Skip to content
François Matarasso

François Matarasso

Thinking about culture as if people mattered

  • Home
  • Latest news
  • Writing
    • My European Home
    • Reflection Papers on Culture and Development (2020)
    • ‘Talking Until Nightfall’ (2020)
    • ‘A Restless Art’ (2019)
  • Community art
    • Wish You Were Here (2021)
    • I Remember: Leicester
    • ‘A Dead Good Life’
    • Regular Marvels (2011-15)
      • Where We Dream (2012)
      • Winter Fires (2012)
      • Bread and Salt (2013)
      • The Light Ships (2014)
      • A Wider Horizon (2015)
  • Research
    • Evaluation
    • Place-based cultural research (1994-2016)
    • Social impact studies
    • Programmes
      • 2001-05 Living Heritage (SE Europe)
      • 2005-08 Rural Cultural Development (UK)
  • Downloads
    • Publications 1994 – 2019
    • Art books
    • Research reports
    • Evaluation reports
    • Papers and articles
    • Speeches and talks
  • About me
    • Contact me
    • Why ‘Parliament of Dreams’?
    • Support
      • Organisational development
      • Facilitation
      • Workshops
    • Speaking

Tag: heritage

13 September 2014 Experiences / Research

The Pinning Stones

Portraits from The Pinning Stones by Ray Smith On Thursday, the residents of Scotland decide whether to leave the United Kingdom

Continue reading

19 June 2014 Experiences / For itself / Thinking

Joining the canon

As tribute records go, La Bande à Renaud, is not bad, but it is a little sad. There is a

Continue reading

6 April 2014 Thinking

In search of gravitas

Gravitas, the heavy tread of moral earnestness, becomes a bore if it is not accompanied by the light step of

Continue reading

18 March 2014 Thinking

Cui bloody bono?

The speech of women There is a paradox, acknowledged by the speaker herself, in a woman giving a lecture about

Continue reading

9 March 2014 Experiences / Thinking

Well-worn touchstones

As you approach the Acropolis Museum in Athens you see the Parthenon’s reflection floating in the dark glass wall of

Continue reading

7 March 2014 Talks / Thinking

A small boat on a dark sea

Text of a talk for the Greek EU Presidency conference, “Heritage First! Towards a common approach for a sustainable Europe” •

Continue reading

2 March 2014 Thinking

Naked emperors

‘I want to change, but not if it means changing,’ a patient once said to me in complete innocence. This

Continue reading

26 February 2014 Experiences

Artists did this

At Seville Cathedral today,  my breath was taken away by the power of a building designed, made and decorated by

Continue reading

7 February 2014 Asides / Thinking

Beyond control

 I want the heart, I want the soul, I want control right now Badlands (1978) Bruce Springsteen ‘Shackled and Drawn’ During

Continue reading

5 January 2014 Essays / Thinking

Friendly Interest

For much of the British media, 2014 began with a panic about the opening of the UK’s borders to people

Continue reading

Posts navigation

1 2 Next Posts»

Latest thinking

  • Mohan Rana: Cartographer of the Space Between
  • Rehearsals for retirement
  • Notes for What Next UK
  • Rehearsing and performing co-created music remotely: Can you help?
  • Into the digital world: Pandemic Responses #2

Twitter

My Tweets

Blog Stats

  • 98,168 hits

Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Join 3,566 other followers

Pages

  • Home
  • Latest news
  • Writing
    • My European Home
    • Reflection Papers on Culture and Development (2020)
    • ‘Talking Until Nightfall’ (2020)
    • ‘A Restless Art’ (2019)
  • Community art
    • Wish You Were Here (2021)
    • I Remember: Leicester
    • ‘A Dead Good Life’
    • Regular Marvels (2011-15)
      • Where We Dream (2012)
      • Winter Fires (2012)
      • Bread and Salt (2013)
      • The Light Ships (2014)
      • A Wider Horizon (2015)
  • Research
    • Evaluation
    • Place-based cultural research (1994-2016)
    • Social impact studies
    • Programmes
      • 2001-05 Living Heritage (SE Europe)
      • 2005-08 Rural Cultural Development (UK)
  • Downloads
    • Publications 1994 – 2019
    • Art books
    • Research reports
    • Evaluation reports
    • Papers and articles
    • Speeches and talks
  • About me
    • Contact me
    • Why ‘Parliament of Dreams’?
    • Support
      • Organisational development
      • Facilitation
      • Workshops
    • Speaking

Blogroll

  • A Restless Art

My other sites

  • A Restless Art
  • Regular Marvels

Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Join 3,566 other followers

Follow François Matarasso on WordPress.com

Blog Stats

  • 98,168 hits

Follow Us

Categories

  • Asides
  • Community arts
  • Essays
  • Evaluation
  • Experiences
  • For itself
  • Guest posts
  • policy
  • Regular Marvels
  • Research
  • Talks
  • Thinking
  • This changes everything
François Matarasso

François Matarasso

I'm a community artist, writer and researcher, working in Europe. My latest book, 'A Restless Art' (London 2019), is about the history, theory and practice of participatory art.

Personal Links

  • Regular Marvels
  • Parliament of Dreams
  • A Restless Art

View Full Profile →

Website Built with WordPress.com.
Cancel

 
Loading Comments...
Comment
    ×