The People's Cultural Policy

Africa's first local cultural policy was an exercise in participatory planning, drawing on the optimism of cultural bodies in Cape Town, who had been denied access previously to use their voice.

A New Paradigm : Urban Cultural Policy?

Exploring the origin of the concept of urban cultural policy, what does it mean, and why is it important ?

cultural policyZayd MintyFebruary 22, 2018cultural planning, culture, arts, city, cultural policy, urban development, urbanComment

Re-shaping Cultural Policies: The Why and How

A new UNESCO report details how cultural policies can be better reshaped to further the diversity of creative expression, and so foster sustainable development and peace.

cultural policyZayd MintyFebruary 15, 2018culture, artists, cultural policy, cultural diversity, interculturalComment

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.

BLAC to the Future

Looking at the discourse building, culture initiative, BLAC, and its projects to further dialogue, publishing and advocacy in a divided Cape Town (1998-2003). How have things shifted since?

socially engaged practiseZayd MintyFebruary 1, 2018arts, art, apartheid, culture, race, transformation, global south, cape town, south africa, social justiceComment

Transformational Glitches: The New South Africa's Cultural Policy

Plotting the path, and critiquing, the development of South Africa’s post-apartheid cultural policy.

cultural policy, participatory governanceZayd MintyJanuary 25, 2018south africa, social justice, sustainability, culture, art, apartheid, politics, artsComment

South Africa | Race | Culture | Power

The coupling of race with cultural policy has long roots in South Africa. If we understood this better, and worked with the symbolic more creatively, could it help us bring about a non-racial future?

cultural policyZayd MintyJanuary 18, 2018cape town, culture, arts, apartheid, south africa, global south, race, social justice, transformationComment

Culture and Transformation in Cape Town

An introduction to a series of articles looking at the role of culture in the urban and social transformation of cities. Focussing on Cape Town: a reflection from the personal perspective of a cultural activist.

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