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Culturelink Newsletter No. 046/September 2009 |
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News from the Focal Point 1. Culturelink Conference Registration Open Job Opening 2. ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF VISUAL ARTS Educational Programmes and Courses 3. FIRST INTERNATIONAL MASTER OF MEDIA.ART.HISTORIES 4. PH.D. IN MARKETING AND MANAGEMENT IN THE ARTS AND CULTURAL INDUSTRIES Call for Papers 5. 6TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CULTURAL POLICY RESEARCH (ICCPR) Calls for Entries and Applications 6. INTERNATIONAL PERFORMING ARTS RESIDENCY 2009 (GAWP'09) 7. ASIA-EUROPE CULTURAL PARTNERSHIP INITIATIVES: NEW MEDIA, FILM AND PERFORMING ARTS 8. 2010 UNESCO-ASCHBERG BURSARIES FOR ARTISTS International Conferences and Seminars 9. CREATE N INNOVATE '09 10. INTERNATIONAL INTERACTIVE SYMPOSIUM imPACT 11. SECOND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON AFRICAN CULTURE AND DEVELOPMENT (ICACD) 12. EASTERN EUROPEAN RES ARTIS MEETING 'RE-TOOLING RESIDENCIES' 13. COMPLEXITIES OF 'EUROPE': BETWEEN KNOWLEDGE, POWER, CITIZENSHIP AND IDENTITY 14. PERFORMING ARTS TRAINING TODAY 15. FIRST CONFERENCE ON APPLIED INTERCULTURALITY RESEARCH (CAIR10) Projects and Announcements 16. DIRECTORY OF ARTS AND CULTURE ORGANIZATIONS & FESTIVALS IN THE CEMAC REGION 17. CULTURAL PROFILE OF SLOVAKIA LAUNCHED ONLINE New Books and Publications 18. CULTURE AND CREATIVE LEARNING: A LITERATURE REVIEW 19. A SYSTEM OF INDICATIONS FOR CULTURE AND COMMUICATIONS IN QUEBEC 20. EFA BOOKS 4 "DIALOGUE. FESTIVALS ACT FOR AN INTERCULTURAL SOCIETY" |
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News from the Focal Point |
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1. Culturelink Conference Registration Open Online registration is now open for the Third World Culturelink Conference, to be held, under the title Networks - The Evolving Aspects of Culture in the 21st Century, from 13 to 15 November 2009 in Zagreb, Croatia, marking the 20th anniversary of Culturelink's continuous networking and research activities by addressing this topic of cultural networks in today's digital environment. Culturelink Network's members, researchers and professionals in the field of culture are invited to investigate the role and relevance that cultural networks hold for cultural development. The conference programme is available at www.culturelink.org/conf/clinkconf03/clinkconf03prog.html and the online registration form is accessible at www.culturelink.hr/conf/clinkconf03/clinkconf03reg.html. |
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Job Opening |
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2. ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF VISUAL ARTS The Massachusetts Institute of Technology seeks applications for a full-time Assistant Professor of Visual Arts, tenure track position, with an emerging international reputation and significant experience, knowledge and accomplishments in the fields of techno-aesthetic and/or techno-cultural art practice, especially in the areas of New Media and/or Media Performance. >>> |
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Educational Programmes and Courses |
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3. FIRST INTERNATIONAL MASTER OF MEDIA.ART.HISTORIES The postgraduate programme MediaArtHistories at the Department for Image Science, Danube University Krems offers a two-year low residency course of study leading to an M.A. degree. Applications for the next course will be accepted until 26 October 2009 (rolling admissions). >>> 4. PH.D. IN MARKETING AND MANAGEMENT IN THE ARTS AND CULTURAL INDUSTRIES Ph.D. in Marketing and Management in the Arts and Cultural Industries is a new programme offered by HEC Montréal starting in September 2010. The programme is designed for graduate students, more specifically for experienced managers in the arts and cultural sector who are interested in gaining access to advanced expertise in their own area of activity. >>> |
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Call for Papers |
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5. 6TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CULTURAL POLICY RESEARCH (ICCPR) The 6th International Conference on Cultural Policy Research (ICCPR) will be held in Jyväskylä, Finland, on 24-27 August 2010. The Conference will be organized by The Cultural Policy Unit of Jyväskylä University in collaboration with the International Journal of Cultural Policy. Deadline for paper proposals is 14 December 2009. >>> |
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Call for Entries and Applications |
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6. INTERNATIONAL PERFORMING ARTS RESIDENCY 2009 (GAWP'09) TCT-Workspace announces its International Performing Arts Residency 2009 (GAWP'09) in India for interested actors, dancers, musicians and other performing artists. The residency will be held in a township in Vijaynagar, South India from 15 December 2009 to 15 March 2010. Deadline for application is 30 September 2009. >>> 7. ASIA-EUROPE CULTURAL PARTNERSHIP INITIATIVES: NEW MEDIA, FILM AND PERFORMING ARTS The Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF) presents its new schemes, the Asia-Europe Cultural Partnership Initiative: New Media (AECPI: New Media), Film (AECPI: Film) and Performing Arts (AECPI: PA) as part of its plans to further enhance multilateral connections between Asia and Europe by developing and stimulating strategic initiatives with partners from the new media sector. Deadline for application submission is 30 October 2009. >>> 8. 2010 UNESCO-ASCHBERG BURSARIES FOR ARTISTS As an implementation instrument of the Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions, the Programme promotes the mobility of young artists through sojourns in art residencies abroad so as to foster creativity and cultural diversity. >>> |
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International Conferences and Seminars |
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9. CREATE N INNOVATE '09 Two days of presentations, panels and workshops highlighting and exploring ideas and good practice in creativity and innovation, and its importance for our economies, our societies and our futures will take place at Belfast, Northern Ireland on 11 and 12 November 2009. >>> 10. INTERNATIONAL INTERACTIVE SYMPOSIUM imPACT Pact Zollverein is holding the fifth edition of the international interactive symposium ImPACT from 13 to 15 November 2009 in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, inviting artists, practitioners, theorists and advanced students in the fields of dance, theatre, visual arts, new media and architecture to take part in a critical discussion of artistic strategies and working methods. >>> 11. SECOND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON AFRICAN CULTURE AND DEVELOPMENT (ICACD) ACP Secretariat announces the Second International Conference on African Culture and Development (ICACD), to be held in, on 15-18 November 2009, under the title Culture and the Millennium Development Goals (MDG). >>> 12. EASTERN EUROPEAN RES ARTIS MEETING 'RE-TOOLING RESIDENCIES' Organized by Res Artis, Re-Tooling Residencies is an International Conference on Artistic Residencies that will take place at the Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle Warsaw, Poland from 16 to 19 November 2009. >>> 13. COMPLEXITIES OF 'EUROPE': BETWEEN KNOWLEDGE, POWER, CITIZENSHIP AND IDENTITY The Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities (CRASSH) at the University of Cambridge, Post-graduate research group "European Identities and Encounters" organizes a graduate conference entitled Complexities of 'Europe': Between Knowledge, Power, Citizenship and Identity, that will be held in Cambridge, UK on 20 and 21 November 2009. >>> 14. PERFORMING ARTS TRAINING TODAY The conference, to take place in Leibitz, Austria, from 28 April to 1 May 2010, is open to performers from all over the world interested in the research of topical questions and processes in contemporary performing arts education and training. >>> 15. FIRST CONFERENCE ON APPLIED INTERCULTURALITY RESEARCH (CAIR10) The first Conference on Applied Interculturality Research (cAIR10) will be held at the University of Graz, Austria, from 7 to 10 April 2010. cAIR combines the resources of research (universities, institutes) and practice (government, civil society, schools, media) to raise awareness about racism and xenophobia and to reduce its prevalence and impact. >>> |
Projectsand Announcements |
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16. DIRECTORY OF ARTS AND CULTURE ORGANIZATIONS & FESTIVALS IN THE CEMAC REGION CREATE released the maiden (2010) edition of its Directory of Arts and Culture Organizations & Festivals in the CEMAC Region, developed by Peter Musa, hoping to contribute to the development of the culture and creative sector. >>> 17. CULTURAL PROFILE OF SLOVAKIA LAUNCHED ONLINE The University Library in Bratislava has launched an English-Slovak cultural portal, dubbed Cultural Profile of Slovakia. This portal includes not only articles about particular cultural fields but also a wide database of cultural subjects. >>> |
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New Books and Publications |
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18. CULTURE AND CREATIVE LEARNING: A LITERATURE REVIEW Culture and Creative learning: a review of the literature by Ken Jones is the seventh publication in the Creativity, Culture and Education (CEE) Literature Review Series. >>> 19. A SYSTEM OF INDICATIONS FOR CULTURE AND COMMUICATIONS IN QUEBEC A System of Indications for Culture and Commuications in Quebec is a study conducted by Benoit Allaire for the Institut de la statistique du Quebec and Observatoire de la Culture et des Communications du Quebec, contributing to the current international debate about the construction of systems of indicators that aim to measure the social and economic trends of cultural development in contemporary societies. >>> 20. EFA BOOKS 4 "DIALOGUE. FESTIVALS ACT FOR AN INTERCULTURAL SOCIETY" In the follow-up of the European Year of Intercultural Dialogue, EFA BOOKS 4 “Dialogue. Festivals Act for an Intercultural Society” casts the immense potential of festivals to enable dialogue in societies, to move borders and remove barriers. >>> |
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