Under the title "The Position of Cultural Workers in Creative Industries. The South-eastern European Perspective", the final report of the Cultural Policy Research Award 2005 project, written by Jaka Primorac, member of the Culturelink Team, has been made fully available online.
MIAMI, FLInstitute of Museum and Library Services Director Anne-Imelda Radice released results of InterConnections: A National Study of Users and Potential Users of Online Information March 6 at the 9th annual WebWise Conference on Libraries and Museums in the Digital World in Miami. This new report offers insight into the ways people search for information in the online age, and how this impacts the ways they interact with public libraries and museums, both online and in person.
The Southern African International Film and Television Market (Sithengi), suspended in 2007 after 11 editions due to serious financial problems, has been revived.
IF it seems someone is watching every time you go to a museum, youre not far off.
Paris, 27 February 2008 The International Federation of Musicians is organising the first International Conference of Orchestras from the 7 to 9 April 2008 in Berlin, an event which, targeting orchestra musicians and directors alike, will be of major global impact.
The recently released Pocketbook on Cultural Statistics boasts an impressive array of numbers and figures on the cultural economy and activities in the EU-27. An important caveat should be made: it is not a comprehensive survey with clear methodological markers but rather an aggregation of available statistics coming from different sources.
Museum Methods is produced by Museums Australia Inc.
Creativity permeates our daily lives from the moment we wake up in the morning to the time we retire in the evening. In modern 20th century society, this creativity and invention follows us throughout our day as we make our way to work, during our shopping sprees, at the groceries, and in the evenings as we catch the latest blockbuster movie at our favorite cinema.
Author: Barbara T. Hoffman (Editor)
Hardcover: 600 pages
Publisher: Cambridge University Press (December 5, 2005)
Hardcover: 600 pages
Publisher: Cambridge University Press (December 5, 2005)
Interview with Prof. Bernd von Droste zu Hülshoff, the former Director of UNESCO World Heritage Centre
New York December 4, 2007 A new study by the Research Center for Arts and Culture (RCAC) at Teachers College Columbia University finds that aging artists offer a great deal as a model for society, especially as the workforce changes to accommodate multiple careers and baby boomers enter the retirement generation.
Excerpts from Community Cultural Planning Handbook: A guide for community leaders
WATERLOO, Jan 10 Jamie Grant, General Manager of the Centre in the Square, has been awarded the 2007 ACE Award for his outstanding contributions to cultural management in Canada. The award will be officially presented at the Associations annual general meeting on Thursday January 17th at the Textile Museum of Canada in Toronto.
Founded in 1996, RESEO is an umbrella organisation for those working in opera education. RESEO is once again planning a major weekend celebration of opera early this year.
The European Diploma in Cultural Project Management is a training and learning experience fostering cultural diversity and interregional exchanges as a way of giving culture a stronger place within Europe.
The London Journal of Tourism, Sport and Creative Industries (LJTSCI) is a new on-line journal that seeks to publish articles on a variety of related topics encapsulating London's diversity and the nature of its local-global interactions. The journal addresses a broad subject field. While under the banner of tourism, sport and the creative industries it also includes, but is not restricted to, events, the arts including music and dance - heritage, hospitality, advertising & communications, music media & entertainment.
This week sees the launch of a brand new ArtsProfessional website, after a year-long programme of development by an in-house team. The new website marks the latest stage in the magazines burgeoning online development.
Has the change with the cultural economy already started in Germanys biggest state North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW)? How can 2010 - the year when Essen (together with Pecs/Hungary and Istanbul/Turkey) is the European Capital of Culture - push the development toward a creative economy? And what about the traditional industry, which the Ruhr Area was famous for in the past? These and other questions tried to answer an international congress in Essen in September.
Suddenly cities are all the rage. After several decades of preoccupation with globalization and free trade, attention is shifting to cities as the new spawning grounds for innovative, dynamic and creative activity.