Tag: cultural sustainability
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What are you doing with your hands?
For the second time this year – and in my life – I had the luck to be invited to Helsinki, Finland. This time the host was Nordic Culture Point (Kulturkontakt Nord), and the occasion was the seminar: The Role of Culture in a Sustainable Society – Sustainability in Art and Cultural Projects My contribution was a workshop,…
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President of Totemization
Today: Workshop with 18 young people from DIS – Danish Institute for Studies Abroad. On the menu: Building the collective through: gesture imitation, gesture merging, jibberish, jibberish emotionalized, emotionalizing the space by attributing an emotional state to each corner. Totemizing the collective. Dividing the group into 6 “tribes”, with “totems” borrowed from our natural biotope, ie elements…
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The Role of Culture in a Sustainable Society, seminar in Helsinki, September 2015
“Culture and art provide our society with creativity, critical thinking, empathy, confidence, risk tolerance and mutual respect. We believe that working with culture and art and through the cultural meeting, we create an essential part of the foundation for the Nordic region and societies to become sustainable” – Per Voetmann, director, Nordic Culture Point Programme…
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My 9 favorite tweets, Day Three at the conference
#culturalsustainability The clearest vision of The role of art in sustainability pic.twitter.com/BwYQv9OLbD — Per Voetmann (@pervoetmann) May 8, 2015 NathalieBlanc makes plea for political dimension of #culturalsustainability, essential given election results: how sustainable is Europe? — Beatriz Garcia (@beatriz_garcia) May 8, 2015 https://twitter.com/fnogr/status/596639394884354048 https://twitter.com/MirandaCampMTL/status/596312302112133120 https://twitter.com/fnogr/status/596636263102427136 https://twitter.com/MirandaCampMTL/status/596625846716235776 https://twitter.com/fnogr/status/596570991842713600 https://twitter.com/fnogr/status/596564231094456320 https://twitter.com/fnogr/status/596564726013939712
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My 10 favorite tweets from Day Two at the Culture(s) in sustainable futures Conference
https://twitter.com/fnogr/status/596363902809681921 Completely packed parallel session reveals #measurement & methodology are in high demand for #culturalsustainability pic.twitter.com/pXgKUGpwcL — Beatriz Garcia (@beatriz_garcia) May 7, 2015 Agyeman cites Wilkinson & Pickett (2009): "inequality… heightens competitive consumption" #culturalsustainability#justsustainabilities — Beatriz Garcia (@beatriz_garcia) May 7, 2015 #justsustainabilities: It costs +money to send people to prison than to Princeton, yet prisons…
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12 favorite tweets from day One at the conference about Cultural Sustainability in Helsinki
Day one at the Culture(s) in sustainable futures conference. These are my favorite tweets from the day: Bees, fiords & sound collectives will give us food for thought & chances to get immersed in #culturalsustainability pic.twitter.com/PLB22Wws3S — Beatriz Garcia (@beatriz_garcia) May 6, 2015 https://twitter.com/fnogr/status/595854843178278912 https://twitter.com/fnogr/status/595854266952187904 https://twitter.com/fnogr/status/595852398830219265 https://twitter.com/fnogr/status/595875800513191937 https://twitter.com/fnogr/status/595847926397706240 https://twitter.com/fnogr/status/595873187616968704 Philippe Vandenbroek on Wicked Problems, beautiful…
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Going to the conference in Helsinki? If not, join the live streaming
Not participating in the conference? Here’s a chance to experience part of the program as a live stream. Cultures in Sustainable Futures, webcast schedule: Wednesday, 6th May 9.30 – 11.00 Opening plenary 11.30 – 13.00 Plenary I: Culture as the fourth pillar of sustainability and beyond – a dream or achievable goal? Thursday, 7th May 9.00…
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Building Sound Collectives in Helsinki
Building Sound Collectives has been selected for the Conference “CULTURE(S) IN SUSTAINABLE FUTURES: theories, policies, practices”, Helsinki, May 6 – 8 2015. For three days, the University Jyväskylä will host a series of talks, sessions and panels at the “Wanha Satama” (Finnish for “Old Harbour”), – a renovated warehouse for coffee and spices located in the heart of…
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Can social media help us build our collectives?
Can the social media help us build and sustain our collectives? No. The way we have chosen to design our social media, they are good at serving commercial purposes. Therefore they are build on linear thinking, and their consequence is digital autism. Our social media fail to help us build culturally sustainable collectives. Still, we…
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