Courageous citizens : how culture contributes to social change / [editors: Bas Lafleur, Wietske Maas and Susanne Mors]

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Publication details: Amsterdam : European Cultural Foundation ; Valiz, 2018ISBN:

9789492095510

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Summary: Over the past decades, the cultural and political map of Europe and the world has changed rapidly. Developments such as the changing status of the European Union, migration, and th wider repercussions of globalization have posed numerous social and political challenges. Instead of recognizing and valuing these challenges, there is a growing tendency to retreat into fixed ideas of culture and cultural divides. This book celebrates the capacity of individuals and small groups to contribute to social change through culture and art. It is a source of inspiration for renegotiating our understanding of the world and affirming culture as a critical space to practive courage and perseverance amid complex societal reconfigurations. Courageous Citizens focuses on those whose daring, sharing, and inventing contribute to our collective future, and for whom cultura and democracy are the starting points for vision and action. The cycle of (re-)thinking, doing, and changing that is inherent in remodelling the way we view the world and concurrently the potential of culture to contribute to positive social change is addressed through three key themes: I - Diversity and Equality; II - Communities and Democracy; III - Fragmentation and Solidarity. Courageous Citizens is published on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the ECF Princess Margriet Award for Culture (PMA), an annual award acknowledging and amplifying the work of individuals and collectives whose creative work can truly make a difference in Europe's societies. (Font: Editor)

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	Centre d' Informació i Documentació del CERC Sala	General	S 03655	Available		CERC19050002

Foreword / Ivan Krastev -- Introduction / Bas Lafleur, Wietske Maas, Susanne Mors -- i. Diversity and equality: articulating the political in culture: Cultural diversity / Stuart Hall ; Minimal selves / Stuart Hall ; Becoming-world. A new perspective on Europe Citizenship / Rosi Braidotti ; Art, Knowledge, and politics. Vasyl Cherepanyn in conversation with Wietske Maas ; 77SQM_9:26MIN. Forensic architecture -- II. Comunities and democracy. Emerging alternatives: Culture, commons, and the right to the city / David Harvey in conversation with Wietske Maas ; The global civil parade. Constitutions of transnational citizrnship / Pascal Gielen ; The crisis of the social imaginary and beyond / Bojana Cvejic, Ana Vujanovic ; How to change the worls / Lia Perjovschi -- III. Fragmentation and solidarity. Making new connections: The language of expulsion / Saskia Sassen ; European others / Fatima El-Tayeb ; 'Neue Heimat'?. How refugees make us better neighbours / Marina Naprushkina ; The unendinh enigmas of arrival. Series 1-3 / John Akomfrah -- Courageous citizens: epilogue / Katherine Watson -- Selected images. Bordeland Foundation ans Stefan Kaegi -- Contributors -- 10 years ECF Princess Margriet Award for Culture. Acknowledgements -- Colophon

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