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16 September 2022 Guest posts

Guest Post – ‘A Culture of Possibility’ Episode 21

By Arlene Goldbard This post is to introduce you to the 21st episode of François Matarasso’s and my monthly podcast,

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24 May 2022 Community arts / Evaluation

This is not a level playing field

Evaluation has become a dominant preoccupation in participatory art in the past generation. It’s a fascinating field, and I’ve played

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18 March 2022 Guest posts

Arlene Goldbard on Charters, Manifestos, and Cultural Democracy (Guest post)

‘Policymakers aren’t sufficiently aware of the values and biases embedded in the way cultural policy has been made by governmental and quasi-governmental groups’ @arlenegoldbard

10 December 2021 Experiences / Regular Marvels / Thinking

Blinkered by my privilege

For decades, longer even, cultural policy in Europe has been imagined as a conflict between two ideas. The first is

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13 November 2021 For itself / policy / Thinking

Participation is everywhere. Now what?

“The vision of this Strategy, therefore, is of a country in which the creativity of everyone living here is celebrated

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31 October 2021 For itself / policy

The function and purposes of art

A few days ago, I happened to see a media article from a senior cultural figure in which they wrote

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2 October 2021 Community arts / For itself / Thinking

Other People’s Books: some recommendations

Over past year or two, I’ve had a series of conversations with people about books they’ve been working on. Some

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28 May 2021 Guest posts / policy

Carla Schiavone on the genesis of the 2020 Rome Charter

The first anniversary of the 2020 Rome Charter is marked today by an event in Rome, under the auspices of

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10 February 2021 Thinking / This changes everything

Notes for What Next UK

Here are the notes I prepared to speak at this morning’s meeting of What’s Next UK Preliminary No criticism: this

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25 March 2020 Thinking / This changes everything

Let's use this breathing space wisely

Take a breath. Two weeks ago, I was talking with friends in the local café about the worsening situation in

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    1. François Matarasso on A Selfless Age? From ‘Winter Fires’ to ‘1001 Stories’24 April 2023

      Thanks Rebecca - have a wonderful opening day of rehearsal x

    2. Rebecca Manson Jones on A Selfless Age? From ‘Winter Fires’ to ‘1001 Stories’24 April 2023

      Oh what a perfect post to read on this first day of rehearsal for On The Beach a sensory show…

    3. François Matarasso on Time to go inward4 April 2023

      Oh, I'm wandering lost, for sure, thinking we owe the new generation something better than we've got.

    4. belfastguzzi on Time to go inward4 April 2023

      Well you know there are folk (even now / more so now) feeling totally lost in forging ahead (not to…

    5. jennifer hinves on Principles of co-creation24 March 2023

      Brilliant project! Well done all the co-creators.

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