This short article provides some reflections on the development of cities and culture in a framework of urban planning. https://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20171124/opinion/Cities-of-tomorrow-Karsten-Xuereb.663870
State control of culture
This brief interview by Teodor Reljic on Malta Today reflects on issues of state control on cultural matters. http://www.maltatoday.com.mt/arts/valletta_2018/82138/its_bizarre_how_some_people_in_funding_bodies_perceive_critique_as_an_affront#.Wh6uFUqnGUk
Sustainable cultural tourism
sustainable_tourism_in_malta_melilla_171020 This critical presentation on sustainable tourism in Malta was given at the 2017 annual España Creativa forum on sustainable tourism in Melilla, Spain.
Cultural policy in the Mediterranean
CulturalPolicyMed This presentation guided American and Asian students during a recent lecture on cultural policy in the Mediterranean at George Mason University in Virginia, US.
Seeking cultural identities
This article reflects on cultural identities in Europe today in relation to migration in the Mediterranean. It was featured in Malta: Land of Sea, the catalogue accompanying the exhibition of the same name curated by Sandro Debono for the Maltese Presidency of the Council of the EU and hosted by the BOZAR in Brussels, Belgium… Continue reading Seeking cultural identities
Innovation in cultural funding
This brief article published by The Times of Malta addresses budgetary and policy matters in relation to culture and the arts. https://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20171021/opinion/Off-the-cultural-roundabout-Karsten-Xuereb.660926
Cultural diversity mapping
Mapping Cultural Diversity: Good Practices from Around the Globe is an anthology, published by the Asia-Europe Foundation and the German Commission to UNESCO, features programmes and policies that foster cultural diversity around the world. A reflection on Mediterranean practices, written together with Dr Francesca Cominelli, is included in the publication (page 79). https://culture360.asef.org/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/Mapping-Cultural-Diversity-DUK-ASEF-Nov-2010.pdf
