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Over the past year, we have published four consecutive reports on Freedom of Artistic Expression (FoAE), written by Andreas Joh. Wiesand (ARCult Media, Cologne) as part of our research campaign. The reports are divided into the following sections: A Few Clarifications: Definitions, Instruments and Stakeholders Tired of Democracy? Political Climate Trends and their Impact on FoAE State Affairs: Over and Covert Censorship Social, Commercial and Religious Pressures We are now pleased to release an edited and slightly modified version of the reports in a single document! On Bariers to Freedom of Artistic Expression - Full Article ...
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One of our missions is to make information on cultural policy developments available to a wide audience. While many people in Europe can understand English, this might not be the case for everyone. That is why we are currently working on making our country profiles available in each country's native language, in addition to the English version. This time, the Romanian and Swedish profiles have been translated into their respective native languages. As always, we would like to thank the designated authors of the country profiles for proofreading and editing the translation. Stay tuned for more country profiles...
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It is often not that easy to keep track of all the cultural policy conferences and events taking place around the world. For this reason, we are bringing you a summary of some of the events that have taken place recently or will take place this spring. The World Conference on Culture and Arts Education, organised by UNESCO and hosted by the United Arab Emirates in Abu Dhabi (13-15 February 2024), brought together nearly 1,000 culture and education stakeholders - including 90 ministers, 125 representatives of UNESCO Member States, policymakers, experts and NGOs, as well as UN agencies, academia...
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Le profil sur la politique culturelle de la France est désormais disponible en français! Profilul politicii culturale a Republicii Moldova este acum disponibil și în limba română! A magyar kultúrpolitikai profil már magyarul is elérhető! Den norske kulturpolitiske profilen er nå tilgjengelig på norsk! Today we are releasing even more short cultural policy profiles in their native language! This time, the French, Hungarian, Moldovan and Norwegian profiles were translated into their respective native language. As always, the designated authors of the country profiles have proofread the translations and edited the language accordingly. Stay tuned for more country profiles...
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As a platform for cultural policy exchange, the Compendium has always published its Cultural Policy Profiles in English, making them accessible to a broad audience. In the future, we would also like to publish the Cultural Policy Profiles in the native language of each country, thus further increasing accessibility. To do this, we use AI technology to enhance the translation process. Each translation is then proofread by the respective expert author. Today we are taking the first step by releasing the native language versions of the short profiles for Austria, Germany and Poland. Please note that the long profiles for Germany and Liechtenstein are...
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Luca Kristóf, PhD is a senior research fellow at the Centre for Social Sciences, Budapest. Her main research interests include elite studies,cultural policy, political sociology, cultural and sustainable consumption, and social stratification and integration. Her monograph on the Hungarian cultural elite, published in 2021, won the Polányi Prize of the Hungarian Sociological Society. In addition to numerous journal articles and book chapters in Hungarian, she has published in international journals such as Poetics, the International Journal of Cultural Policy and East European Politics and Societies. She is a Patronus Teacher at the Széchenyi College for Advanced Studies, editor of socio.hu, the online journal of the CSS Institute of...
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An new short cultural policy profile for Lithuania is now available on the Compendium website. A special thanks goes out to our Lithuanian expert Audronė Rimkutė for compiling the profile. Below, you can see a few highlights of the cultural policy developments in Lithuania: In January 2024, the Press, Radio and Television Support Fund was abolished, and a new Media Foundation was launched, which will support projects through calls for tenders in the areas of news, investigative and educational journalism, cultural media, regional media, media of national minorities and diaspora. A challenge for Lithuanian cultural policies and the whole cultural sector in the last years is...
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We are delighted to officially announce that our International Cultural Policy Conference will take place in Podgorica, Montenegro, on 26-27 September this year and will be hosted by the University “Mediterranean” Podgorica. The title is "Cultural Policies. Developments. Perspectives" and represents a triangle of interconnections. After the International Conference will be held on the 26th, the 7th Assembly of the Compendium Association will serve as a meeting point for the Compendium community on the 27th. After the success of last year's conference in Malta, we are looking forward to more exciting discussions and presentations from cultural policy experts, policy makers...
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A recently updated version of the cultural policy profile for Sweden is available thanks to our Swedish cultural policy expert Tobias Harding. Below you can find some highlights of recent cultural policy developments in Sweden: A government commission will propose changes in the national film policy to take account of the changing landscape, including the impact of streaming and AI The national budget for 2024 included several cuts in public spending on arts and culture, the largest of which concerned support for popular adult education The government has been accused of politicizing and instrumentalizing museums, and cultural heritage in general, through...
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Last Friday it has been announced by Audrey Azoulay, Director-General of UNESCO, that MONDIACULT will be held in Barcelona, Spain, during the second semester of 2025. MONDIACULT stands as a significant gathering where the 194 member states of UNESCO collaborate to shape the international cultural agenda. In 2025, it will be three years since the event was last held in Mexico City. UNESCO will therefore present a global report on the state of culture over these three years. It has been decided to put a special emphasis on artificial intelligence, as it is both an opportunity and a concern for...
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