Tag: Europe

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

EDUfashion research report online

After nearly one year of research and discussions the research report of the EDUfashion project “OpenWear. Sustainability, Openness and P2P production in the world of fashion” is downloadable in pdf format. It is released under Creative Commons Attribution- NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License. The report includes contributions by Oleg Koefoed (founding coordinator of Cultura21 Nordic). For… Continue reading EDUfashion research report online

CALL FOR PAPERS (EUROPEAN CONGRESS OF AESTHETICS)

The Ministry of Culture of Spain, in collaboration with the Department of Aesthetics and Art Theory of the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid is currently preparing a European Congress of Aesthetics that will take place at the Prado Museum (Madrid) between the 10th and the 12th of November 2010. The title of the congress will be:… Continue reading CALL FOR PAPERS (EUROPEAN CONGRESS OF AESTHETICS)

Sustainable creative cities report is online

Please find below a weblink and direct link to a PDF file, released by the ASEF (Asia Europe Foundation) about the publication, today, of the short report from a workshop on “sustainable creative cities” organized as part of the ASEF Conference alongside the 8th Asia-Europe Summit of Heads of States in early October. We are… Continue reading Sustainable creative cities report is online

eBooklet on Walking for download in PDF format

Walking in life, art and science : a few examples (Sacha Kagan, Ed., 2010):  eBooklet in PDF format to download HERE The booklet contains: * an introductory article about the history and art history of walking in Europe * an article introducing German “Promenadologie” * an article about one postcolonial work of HMJokinen in Hamburg… Continue reading eBooklet on Walking for download in PDF format

Sheep on the move: A trek through Europe to highlight mobile herding

They are good-natured, produce tasty meat, and their wool gets turned into sweaters. Everyone knows so much about sheep. But few people know about the benefits that sheep provide through grazing. As they move from place to place, mobile flocks maintain the ecology, so conserving many threatened plants, animals and insects. The landscapes they create… Continue reading Sheep on the move: A trek through Europe to highlight mobile herding

Creating Cities: Culture, Space and Sustainability

The conference Creating Cities: Culture, Space and Sustainability, which will take place from 25 to 27 February 2010, investigates the forces that shape the conditions of urban development and the creation of cities in comparative and interdisciplinary perspective. In recent years, the notion of the „creative city“ has become a guiding framework for thinking about… Continue reading Creating Cities: Culture, Space and Sustainability