Thanks to 2025 Academy on Cultural and Natural Sites as Drivers of Sustainability and Global Citizenship, Fondazione Santagata, the Phoenicians’ Route and GAL Sulcis recently brought together a diverse, European group of cultural practitioners in Sardinia. The focus was clear: heritage is not just about the past. It is a living force that can shape… Continue reading Academy on Cultural and Natural Sites as Drivers of Sustainability and Global Citizenship,
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Il-Fenek u l-Fekruna fuq Campus 103.7
Matul is-sajf tal-2025 Dr Karsten Xuereb ser ikun qed jitkellem ma’ Dr Anthony Pace dwar kif, fi kliem L.P. Hartley, l-imgħoddi hija art barranija, fejn jagħmlu l-affarijiet b’mod differenti minna, nies tal-preżent. Din it-tema jaqbadha l-istudjuż tal-kultura u s-soċjetà il-Professur David Lowenthal, li jnebbaħ lil din is-sensiela fit-tiftix tagħha ta’ kif, bħala nies kontemporanji, nissieltu… Continue reading Il-Fenek u l-Fekruna fuq Campus 103.7
Beyond the Brochure: Rethinking Tourism for a Sustainable Malta
In the last twenty years, sustainability has risked becoming a cliché in tourism discourse. It appears in policy documents, most recently Envision 2025, promotional campaigns and stakeholder meetings. Yet, for all its ubiquity, the term has often been debased to mere rhetoric — well-meaning, when not conniving, and hollow. In Malta, whose growing economy and… Continue reading Beyond the Brochure: Rethinking Tourism for a Sustainable Malta
Ħarsa kritika lejn il-politika kulturali f’Malta b’rabta ma’ għeluq l-20 sena sħubija fl-Unjoni Ewropea
Din il-ktiba tikkonsidra r-relazzjoni bejn Malta u l-Unjoni Ewropea (UE) fil-qasam tal-politika kulturali. Id-deskrizzjoni tal-iżviluppi f’ dir-relazzjoni tiffoka fuq aspetti tal-politika, tal-governanza, tal-ippjanar, kif ukoll tat-taħriġ u tal-iffinanzjar ta’ proġetti u proċessi ta’ kollaborazzjoni. In-narrattiva tpoġġi f’kuntest kronoloġiku mumenti ewlenin li ser jitqiesu bħala s-sisien ta’ żviluppi aktar reċenti, b’mod partikolari dawk li seħħew mis-sħubija… Continue reading Ħarsa kritika lejn il-politika kulturali f’Malta b’rabta ma’ għeluq l-20 sena sħubija fl-Unjoni Ewropea
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
Shot in Malta
The politics of the film industry since independence The full chapter is available here: https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9781032640464-15/shot-malta-karsten-xuereb On the centenary of foreign film production in Malta in 2022, this chapter looks at the development of the film industry in Malta under different political administrations since the 1960s. Over a number of decades, the importance of this industry,… Continue reading Shot in Malta
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 Photo: Refugee Week Malta 2023
Ispirazzjoni u Esperimenti – intervista kulturali
Hawnhekk Angele Galea tintervistani dwar ir-riċerka kulturali u edukattivi tul il-karriera tiegħi fl-istudji dwar il-Mediterran.
Remembering European cultural cooperation
This brief piece on European cultural cooperation was published by The Sunday Times of Malta and is accessible at the link below.
Mediterranean narratives on University radio
L-ewwel Mediterran (The first Mediterranean) is the new summer weekly programme on Campus 103.7, the University of Malta radio station, produced and presented by Dr Karsten Xuereb. Every week, Dr Xuereb will seek inspiration from the works of the late Prof Sebastiano Tusa, former Superintendent for Underwater Cultural Heritage in Sicily, who sadly passed away in a… Continue reading Mediterranean narratives on University radio
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