Chrysalis Arts in collaboration with MIRIAD at Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU) present a seminar about how artists and commissioners can begin to address the ecological and sustainability issues associated with climate change through their professional practice. With: Inspirational speakers – PASA case studies – Group discussions Seminar – April 15th 2011 – 10am to 4.30pm… Continue reading Sustainable Practice in Public Art
Author: Sacha Kagan
Research Associate at the ISCO - Institute of Sociology and Cultural Organization (ISKO - Institut für Soziologie und Kulturorganisation), Leuphana University Lueneburg, Sacha Kagan founded the International level of Cultura21, Network for Cultures of Sustainability, as well as the International Summer School of Arts and Sciences for Sustainability in Social Transformation (ASSiST). The focus of his research and cultural work lies in the trans-disciplinary field of arts and (un-)sustainability. Doctor in Philosophy (Leuphana University Lueneburg) with a thesis on the subject of culture, the arts and sustainability under the perspective of complexity ; M.A. in Cultural Economics (Erasmus University Rotterdam) ; and Graduate of Sciences Po Bordeaux (political sciences).
For Cultura21, Sacha is also coordinating the eBooks series, the regular updates on our multi-lingual website, the English section of our webmagazine and the work of our Lueneburg-based interns.
Extended workshop report now released on Sustainable Creative Cities: the role of the arts in globalised urban contexts
an extended report from the workshop organized at the ASEF CCS4 Conference (ASEM8 Summit) The extended report (59 pages) is now available: click here for download (PDF file). This longer report contains detailed discussions from the workshop exchanges, as well as several ‘good practice’ cases and further reflections elaborated by workshop participants in the couple… Continue reading Extended workshop report now released on Sustainable Creative Cities: the role of the arts in globalised urban contexts
Conexiones improbables: Call for Applications
Call for artists and social scientists to develop joint research projects with 9 organisations located in Spain Deadline to apply: 9am on 28 March 2011. Collaboration period: May 2011 – January 2012 (part time). Payment: 12,000 euros (including travel and accommodation). Improbable Connections is a community of collaborative and co-creative research initiatives aimed at innovation… Continue reading Conexiones improbables: Call for Applications
Vol. 3 in the Cultura21 eBooks Series on Culture and Sustainability
The Cultura21 eBooks Series on Culture and Sustainability presents findings from inter- and trans-disciplinary perspectives in research and practice. The eBooks are published openly online by Cultura21 Institut e.V. in order to support broad dissemination and to stimulate further debates in civil society and further action-research in the field. The city today is increasingly conceptualized… Continue reading Vol. 3 in the Cultura21 eBooks Series on Culture and Sustainability
ecoartscotland: Scotland’s new resource on culture and the environment
ecoartscotland is a new project focused on the connections between culture and environment. It is a platform for practice and research focused on the cultural challenges of environmental crisis.
Call for papers: Arts, Humanities, and Complex Networks
2nd Leonardo satellite symposium at NetSci2011 http://artshumanities.netsci2011.net/ DEADLINE FEB 7 2011 The aim of the symposium is to foster cross-disciplinary research on complex systems within or with the help of arts and humanities. The symposium will highlight arts and humanities as an interesting source of data, where the combined experience of arts, humanities research, and… Continue reading Call for papers: Arts, Humanities, and Complex Networks
Vol. 2 in the Cultura21 eBooks Series on Culture and Sustainability
The Cultura21 eBooks Series on Culture and Sustainability presents findings from inter- and trans-disciplinary perspectives in research and practice. The eBooks are published openly online by Cultura21 Institut e.V. in order to support broad dissemination and to stimulate further debates in civil society and further action-research in the field. Karamoja, a semi-arid region located north-east… Continue reading Vol. 2 in the Cultura21 eBooks Series on Culture and Sustainability
Symposium on Music – Conflict – Transformation
9th and 10th May 2011, SocArts, University of Exeter, UK Call for contributions In the past decade there has been a growing interest in music and social conflict both inside and outside academia. Interdisciplinary research from music sociologists, ethnomusicologists, music psychologists and musicologists has focused on music’s dual use, both as a resource for conflict… Continue reading Symposium on Music – Conflict – Transformation
Violentine’s Day (what is the price of Love?)
Exhibition, public interventions, graffiti, interactive performances, documentary film screening, and public discussions Visit the project’s website: click here Objective The goal of “Violentine’s Day” is to raise awareness about how our everyday lifestyles are tied into the global economy. Using the means of art to investigate the reality behind Valentine’s Day, this project will make… Continue reading Violentine’s Day (what is the price of Love?)
Call for artists on Art and Climate Change
Bunker, Ljubljana (Slovenia) Bunker forms part of the network entitled Imagine 2020 – Arts and Climate Change, which tackles the issue of environmental challenges through the prism of artistic actions and by means of certain other instruments of production.
