This publication tells the story of an unusual year-long civic project that took place in the Turkish city of Çanakkale in 2010, carried out by Anadolu Kültür, who have been closely involved with the European Neighbourhood programme since 2005.
Read MoreHow People Live their Lives in an Intercultural Society
How People Live their Lives in an Intercultural Society. The report is the result of conversations between people living in Ireland who have different roots. It becomes apparent that many aspects of an individual’s life – such as being a parent or playing a sport or being a member of a religion – have special effects on one’s attitudes to the cultural environment. Download
Converging Pathways to New Knowledge
Converging Pathways to New Knowledge, which brings together online and offline conversations facilitated by LabforCulture and Kennisland, looks at the different ways we are all experiencing what can be termed a “digital shift”. The conversations, that include contributions from leading thinkers in science, technology, creative industries and business, consider how our knowledge building has been affected by the digital shift and give both insight and examples of these shifts. Contributors include Ken Arnold, Wellcome Trust(UK); Olivier Schulbaum, Platoniq (ES) and Floor van Spaendonck, Virtueel Platform (NL) ingeniously pulled together by Martijn Arnoldus, Kennisland (NL). Published 2010.
Cultural Bloggers Interviewed
Who blogs? What are they blogging about? Which audiences and communities are being engaged? What are the economic models and how sustainable are they? These are some of the questions that are explored in this 2009 publication.
Read MoreCPRA 2009: Governing urban diversity? An exploration of policy tools for cultural diversity in five European capital cities
This publication is the result of the 6th Cultural Policy Research Award in 2009.
Read MoreAn Alternative Gaze - A Shared Reflection on Cross-Mediterranean Cooperation in the Arts
An Alternative Gaze - A Shared Reflection on Cross-Mediterranean Cooperation in the Arts, published by the ECF, 2008.
Read MoreCPRA 2008: Evaluating the socio-economic impacts of selected regenerated heritage sites in Europe
This publication is the result of the 5th Cultural Policy Research Award in 2008.
Read MoreManaging Diversity? Art and [The Art Of] Organisational Change
Managing Diversity? Art and [The Art Of] Organisational Change by ECF explores the complexity of managing diversity through essays and stories by practitioners in the arts and cultural field. Neither Here or There explores diversity through art - through the eye of Ahmet Polat who focuses on photographing diversity in society. This compilation of two books is a co-production of the ECF, Ahmet Polat (Fatush Productions) and publishing house Mets & Schilt Publishers, 2008. If you like to obtain a copy of this publication, please contact Lise Mathol, lmathol[@]eurocult.org
Diversities in Perspective
Guide to Citizen Participation in Local Cultural Policy Development for European Cities
Guide to Citizen Participation in Local Cultural Policy Development for European Cities, by Jordi Pascual and Sanijn Dragojevic, published by Interarts Foundation (Barcelona), ECUMEST Association (Bucharest) and ECF in 2007.
Downloads available in English, Spanish, French, Ukrainian, Russian and Macedonian.
CPRA 2007: Crossing Cultural Borders? Migrants and Ethnic Diversity in the Cultural Industries
This publication is the result of the 4th Cultural Policy Research Award in 2007.
Read MoreA Cultural Dimension to the EU’s External Policies - from Policy Statements to Practice and Potential
This is the second part of a preliminary examination to ascertain whether there is sufficient interest in Member States, and if the preconditions exist, for the development of a coherent cultural dimension to EU external policies. It builds on an initial literature and web based survey conducted by the Boekman Foundation. Its tasks has been to verify whether the reasonably encouraging findings that emerged from the first study were true in practice, by interrogating stakeholders in six diverse EU counties: Denmark, France, Latvia, Poland, Portugal and the UK.
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