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Broader Perspectives - The editorials of Tafter Journal

Creative challenges

It may sound obvious: in order for creative products to conquer markets we need creativity; business creativity. In the last decade debates and books about creativity were multiplied, in the attempt at answering to crucial questions ranging from the definition…

Creating Culture

Literature and Art: narrative paths for social-emotional education

Finally in Italy we are talking about social-emotional learning; #1oradamore is the name of the media campaign promoted by Italian journalists, artists, psychologists, researchers, and sociologists to promote the introduction of social-emotional education in Italian schools. To share feelings and…

Broader Perspectives - The editorials of Tafter Journal

Managing change and intimacy in the present

Heraclitus is often cited as the source of the quote, “The only constant in life is change.” This seems to ring true now, more than ever, as advances in technology rapidly change our cultures: the ways we communicate and express…

Creating Culture

Is the architect an artist? Reconsidering the role of architects

Throughout this essay various possible conceptions of art and their relationship with architects’ responsibilities towards the community and their power in the creation of cities, will be considered. And the question on whether an architect is an artist will certainly…

Cultural Market, Entrepreneurship, Economics and Finance

Describe the role of collectors in the XXI century, in terms of effects on the art market, influence on artistic creation, diffusion and knowledge of artists and artworks

Collectors are different than donors who support the cultural production by giving money. Collectors are totally involved in the art market.

Culture for Societies: Communication - Government Issues

Social Innovation and the Arts. Artists alone are not enough!

While social innovation begins to be broadly embraced by policy-makers and scholars in the context of healthcare and education, hardly any research has been done in the fields of the arts and culture (Mulgan et al., 2007). This paper aims…