This article remembers Joseph S. Nye and his important contribution to cultural diplomacy.
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Arti Party contemporary art radio podcast
In a 2024 collaboration with Campus 103.7, the University of Malta radio station, and Unfinished Art Space, I interviewed contemporary artists and curators who have worked with Unfinished Art Space over the past few years, covering practices and methodologies such as community art practice, inter-disciplinarity, art in public space, archival practice, poetics, and sound. This… Continue reading Arti Party contemporary art radio podcast
20 Years of EU membership & cultural policy in Malta
This link leads you to the Paper Series launched by the Institute for European Studies at the University of Malta to mark two decades of EU membership by Malta, and my paper in particular: Informing and Implementing European Cultural Policy: Citizenship, Society and Subsidiarity in Malta. The full conference programme and paper series are accessible… Continue reading 20 Years of EU membership & cultural policy in Malta
Radio interview with Maltese writers in a Mediterranean context
This link leads you to a recording, in Maltese, aired on the radio station of the University of Malta, Campus 103.7, with two local writers, Rachelle Deguara and Jean Paul Borg. We address writing, travel and volunteering as part of the work of the Maltese cultural association Inizjamed. The programme features as the 10th in… Continue reading Radio interview with Maltese writers in a Mediterranean context
The Dialectics of Heritage & Modernization addressing Peace & Cultural Development in the Mediterranean
Between 20 and 24 February 2024 I was invited to participate at the Third World Forum for the Culture of Just Peace organised by the Abdulaziz Saud Al-Babtain Cultural Foundation in Cairo held under the auspices of His Excellency President Abdel Fattah EI-Sisi, President of the Arab Republic of Egypt, in collaboration with the Egyptian… Continue reading The Dialectics of Heritage & Modernization addressing Peace & Cultural Development in the Mediterranean
Let’s Agree to Disagree
The exhibition of the most recent and exciting artworks from Africa featured at the gallery curated by Christine X in Sliema provides us with the latest set of stories that by unfolding continuously, tell us more about people, journeys, explorations of self and diverse societies. We may heed the artists’ call, or challenge, to agree to disagree, but on this we’ll all be happy to settle – the show shouldn’t be missed.
Global cultural policy & heritage podcasts
Below is a full list of recent podcasts produced for the University of Malta radio station addressing global cultural policy & heritage matters Il-Politika Kulturali (Series 1 – 2020)https://www.mixcloud.com/campus1037/playlists/politika-kulturali-series-1-2020/ Il-Politika Kulturali (Series 2 – 2021)https://www.mixcloud.com/campus1037/playlists/politika-kulturali-series-2-2021/ Il-Politika Kulturali (Series 3 – 2021)https://www.mixcloud.com/campus1037/playlists/politika-kulturali-series-3-2021/ Il-Patrimonju Kulturali (Series 1 – 2021)https://www.mixcloud.com/campus1037/playlists/il-patrimonju-kulturali-series-1-2021/ Mediterran Kurrenti (Series 1 – 2022)https://www.mixcloud.com/campus1037/playlists/mediterran-kurrenti-series-1-2022/ Mediterran Kurrenti… Continue reading Global cultural policy & heritage podcasts
Ispirazzjoni u Esperimenti – intervista kulturali
Hawnhekk Angele Galea tintervistani dwar ir-riċerka kulturali u edukattivi tul il-karriera tiegħi fl-istudji dwar il-Mediterran.
Book review of Maltese translation of Maupassant’s Pierre et Jean
The Sunday Times of Malta link to the review of the translation into Maltese by Joe Pulè of Guy de Maupassant’s classic text is accessible here: https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/review-pierre-u-jean-bringing-home-complex-tale-family-drama.1067781
Albert Camus’s Meursault – A stranger to others, but true to oneself
I have just emerged from a tough read. One which is familiar and has infused the consciousness of many readers for many decades. It will claim another encounter before too much time passes. This is because the effect of the spirit summoned by Camus in 1942 L’Étranger eludes the modern Western, linear measurement of the… Continue reading Albert Camus’s Meursault – A stranger to others, but true to oneself
