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Considering diversity in a broader context of socio-ecological systems

“Diversity is an important prerequisite for ensuring development that is environmentally, socially, culturally and economically resilient and …

Japan!

http://www.hamburg.emb- japan.go.jp/ kultur/jaeb/ dinfo660.html Ausgabe 60 Dezember 2001 / Januar 2002 JAPAN auf einenBLICK Das monatliche …

www.tank.tv Screenings at Tate Modern

www.tank.tv Screenings at Tate Modern Friday 19 September – Sunday 21 September 2008 Following the success of the last sell out show, www.tank.tv has …

Veils and Water. Impressions from Berlin in July

The most heavily politicized garment of our time is surely the Muslim hijab, veil, headscarf, chador, burqa or whatever name you’d give it. What …

“Safeguard and sustainable enhancement of the intangible heritage: role of the communities and the civil society”

“Safeguard and sustainable enhancement of the intangible heritage: role of the communities and the civil society” roundtable organized by the …

How I learned to stop worrying and love the movies

The slow erosion of a reading public that began when the Lumiére brothers invented the movie camera has accelerated. Although educators and …

Of Visual Occupations, Appropriations and Resistances: Roundtrip Tel-Aviv-Ramallah.

The economy of fear is a strange beast: it sneaks up on you without you noticing it. You internalise its sweaty paws, its irregular heartbeats, and …

ZENSORS Working Outside the Comfort Zone

Glimpse into the Producer/Curator’s Work: Getting Connected It was in July 2007 that I chanced upon the call for proposals from the Japan …

Credit crunch affects European travel

The price of everything going up, food fuel and ofcourse airline tickets, so will this mean fewer people will go on holliday this year? Probably not …

Rome Ext. Night (download)

R o m e, e x t. n i g h t - a sonic architecture concept Download: http://soundtoys.net/toys/rome-ext-night Rome Ext. Night is a “site specific” …

IFACCA D'Art research topics: an update

IFACCA, the dynamic global network of arts councils and ministries of culture, has recently published online research reports on Ethics in cultural …

Ethno Cyprus Concert Dedicated to Launch of the Union for the Mediterranean

In the week when the Union for the Mediterranean has been launched by the French presidency, the national section of Jeunesses Musicales …

Spread the words: reuse, recycle, read

Hello, I am preparing a poster to celebrate the International Year of Languages, and I would like your views. Do you like it? Let me know! Stefania …

Tour in Italy summer 2008

From 25th of August till the 14th of September AURIA will organise concerts all around Italy! We will perform the wonderful Schubert octet, the …

The Puzzle Box, Chapter 6

“Tired as they were, they almost ran up the last part of the stair, and found themselves in another cave; but it was completely different to the one …

Residencies in Budapest

We are proud to announce that our residency/seminar program due to it's success has been expanded. The Hungarian Multicultural Center (HMC) is …

And finally: There is a Viewer for Everything

The final session of the StrangerFestival’s Expert Meeting has the provacative title There’s a Viewer for EverythingAn expert panel with …

All good things come to an end

It’s true. I became part of an extraordinary story, as the Stranger Festival posters said. I have met lots of people from all over the world –from …

Call for partners - European Literature Prize 2009

Call for partners - European Literature Prize 2009 Call for partners in EUROPEAN UNION CULTURE PROGRAMME 2007 – 2013 European Union Culture Programme …

Simply The Best - Best Practice in Youth&Video Projects

The session immediately after lunch brings together what the StrangerFestival calls Simply the Best, three very different examples of best practice …

Usergenerated Politics - The case of CDMAG in Belarus

After the presentation of Demos, and the observation that European youngsters have lost their faith in politics, nothing could be more of a …

Demos presents Children of Europe research at Expert Meeting

Charlie Tims and Celia Hannon from Demos present the research Demos have done alongside the StrangerFestival.Demos is the think tank for 'everyday …

Workshops day

Pink, more pink,more pink wristbands and more people willing to get involved in the pink event. Today was the workshops day. For instance, there was …

Expert Meeting is about to start

Good morning from the Gashouder at Westergasfabriek in Amsterdam! It's short before the Expert Meeting is scheduled to start and it's still difficult …

Stranger Festival - The Opening!

In the morning we had the chance to get to know each other in an informal meeting at the premises of the theatre company MC. Both people from MC and …