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From 11 to 14 March, the European cultural Foundation (ECF) organised the conference Almost Real in Utrecht. Some one hundred and fifty visitors from Europe and the rest of the world participated in workshops and debates about art and social changes. The high point of the conference was a presentation by Okwui Enwezor titled The Artist as Producer in Times of Crisis. >>>
Experts from fifty countries met in Amsterdam in March 2004 for the conference Cairo and Beyond - Reproductive Rights and Culture. Special focus was placed on the power of culture. >>>
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Theatre group Het Waterhuis will receive a structural annual of one hundred thousand euros from the Dutch Ministry of Development Cooperation. This troupe is often active in Africa with youth performances about subjects such as Aids and child soldiers. >>> |
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What part does art play in society and in the interests of the world's artists? Has globalisation destroyed or strengthened cultural diversity?
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 Shifting Map is a publication by and about RAIN, a network of artists' platforms in Africa, Asia and Latin American. >>> |
Sixty percent of the population of the Netherlands believe that the country's culture should be mandatory for newcomers. That is the striking outcome of a survey performed by research institute TNS NIPO. >>>
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The fourth edition of Strictly Mundial will be in Istanbul, Turkey on 21 April. The four-day world music fair is an initiative of the Aga Khan Trust for Culture, partner of various Dutch organisations.
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With the first gift from the Cultural Emergency Response (CER) fund, the reading room in the university library in Baghdad has been refurbished. >>> |
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Exactly one decade ago, South Africa elected Nelson Mandela as its first black president, liberating itself from apartheid for all time. In these months, cultural events throughout the world are highlighting South Africa's ten years of democracy. >>>
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Since the 1990s, culture has occupied an increasingly prominent place on the international agenda. But the discussion about whether and how culture contributes to combating poverty and sustainable development has far to go. Part one in a series about culture and development policy in donor countries. >>>
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Interviews with Andries Oliphant (Arts
and Culture Trust) and Magriet Leemhuis (Dutch
Embassy Pretoria).
Articles on Dance Factory, Market Theatre Laboratory, Bag Factory and Film
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An interactive website about the Egyptian civilisation, which is more than five thousand years old.
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The sixth edition of the Amnesty International Film Festival. >>>
The European Cultural Foundation will celebrate its fiftieth birthday. >>>
Brighton (UK) will host the Creative Clusters Conference from 28 April to 1 May. >>>
Eleven modern artists from South Africa, Brazil, Germany and the Netherlands will respond to photographs and stories of twenty South African women. >>> |
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