culturelink 2008 rt culturemondo x10
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Culturelink, Croatia x10 Presentation submission for 2008 Culturemondo Roundtable in Taipei.TRANSCRIPT
Network of Networks forResearch and Cooperation
in Cultural Development
Culturelink Network Culturelink Network
Culturelink NetworkDecember 2008
Work I am involved inWork I am involved in
• Framework: • Culture and Communication Department, IMO
(Institute for International Relations, Zagreb) - www.imo.hr/culture/index.html
• Culturelink Network – cooperation platform - www.culturelink.org
Work I am involved inWork I am involved in
• Research in the field of digital culture
• Joint publications projects - http://www.culturelink.hr/publics/joint/index.html
• Organising conferences - http://www.culturelink.hr/conf/index.html
Department for Culture and Communication, IMO
Department for Culture and Communication, IMO
ContextContext
• Cultural research and analysis• cultural development, cultural identity, cultural space,
cultural diversity, cultural policies, intercultural communication, digital culture, cultural industries.
NetworkNetwork
ContextContext
• A collaboration platform for cultural researchers, policy makers and practitioners.
• Members in over 100 countries • Disseminating information on new concepts,
research challenges, trends, experiences and practice in the field of culture.
NetworkNetwork
ContextContext
• Researching through joint research projects the new context of culture in networked society.
ChallengesChallenges
• Choosing suitable definitions and methodologies for researching culture in digital and network context.• What is digital culture?
• What is intercultural communication?
• ...
ChallengesChallenges
• Impacting cultural policy – providing arguments for place of digital culture in cultural policies provisions
• Impacting cultural practice – arguing for the need of the cultural sector to be involved in digital culture and networked practices
Personal ChallengesPersonal Challenges
• (Net)working • Keeping pace• Time to reflect
The EndThe End
Aleksandra UzelacCulturelink Network / IMO
Lj. F. Vukotinovica 210000 Zagreb, Croatia
Email: [email protected]
•www.connectcp.org/AleksandraUzelac•www.imo.hr/imo/staff/uzelac.html