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On this Site you are informed by the Kulturpolitische Gesellschaft - the German Society of cultural policies. Our agenda: cultural policy geared to Europe in order to more effectively mobilise and exploit Europe's cultural resources in the future.
Remember: 2008 ist the European Year of Intercultural Dialogue. The Kulturpolitische Gesellschaft is supporting the International Congress "Diversity united" in Dortmund 3th - 5th September 2008.
Where cultures meet
EFA, the European Festivals Association, will give Festivals a voice in Europe, says Kathrin Deventer, Secretary General EFA. [more]![[Internal]](fileadmin/templates/images/link_int.gif "Internal link")
Reviving the “Cool Britannia” spirit …
As the British Government seeks to make Britannia cool again, the founder of the visual music festival Optronica puts her case for supporting non-mainstream artforms. [more]
Do it NOW
Electronic music was a rather new thing among the general public in Slovakia, but Tibor Holoda and friends started the Wilsonic Festival – and succeded in Bratislawa. [more]
How do we deal with each other?
Kathinka Dittrich van Weringh, former Chair of the Board of the European Cultural Foundation, talks about ‘Year of Intercultural Dialogue’ 2008. [more]
- HANGING AROUND in Europe, Photo: Lisa Ajtay
"Old notions of Paradise like to paint a picture where, in the redeemed world, the lion will lie peacefully next to the lamb. That may be a lamb's ideal, but the lion is bound to perish in the process because, unlike the lamb, it cannot eat the greenery that is the sole food in Paradise. In order to refrain from eating lambs, it would have to stop being a lion. Lions are fundamentally incapable of redemption."
Burkhard Müller, author and lecturer
Rainbow Dialogue
Millions of people are on the move in today’s world. As a result migration has become our cultural, social and political reality. Mobility is part of the aganda of the Rainbow Platform. [more]
Diversity united
The culture office of the city of Dortmund is organising an international conference to present and discuss different concepts of the intercultural work in local communities [more]
Pursuit of the Third Way
A Letter from Tashkent. Barno Turgunova, National Programme Officer Art & Culture Programme Usbekistan sends an essay about the discussion during the Kongress culture.powers.europe. [more]
Interview: Fritz Pleitgen and Oliver Scheytt
The European Capital of Culture programme is a successful model because it ensures prestige, future opportunity and even some material support. For Fritz Pleitgen and Oliver Scheytt agree on these arguments. [more]
