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,
Tag: culture-led regeneration
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
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
European collaboration in heritage: Matera
This brief newspaper article on The Sunday Times of Malta shares some views on EU collaboration in culture and heritage with a focus on Matera, the European Capital of Culture in 2019.
Cities of tomorrow
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
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
People and their cultural places
This brief article looks at some important issues related to the way people inhabit and interact with spaces that are new, old or regenerated in the cultural context. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877916616300443
City-labs for culture
The discussion on how cities may act as living labs for culture is vibrant in exchanges between Asia and Europe. The Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF) Public Forum on creative cities held in Gwangju, Korea, in 2015 and the accompanying publication that includes my contribution, provide engaging case studies through the exchange of critical best practice. http://culture360.asef.org/asef-news/asef-public-forum-i-cities-living-labs-for-culture/… Continue reading City-labs for culture
European capital investment
Projects aiming at culture-led regeneration hold a great deal of promise while being very challenging. This article gives a comparative overview. http://interartive.org/2017/06/valletta-2018-karsten-xuereb/
Urban re/de-generation?
Is urban regeneration a double-edged sword? This brief article featured in The Times of Malta shines a light on the European capital of culture project in Malta. https://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20150930/life-features/Make-space-for-urban-regeneration.586432
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