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The future art of storytelling: Future Fabulating in Madeira Island

Introduction The practice of predicting the future has a long history, ranging from personal consultation in the patterns of coffee grounds to global computational projections derived from vast sums of data. The longing for a vision of the future…

Creating Culture

The sound of poetry. The case of “Andata e Ritorno” Festival

We grow up being used to the idea that poetry is something boring. This scenario is luckily changing. There are a lot of poets who want to stay inside the modernity, want to write about it and above all they…

Managing Culture for creating impacts

The Panagbenga: Ethico-Political Issues, Contestations, and Recommendations on the Cultural Sustainability of a Festival

The Panagbenga cultural festival of the popular tourist destination of Baguio City, Philippines, turns 20 in February 2015. Researching the sustainability of a 4-weeks festival held annually since 1995 is of academic and practical interest. Lessons can be learned for…

Cultural Market, Entrepreneurship, Economics and Finance

Contemporary art fairs as new forms of cultural consumption and urban experience

Contemporary art fairs are commercial exhibitions where art dealers meet up over the course of several days at a specific event. Nowadays they are held around the world, offering attendees the opportunity to experience in just a few days what…

Broader Perspectives - The editorials of Tafter Journal

Eventful Cities: the relationship between city development and cultural events

In recent years slogans such as ‘festival city’ or ‘city of festivals’ have become common elements of the brand image of many cities. But why have events become so popular? What are the benefits of being ‘eventful’? What is the…

Broader Perspectives - The editorials of Tafter Journal

Culture and development at a crossroads

The two articles featured in this issue of Tafter Journal by Mazuba Kapambwe and Johannis Tsoumas may inspire some further reflections on the difficult, ‘liquid’ relation between place, ideology and politics, which is so present in almost any debate on…

Calls for papers

Call For Papers on “Festivals: audience, funding and sustainability”. Deadline extended to 31 March 2014

Tafter Journal and LOOP Studies/University of Barcelona invite paper submissions which offer new and challenging research on trends within the management of cultural festivals. Get Involved! We welcome participants willing to share their research and experiences!