politiche culturali – Tafter Journal

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Bone’s Territories: Territorial Heritage and Local Autonomy in Italian Inner Areas

“Areas in the bone” is not just a quote: it is the metaphor of the load bearing structure of Italy as well as the plastic representation of the marginalization process of the inner areas of the country that started from…

Cities, Urbanism, Architecture and Citizenship

It happens in Turin. From Cascina Roccafranca to the “Case del Quartiere Network”

In the last 20 years Turin has gone through several radical transformations and changes. When we talk about that we can’t forget its passage from “industrial town” to “post-industrial town”, breaking away from its past. From automotive to baby-parking and…

Broader Perspectives - The editorials of Tafter Journal

Dear Readers, Colleagues and Friends,

From this number, Tafter Journal will enter in a new courage dimension. Even though, for strategic reasons, Monti&Taft will no longer be at the head of the journal, I will continue with pleasure and commitment in sustaining the evaluation activities…

Politiche culturali

Revolving funds and building preservation trusts: a new and efficient way of preserving European Heritage?

As European States are less and less involved in Heritage protection, new ways have to be found to safeguard historical buildings. Private structures such as “revolving funds” and “building preservation trusts” are part of them; respectively coming from the USA…

Politiche culturali

Open data in the cultural field

The Bibliotheque Nationale de France and its association to the private sector to digitize the data to be released.

Politiche culturali

Tafter Journal, gennaio 2013 – numero speciale epos. Verso un’agenda per la cultura dei prossimi anni

I contributi raccolti nel numero speciale di Tafter Journal dedicato a epos intendono attivare – attraverso un dialogo intergenerazionale – un processo critico che conduca verso un progressivo miglioramento delle forme di governo e di gestione dei beni e delle…

After

Un’agenda per la cultura dei prossimi anni

Il sistema culturale attraversa una fase di radicale trasformazione. È l’intera società, il suo paradigma economico e produttivo, le sue relazioni individuali e collettive, a trovarsi su un crinale del quale si percepisce la dimensione ma non si riescono a…

After

Culture in U.S.: four more years

President Obama has won the 2012 election and will be remaining in office for another four years. From an arts advocacy standpoint, Obama was clearly the favorable candidate for government arts funding.

Reti creative

Custodire, condividere, partecipare il futuro

L’Europa è un continente che invecchia rapidamente. In prospettiva, guardando verso il 2020, è possibile mettere in campo nuovi indirizzi e nuove idee per una migliore qualità della vita degli anziani e per un patto reale di solidarietà tra le…

Gestire cultura

Measuring the economic impact of CCIs policies

The proposed benchmarking raster is a tool aimed at assessing the creative potential of cities and regions and selecting the best policy measures to support the sector. It should be used by local and regional actors to show decision-makers the…

Topics of Interest

Manifesto per la sostenibilità culturale

Monica Amari, esperta di politiche e processi culturali, è l’autrice del volume “Manifesto per la sostenibilità culturale. E se, un giorno, un ministro dell’economia venisse incriminato per violazione dei diritti culturali?”, testo che prima che una riflessione sulle dinamiche politico-economiche…

Topics of Interest

Il management del simbolico come fattore di sviluppo. Le politiche per la cultura nella Provincia Autonoma di Trento

Il seminario “Management dell’arte e della cultura. Nuove vie per valorizzare l’autonomia del simbolico come fattore di sviluppo” organizzato da tsm - Trentino School of Management in collaborazione con l’Assessorato alla Cultura della Provincia autonoma di Trento, svoltosi nell’estate 2011,…

Metropolis

Spatialisation of urban culture in a large-scale event: urban visions and the program of Tallinn 2011 European Capital of Culture

The study discusses examples from the three periods, which are represented by certain texts in the process of Tallinn becoming ECoC. Texts are included from 2005 (artistic reflections), 2008 (the city’s proposal), and 2010 (the program). Thus the paper considers…

Metropolis

European Capital of Culture as a regional development tool? The case of Marseille-Provence 2013

In 2013 Marseille-Provence will hold the title European Capital of Culture (ECoC). Marseilles, the lead city in the bid, is significantly larger and poorer than the other urban districts included in the project. In common with a number of other…

Metropolis

Pécs2010: borderless culture?

On 19th October 2005 Pécs, one of the cities in Hungary with the greatest cultural heritage, was designated as European Capital of Culture (ECOC) for the year 2010, together with Istanbul and Essen. The following pages aim at detecting the…

Metropolis

From Brussels 2000 to the plan culturel (cultuurplan). Localising a European initiative to cultural policies in Brussels

Brussels 2000 reflects a moment in contemporary Brussels when the divided Franco-Flemish Communities came together to plan and promote a common cultural agenda. Though few projects of Brussels 2000 remain, individual and institutional actors continue to collaborate, but without a…

Metropolis

Liverpool 2008 : capital of whose culture? The cities on the edge project

This paper aims at showing a contrasting vision and image between a particular project realized during the Liverpool European Capital of Culture 2008 and the official one depicted in the bid and brought forward by the Liverpool Culture Company. The…

Metropolis

Culture and urban space in academic research projects of Turku 2011 European Capital of Culture

Even though most European Capitals of Culture (ECoC) have been university cities, academic research has seldom played much of a role in their programmes. The case of the Finnish city of Turku, European Capital of Culture 2011, is different. The…

Broader Perspectives - The editorials of Tafter Journal

What’s the “city” in the design and implementation of the European Capital of Culture? An open issue

The European Capital of Culture (ECoC) is a long-standing programme that invites visibility for a cultural mega-event that aims to highlight the richness and diversity of European cultures and the features they share, and also to promote greater mutual knowledge…