Category: Publications

Two essays published at the Heinrich Boell Foundation

In parallel to the “Radius of Art” conference, the Heinrich Boell Foundation published 2 essays dealing with art and cultural transformations toward sustainability. Both essays can be obtained (in print versions) from the foundation and (in electronic PDF versions) from the website of the foundation: – Sacha Kagan. Toward Global (Environ)Mental Change: Transformative Art and… Continue reading Two essays published at the Heinrich Boell Foundation

Publication: Music and Arts in Action (MAiA)

The first special issue of Music and Arts in Action (MAiA) presents the proceedings of a 2009 conference on ‘Music and Migration’, which was part of the 3-year research project ‘Diaspora as Social and Cultural Practice: A Study of Transnational Networks across Europe and Africa’. The project was based at the Universities of Southampton and… Continue reading Publication: Music and Arts in Action (MAiA)

Publication: EUROPE-CHINA CULTURAL COMPASS

Orientation for Cultural Cooperation Between China and Europe Free download link at the end of this post ! As a result of the project EUROPE-CHINA CULTURAL COMPASS, a publication is now available, addressing the question of intercultural communication and cooperation. In the framework of an ongoing dialogue between China and Europe, the project was generated… Continue reading Publication: EUROPE-CHINA CULTURAL COMPASS

Publication: Harvest in Times of Drought

Harvest in Times of Drought – cultivating pedagogies of life for sustainable communities Voices of the country In the following lines, the book Harvest in Times of Drought is presented and offered for download (please find the download link at the bottom of the post). This publication is about creative education in Brasil that can… Continue reading Publication: Harvest in Times of Drought

ASEF: Publication of the Connect2Culture dossier

  Arts. Environment. Sustainability. How can Culture Make a Difference? There is a growing awareness that culture and the arts can help dealing with global challenges by means of alternative, creative approaches to pressing problems. Therefore society as well as governmental stakeholders start to see culture as an important value for sustainable development, environment, education,… Continue reading ASEF: Publication of the Connect2Culture dossier

Art and Sustainability: Connecting Patterns for a Culture of Complexity

Upcoming book publication Sacha Kagan. Art and Sustainability: Connecting Patterns for a Culture of Complexity. Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, 2011. Will be available in July 2011, ca. 476 p.,  ca. 39,80 € – ISBN 978-3-8376-1803-7 The publication proposes an understanding of “culture(s) of sustainability”, “aesthetics of sustainability” and “art and sustainability”,  based on an in-depth theoretical… Continue reading Art and Sustainability: Connecting Patterns for a Culture of Complexity

Culture and Sustainable Communities

NEW PUBLICATION: Special Double Issue of Culture and Local Governance on “Culture and Sustainable Communities” http://oa.uottawa.ca/journals/clg-cgl Vol. 3, No. 1-2 Guest editors: Nancy Duxbury, Centre for Social Studies (CES), University of Coimbra, Portugal; M. Sharon Jeannotte, Centre on Governance, University of Ottawa, Canada The wide-spread shift to a sustainability paradigm for city planning makes this… Continue reading Culture and Sustainable Communities

Metropolis Books Announces a Revolutionary Design Book

GREEN PATRIOT POSTERS Images for a New Activism Edited by Edward Morris, Dmitri Siegel. Text by Michael Bierut, Thomas L. Friedman, Steven Heller Edward Morris, Dmitri Siegel (Metropolis Books) In association with ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND and THE CANARY PROJECT Featuring 50 of the best contemporary posters on the theme of sustainability by artists and designers… Continue reading Metropolis Books Announces a Revolutionary Design Book

Sustainability: a new frontier for the arts and cultures

April 2008:  Launch of the book Sustainability: a new frontier for the arts and cultures,  edited by Sacha Kagan and Volker Kirchberg. With 21 authors, most of whom are active in the new “Cultura21” international network, this book gives a wide overview of the field of inquiry and action we’re engaged in! And with its… Continue reading Sustainability: a new frontier for the arts and cultures