Cultural Values

An update and welcome to Culture|Futures 2011

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AÂ warm welcome to:Â Culture|Future partners, cultural institutions and cultural actors from around the world

Culture|Futuresâ€™ spiral of engagement in 2011 is expandingâ€¦

Welcome to the new website and the strategies for Culture|Futures over the next decades.

Please see the

information about the events planned for 2011 on theÂ NewsÂ Page
information on Culture|FuturesÂ strategicÂ Vision

If you are new to Culture|Futures you may be interested in itsÂ historyÂ since 2007

Please feel free to share this resource site and its informationÂ to other Cultural Institutions, Cultural actors and practitioners in your area.

You or your organisation may also wish to join and share informationÂ about your cultural activities in this area on theÂ Culture|Futures Facebook, Twitter, YoutubeÂ and News links below

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Culture|Futures is an international collaboration of organizations and individuals who are concerned with shaping and delivering a proactive cultural agenda to support the necessary transition towards an Ecological Age by 2050.

The Cultural sector that we refer to is an interdisciplinary, inter-sectoral, inter-genre collaboration, which encompasses policy-making, intercultural dialogue/cultural relations, creative cities/cultural planning, creative industries and research and development. It is those decision-makers and practitioners who can reach people in a direct way, through diverse messages and mediums.

Affecting the thinking and behaviour of people and communities is about the dissemination of stories which will profoundly impact cultural values, beliefs and thereby actions. The stories can open peopleâ€™s eyes to a way of thinking that has not been considered before, challenge a preconceived notion of the past, or a vision of the future that had not been envisioned as possible. As a sector which is viewed as imbued with creativity and cultural values, rather than purely financial motivations, the cultural sectorâ€™s stories maintain the trust of people and society.
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Common Cause | WWF Articles | WWF UK

July 22, 2011ecoartscotlandCampaigns, Cultural Values, Curators, Ecology, Edge Research, Fremantle, Government Policy, International Networks, Intrinsic Values, Research Associate, Robert Gordon University, School Of Art, Scientists, Steep Trail, Theoretical Texts, Wwf Uk

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Ben Twist highlighted this document at the Steep Trail event this weekend.Â Common Cause sets out,

â€œto explore the central importance of cultural values in underpinning concern about the issues upon which we each work.

Common Cause: The Case for Working with our Cultural Values makes the case that civil society organisations can find common cause in working to activate and strengthen a set of helpful â€˜intrinsicâ€™ values, while working to diminish the importance of unhelpful â€˜extrinsicâ€™ values. The report highlights some of the ways in which communications, campaigns, and even government policy, inevitably serve to activate and strengthen some values rather than others.â€

ecoartscotland is a resource focused on art and ecology for artists, curators, critics, commissioners as well as scientists and policy makers. It includes ecoartscotland papers, a mix of discussions of works by artists and critical theoretical texts, and serves as a curatorial platform.

It has been established byÂ Chris Fremantle, producer and research associate withÂ On The Edge Research,Â Grayâ€™s School of Art, The Robert Gordon University. Fremantle is a member of a number of international networks of artists, curators and others focused on art and ecology.
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Staging Stustainability : April 20-22, 2011 at York University

July 9, 2010newsActivism, Aesthetics, Affiliation, Call For Papers, Canada M3j 1p3, Conference Committee, Cultural Values, Dean Faculty, Email Addresses, Executive Assistant, Fine Arts, Human Ecology, Keele St, Performance Theatre, Proposals, Rituals, Submission Deadline, sustainability, York University, Yorku Ca

Call for Papers

The conference committee invites proposals for papers addressing the relationship between the cultural and environmental aspects of sustainability.

Potential topics and questions might include:

performance ecologies
green design for performance
theatre and eco-activism
How can the arts widen our perception of nature and our ability to experience, reflect and adapt to the environment?
What is the relationship between aesthetics and ethics in terms of our consideration of the environment?
How are cultural values expressed in rituals and public events creating a human ecology?

Proposals should include:

a 250-word abstract
presenterâ€™s name & affiliation
mailing & email addresses

Please forward proposals to:

Ina Agastra, Executive Assistant to the Dean
Faculty of Fine Arts, York University
4700 Keele St. Toronto ON Canada M3J 1P3
ffadeanasst@yorku.ca

Submission deadline: September 1, 2010