In this publication, we navigate the history of the European Cultural Foundation in a variegated and multi-tonal way – looking for hidden and oblique links across time and political moments, finding the unexpected lines of thought that contributed to the full history of our foundation.
Read MoreLost in Media. Migrant Perspectives and the Public Sphere
Lost in Media: Migrant Perspectives and the Public Sphere gathers critical responses to the representations of migrants in the media in Europe through nine essays by prominent writers, artists and journalists.
Read MoreCultural Freedom in European Foreign Policy
Former member of our Advisory Council Gijs de Vries was invited by the Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen to reflect on how cultural actors and policymakers can respond to the rising tide of populism.
Read MoreCourageous Citizens. How Culture Contributes to Social Change
'Courageous Citizens' was published on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the ECF Princess Margriet Award for Culture. The book contains inspiring examples of artists and artists initiatives that have made a difference in their community (local, national and supra-national), texts by visionary thinkers, artists and writers and shows how ‘courageous citizens’ have contributed to positive social change in these fields.
Read MoreCommunities of Practice Towards Social Change: A journey through the Idea Camp (2014-2017)
This book explores the concept of the Idea Camp and the communities it has brought together.
Read MoreThe Art of Civil Action
A book exploring how arts and culture can offer the building blocks for a strong civil domain.
Read MorePolis and the People: Looking into the future of urban cultural policies
We are happy to have supported this publication by Culture Action Europe: Polis and the people: Looking into the future of urban cultural policies, which explores the current status of cultural policy at a local level and the challenges that lay ahead.
Read MoreCPRA 2013: Governing Heritage Dissonance by Višnja Kisic
ECF is delighted to announce the publication of Governing Heritage Dissonance: Promises and Realities of Selected Cultural Policies – a pioneering study by Višnja Kisić, winner of the 2013 Cultural Policy Research Award (CPRA).
Read MoreRe:Thinking Europe - Thoughts on Europe: Past, Present and Future
What are the characteristics of European culture and identity? In which way can culture contribute to the current crisis of meaning within the EU and Europe? And should we return to the discourse of culture and historical experience in order to find a common ground for Europe? In the run-up to the European Culture Forum, we have been supporting our partners De Balie and Dutch Culture in publishing the anthology Re:Thinking Europe, on these urgent questions.
Read MoreAnother Europe: the Book
Since our beginnings in the 1950s, ECF has been pursuing the idea of a Europe that goes beyond historical, cultural and political borders and proposes new ways of doing things. The Europe ECF imagines extends well beyond the EU, embracing the countries that touch our borders to the east and to the south. These guiding principles run through the pages of our new publication Another Europe, which brings together a treasure trove of insights and experiences from partners and participants working with us in the European Neighbourhood over the past 15 years.
Read MoreBuild the City: perspectives on commons and culture
Published in the frame of ECF's Idea Camp 2015, Build the City: perspectives on commons and culture rediscovers, reframes and reconsiders previously published historical, artistic, participatory and theoretical perspectives on the subject by a wide variety of authors from different geographical and professional backgrounds.
Read MoreCulture Report / EUNIC yearbook 2014-15
Europe: Closed Doors or Open Arms? The Culture Report/EUNIC Yearbook 2014/2015 discusses migration into Europe, inviting a string of renowned scholars, authors and writers, including Umberto Eco, Francis Fukuyama, Bassam Tibi, Zygmunt Baumann, Richard Sennett, Slavenka Drakulić, Claus Leggewie and Mely Kiyak, to share their views.
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