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What should be the organising principle when curating an art exhibition?
Earlier this week I saw “Copenhagen-Berlin – Gateway to the World” at Nikolaj Kunsthal. The exhibition takes as its starting point a shared biographical condition rather than a common aesthetic or formal concern: Danish artists who relocated to Berlin in … Continue reading
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How Norway Tackles Urban Sprawl with Innovative Funding
In Norway national government ties up the funding of urban development in the so-called urban packages (bypakker). As an example the “bypakke” for the Grenland area in southern Norway looks a tying issues such as mobility, climate change, urban sprawl, … Continue reading
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Aarhus 2017 – a practical example of instrumental use of culture
The Danish city of Aarhus has been awarded the title of European Capital of Culture 2017. Looking through the application which the city submitted to the EU commission there are several good examples of how culture is seen as instrumental … Continue reading
Culture as a tool in cities
In these times of austerity a prevalent theme is the utilisation of culture – in other words culture must be seen to do something and preferably more than just one thing. The prevailing discourse is that the days of ‘art … Continue reading
Creativity – a neglected resource in cities?
I recently was recently invited to give a presentation on developing sustainable communities in an age of austerity as part of the RegenWebinars. My main focus point for the presentation was creativity and how creativity, if uncovered and harnessed can … Continue reading
Friction and serendipity boosting.
I have just spent an excellent evening with a group of Berlin-based facilitators (bound together by their work with http://citizensforeurope.org/), academics and activists who are visiting Malmö and Copenhagen to look at social innovation, civic engagement and participatory processes. A … Continue reading
Mapping – for the future of communities.
What can maps do for communities? This seemed to be the underlying question from yesterday’s LivingBridgesPlanet discussion on Mapping for the Future. One point that seemed important for me from early on in our discussion was that while maps and … Continue reading
The Danish Government’s Growth Plan for Creative Industries
Earlier this month the Danish government published a growth plan for the creative industries. The report has four main recommendations for ensuring growth for creative industries in Denmark: Growing creative industries sooner and giving them better access to finance. Getting more … Continue reading
The case for creativity in smaller cities.
In November last year, I had the opportunnity to talk about creative entrepreneurship at the smaller cities conference in Guimarães in Portugal. My main case drawing on the work I have done with Creative Entrepreneurs in Aarhus and other smaller … Continue reading
Shrinking cities workshop at the URBACT conference.
Shrinking cities seem to be happening everywhere, especially in the wake of the recession with the American industrial city of Detroit as one of the most dramatic examples of a city which decreases in size. At the URBACT conference in … Continue reading
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