The Community Arts Centre as a Fireplace

Revaluing Community Arts Centres in South Africa as convivial spaces of learning, sharing, creative expression and identity formulation.

cultural infrastructure, cultural policyZayd MintyApril 5, 2018cultural centers, cultural space, cultural diversity, cultural policy, cultural development, culture, cultural democracy, arts, arts centres, arts spacesComment

Medellin: A Creative City

Medellin's transformation, from a city of violence to one of innovation and social dynamism, is the result of concerted and significant investments into cultural programmes and infrastructure since 2004.

creative citiesZayd MintyMarch 29, 2018medellin, south america, global south, culture, cultural policy, cultural democracy, cultural development, creative cityComment

Liberating Memories: Remembering the 80's

What can we learn from the archives of the 1980's, a time of political and cultural resistance globally? We look at the period and a project that commemorated its importance.

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