By Ramón Parramón DirectorACVic, Centre for Contemporary Arts /Angles Artistic practices, intermediate zones and social utility Utility in artistic practices Contemporary arts practices cover a wide range of techniques, tactics, strategies, attitudes and positions, carried out using different vehicles which display unique nuances and even structural innovations, making these practices possible on the levels ofRead more
By Bruno Verbergt University of AntwerpFaculty of Applied Economics /Teaching experiences Master program cultural management. Teaching and evaluating general and strategic management Management is a praxis in which elements of scientific analysis, professional skills & experience and creativity play a major and interactive role (Mintzberg 2010). Many management courses aim at developing management skills orRead more
By Culture Programme Team European Commission /Proceedings Conference: European Audiences: 2020 and beyond Organizers: European Commission – Culture Programme Team Venue: Brussels, Belgium Date: October 2012 Assistants: 800 culture professionals Main focus of the discussion: How to engage more meaningfully with the audiences of today and tomorrow. Overall assessment: The level of participation and debate clearly showed whatRead more
By Jaime Cuenca Institute of Leisure StudiesUniversity of Deusto (Bilbao) /Angles Culture from the point of view of leisure The most widely accepted and quoted definition of culture is the one adopted by UNESCO in the Mexico City Declaration on Cultural Policies in 1982: “Culture may now be said to be the whole complex ofRead more
By Adriana Nadal Theater producer /Case Analysis Taquilla inversa: Promoting the empathic economy. A Sixto Paz Productions experience. Those cutbacks also affected the cultural sector: besides losing lots of subsidies, the sales tax has been increased from 8% to 21% at the beginning of 2013. Since then, the public decreased significantly. Context We are allRead more
By Giannalia Cogliandro Beyens ENCATC General Secretary /Interview Viviane Reding, Vice-President – EU Justice Commissioner Why have a year 2013 devoted to European citizenship? Because today Europe is at a cross roads. The future of Europe is the talk of the town, with many voices talking about moving towards political union or a United StatesRead more
By Rafael Mandujano Ortiz «Les Rencontres» Chief project /Profiles Raymonde Moulin. A French pioneer of the Sociology of Art “Raymonde Moulin has always been a reference for the study of art professions, combining a detailed knowledge of the subject with an analytical sense that makes this information comprehensible. Her contribution is, for me, a modelRead more
By Cristina Ortega ENCATC President “Rethinking Education Strategy and the relevance of producing highly skilled and versatile people who can contribute to innovation and entrepreneurship” (Androulla Vassiliou) /encatcSCHOLAR is born to satisfy the demand of ENCATC members, academics, researchers and students: to exchange teaching methodologies and knowledge to use in the classroom. /encatcSCHOLAR is intendedRead more
