, Serbia /CONTEXT Ethical Challenges in the Era of Academic Capitalism: Mission of Critically Engaged University Full video of the talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJGgJOTb8Kw Why this topic? 10 years ago, Milena was chosen among 40 professors toRead more

By Marju Mäger, Tiiu Männiste, Andres Rõigas Tartu University Viljandi Culture Academy /TEACHING EXPERIENCE The role of entrepreneurial competencies in entrepreneurship education in the field of culture management Keywords: entrepreneurship education, competencies, creative industries, culture management. Entrepreneurship education, which today plays an important role in the educational landscape, provides grounds to claim that the entrepreneurialRead more

By Susan Badger Booth Hongik University, South Korea Eastern Michigan University By Elena SV Flys Eastern Michigan University /TEACHING EXPERIENCE The Impact of COVID19 in Experiential Learning Activities: Challenges of an Online Setting As COVID19 advances, the uncertainty of teaching and engaging with the arts grows. This short paper highlights the experiences and challenges that both teachersRead more

By ENCATC /EDITORIAL Cultural policy system and cultural trends in Morocco and North Africa  This issue of the /encatcSCHOLAR is a follow up of the 9th ENCATC International Study Tour, which gathered 33 educators, researchers, artists, cultural professionals, and decision makers from 10 countries in Casablanca and Marrakesh, Morocco, from 10-14 June 2019 The ContextRead more

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By ENCATC /PROCEEDINGS 2019 ENCATC International Study Tour, 10-14 June 2019, Casablanca and Marrakesh, Morocco 33 educators, researchers, artists, cultural professionals, and decision makers from 10 countries gathered in Morocco from 10-14 June for the 9th ENCATC International Study Tour, organised in partnership with MedCulture, The World Leisure Organisation, and with the support of the CreativeRead more

Par Bouchra Bendany Italian Cultural Association Dante Alighieri of Casablanca /CASE ANALYSIS La journée Internationale des Langues Européennes: l’apport du cluster EUNIC Casablanca au dialogue interculturel Le rôle de la culture en tant que vecteur efficace dans la lutte contre la radicalisation des jeunes, leur insertion dans la société et la contribution à leur réussiteRead more

Par Géraldine Bueken et Clementine Feuga PAXI /Case Analysis LE STUDY TOUR ENCATC MAROC 2019 – La genèse du collectif PAXI Tout a commencé le 10 juin 2019 lorsque les participants du STUDY TOUR ENCACT 2019 se sont réunis à la Squala, le splendide café maure de Casablanca qui fut le point de départ d’unRead more

Par Samba Soumbounou Afrikayna /ANGLES Approche participative pour une gestion collective du patrimoine | sensibilisation et bénévolat : Exemple de Casablanca “Pour préserver le patrimoine d’une ville, il faut d’abord faire aimer son patrimoine”. La notion du patrimoine est de nos jours, au cœur des préoccupations des grandes métropoles africaines. Au delà de sa définition,Read more

Par Kenza Sefrioui Directrice des éditions EN TOUTES LETTRES, Casablanca /CASE ANALYSIS Être éditeur au Maroc Outre le plaisir d’accompagner des auteurs et de travailler à haut niveau sur des sujets passionnants, hors de toute routine intellectuelle, être éditeur au Maroc, c’est accepter de relever de nombreux défis économiques et politiques et de se confronterRead more

By Sofia Margarida de Castro Barros Correia dos Santos Archivist – public organization /Case Analysis Building the cultural heritage through Archives and Arts – three case studies Introduction Archives can be described as a place in which public records or historical materials, such as documents are preserved and safeguard (Dicionário de Terminologia Arquivística Brasileiro, 2005). The ArchivesRead more

By Eleonora Psenner Eurac Research – Institute for Regional Development /Case Analysis Cultural organizations leveraging social integration in disadvantaged neighbourhoods – a case study approach Introduction In the past decades, urban and cultural policies tended to follow models, including the ones of creative economy, creative and knowledge industries, creative cities, incubation hubs, coworking spaces andRead more

By Federico Bucci and Elena Montanari Politecnico di Milano /TEACHING EXPERIENCE Learning Through Space: Heritage Buildings as Classrooms in the MantovArchitettura Experience Introduction In the present scenario, while education programmes need to confront with new challenges – especially ensuing from remarkable socio-cultural changes modifying cognitive processes and behaviors, and the pervasive integration of digital toolsRead more

By Marco Aperti Conversas Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands /Case Analysis Conversas Rotterdam, a communitarian project facing a capitalist world A brief introduction Conversas is a self-organized art project, initiated in 2012, in Lisbon by Constança Saraiva and Mafalda Fernandes. In 2014, the artist and graphic designer Constanca moved to Rotterdam, continuing this endeavor in the newRead more

By Claudia S. Quiñones Vilá Amineddoleh & Associates /CONTEXT Using Education to Enhance Cultural Diversity and Exchange Why Culture, Why Now? The European Year of Cultural Heritage (EYCH) 2018 represents a turning point for the development of a common European heritage. EYCH also brought attention to the fact that in order to properly preserve culture,Read more

By Cristina Ortega, PhD Director of 3Walks and scientific coordinator of the UNESCO-ENCATC project “Learning on intangible heritage: building teachers’ capacity for a sustainable future” /EDITORIAL Learning on Intangible Cultural Heritage With a new vision of cultural heritage gaining prominence, UNESCO encourages integration of intangible cultural heritage (ICH) in training programmes for future decision-makers andRead more

By Frédéric Vacheron Director of Villa Ocampo UNESCO Observatory /NETWORK Latin America and the Caribbean Academic Cooperation Network on ICH (ReCA PCI LAC) On November 21st and 22nd 2017, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the Regional Meeting for Searching for Cooperation Mechanisms on Intangible Cultural Heritage and Higher Education took place with the objective of identifying,Read more

By Ilaria Guglielmetti Polytechnic University of Milan, School of Design Agostina Lavagnino Etnographical and Social History Archive of Lombardy Region /CASE ANALYSIS Intangible Search Inventory and the Development of an Academic Course to Valorise Alpine ICH Practices and Rituals The Polytechnic University of Milan School of Design launched a course in Exhibition Design Studio. TheRead more

By 3 Walks and ENCATC /PROCEEDINGS UNESCO-ENCATC Round table Side event to the Third Meeting of the Stakeholders’ Committee for the European Year of Cultural Heritage 2018 (EYCH 2018) Venue: Hotel NH Milano Congress Centre GARDENIA Meeting Room (6th floor) Strada 2a, 20090, Assago Milan – Italy Date and time: 5 December, 2017, 17.30-18.30 TheRead more

By GiannaLia Cogliandro Beyens ENCATC Secretary General and editor of the /encatcSCHOLAR /EDITORIAL Further learning about the sustainability of cultural networks Dear /encatcSCHOLAR readers, Issue nr. 9 of the /encatcSCHOLAR is part of the legacy of the 25th ENCATC Congress on Cultural Management and Policy ”Click, Connect and Collaborate! New directions in sustaining cultural networks”. With thisRead more

By Irma de Jong Founder and Managing Director, Cicerone Music & Art /ANGLES Get on your feet! How understanding generation management will help better organise communication within the networks of the art and music industry Intro I took my youngest niece to a musical. She is eleven years old and crazy about singing and dancing.Read more

By Ginevra Addis Adjunct Professor – Master in Arts Management, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan (IT); PhD candidate in Analysis and Management of Cultural Heritage – IMT School for Advanced Studies, Lucca (IT) /INTERVIEW Inter-sectoral connections between cultural venues and sustainability: the challenging work of Julie’s Bicycle Introduction The aim of the present interview isRead more

By ENCATC /PROCEEDINGS ENCATC ’s 25th Congress looks to the current and future trends of cultural management and cultural policy The 25th ENCATC Congress “Click, Connect and Collaborate! New directions in sustaining cultural networks” took place in Brussels, Belgium from 27-30 September 2017. This major international event brought together more than 230 participants who wereRead more

By Anna Steinkamp Independent consultant for international cultural cooperation /CONTEXT Network Governance Governance Models of International Networks of Cultural Cooperation Networks are not a new phenomenon but are at the core of societal constitution. However, the notion appears more adequate nowadays than ever. Social networks – networks of people or organisations that join forces for aRead more

By Rui A. S. Esteves Área Metropolitana do Porto (Portugal) /TEACHING EXPERIENCE Network of Cybersecurity Classrooms for Kids Cybersecurity is one of the main topics in the real world, not only in cyberspace. We must be alert and protected because we are all time connected and all time online. Creating courses to teach Cybersecurity toRead more

By Aleksandra Tatarczuk Cultural animator, project manager, founder of Dwie Ole collective (dwieole.pl) /CASE ANALYSIS Participation triangle Introduction Participation triangle is a cooperation method used during the Oliwa ożywa project in Gdańsk (Poland). In 2013 the inhabitants of Orkana Street in Stara Oliwa district had become engaged into the transformation of obsolete greenery belt intoRead more

By Zuzana Timcikova PhD student, Institute of Theatre and Film Research Art Research Centre, Slovak Academy of Sciences in Bratislava /CASE ANALYSIS Impacts of the cultural policy on the independent culture This contribution focuses on the definition of basic operational ambits of independent theatres and independent cultural centres that are activated in the area ofRead more

By Dr. Olga Kolokytha Assistant Professor, Department of Communication, University of Vienna /CASE ANALYSIS Networks and synergies in the cultural sector. A case study in opera Introduction The European Opera Centre, based at Liverpool Hope University, but wholly independent from it legally, was launched at the end of 1997 after extensive consultation with European institutions,Read more

By Nina Luostarinen Project manager of Lights on!, Humak University of Applied Sciences /ANGLES Pull  together  to  get  the  Lights  on!  –  Discussions  with  project  partners  about  cross-section  between  cultural  networks  and  heritage The Lights On! Project, active in 2015–2018, has been seeking to create a joint network of historical tourist attractions in Finland andRead more

By GiannaLia Cogliandro Beyens ENCATC Secretary General and editor of the /encatcSCHOLAR /Editorial Because culture does have a say in Europe’s refugee crisis The 6th ENCATC Academy on Culture in External Relations (Brussels, 27-28 March 2017) was devoted to “The question of culture in Europe’s refugee crisis”. The focus on this topic showed ENCATC’s commitment toRead more

Lucas Tello / ZEMOS98 /Case Analysis Displaced in Media Migrants and refugees are characters in other people’s stories. They are constantly used in media to play the role of the stranger or the threat. But while the far right rises all across Europe, heated by mainstream media and social networks spreading fake news and creatingRead more

By Erin E. Cory Postdoctoral researcher, Refugee Migration, Malmö University (Sweden) /Profile and Case Analysis Art, research, and intervention: writing and working towards imagined futures beyond the “refugee crisis” The so-called “refugee crisis” has captivated global publics since it entered popular discourse in 2015. In the art world, group exhibitions, and pieces by contemporary heavy-hittersRead more

By Henrik Zipsane CEO of the Jamtli Foundation /Case Analysis Somebody should make the first move! Intercultural dialogue at Jamtli museum Background When the concept of “folk museums” evolved in Northern Europe in the later decades of the 19th century – partly in opposition to government-established national museums and galleries – the basic method inRead more

By Raphaela Henze Professor of Arts Management, Heilbronn University; Co-Investigator, Brokering Intercultural Exchange network /Interview Interview with Cornelia Lanz Mezzo-soprano; Founder of Zuflucht Kultur e.V. (Association Refuge Culture) In 2014 you founded the Association Refuge Culture in Stuttgart, could you please describe how you got this idea and what Refuge Culture is actually doing? TheRead more

By Matina Magkou Cultural manager and researcher /Case Analysis Hotel Transit – On urban spaces, homes on the move and co-existence of communities The framework of the project “Hotel Transit – homes on the move” was a project exploring communities in transit and their relation to local urban space. It was conceived and organised inRead more

By Marina Clauzet Universitat de Barcelona /Angles Refugees and art – How can arts integrate and support social inclusion of refugees? Dimensions of social exclusion To understand how to integrate individuals into society, it is necessary to go back and understand the origin of the problem, the social exclusion. The term “social exclusion” should beRead more

By Ana Sécio Head of communication of EMERGE, Cultural Association /Interview Interview with Márcio Carvalho Artist and independent curator Your work as a performer artist is always related to the concept of memory, namely to the collective memory. How did you choose performance as a way of expressing you as an artist and how didRead more

By ENCATC /Proceedings 6th ENCATC Academy on Culture in External Relations – The question of culture in Europe’s refugee crisis On the 27-28 March 2017, 33 participants gathered for ENCATC’s 6th Academy on Culture in External Relations. The two-day intensive learning programme focused on “the question of culture in Europe’s refugee crisis”. Participants were aRead more

By Annick Schramme President of ENCATC /Editorial Cultural Management Education in Risk Societies – Towards a Paradigm and Policy Shift?! The events of last year like the terrorist attacks in Paris, Brussels and Nice; the huge amount of refugees, or the Brexit, to sum up only some of them, are not new, they are onlyRead more

By Sanja Petricic and David Edelman Sanja Petricic Associate Professor, Faculty of Media and Communications, Singidunum University (Belgrade, Serbia) David Edelman Associate Professor and Director of the Performing Arts Leadership and Management Program, Shenandoah Conservatory (Virginia, USA) /Teaching experience Leadership in a multicultural environment within the field of performing arts A case study on theRead more