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Europe is facing major challenges: a multitude of new perspectives call for new solutions, while the security policy needs for a united Europe are growing, and fragmentation and polarisation are undermining social cohesion. Right-wing populist parties are gaining ground, representing an exclusionary understanding of culture. Against this backdrop, the question arises as to how the cultural sector can contribute to the strengthening of European democracies.
In this context, the Genshagen Foundation, the UNESCO Chair “Cultural Policies for the Arts and Transformation” at the University of Hildesheim and the ifa – Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen are organising a Dialogue Forum in mid-June to promote the networking of European cultural professionals and to facilitate joint efforts to find democratic solutions to the challenges arising from ongoing transformation processes.
To launch the Dialogue Forum,we invite you to a public, online introductory lecture by Sylvia Amann, international consultant in the field of cultural and creative industries and director of the Austrian consultancy “inforelais”, on the topic “Context and Dimensions of (Culture) Policies to Strengthen European Democracy” on 22 May from 12:00 to 13:00.
The event will take place online on Zoom. The event language is English.
In the research programme “Culture and Foreign Policy”, experts investigate current issues of foreign cultural and educational policy. The research programmes set topics and develop recommendations to strengthen and further develop international cultural relations. The research assignments are accompanied by conferences and workshops. The research results are published in the ifa edition Culture and Foreign Policy, as ifa Input or as Policy Brief.
Find out more on the ifa website.
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