The fifth Knowledge Incubation in Innovation and Creation for Science Newsletter has just been sent out and can be found here: http://www.kiics.eu/en/News-Events/KiiCS-Newsletters/KiiCS-Newsletter-5/ KiiCS addresses the question regarding how art and science can be brought together to make science closer to citizens and stimulate innovative ideas. Working with partners they intend
InterArtive is an open platform for dialogue that attempts to bring together different theoretical and practical fields of criticism and reflection on contemporary art and thought. Developed from an academic context, but emerging from a need to reach beyond it and to establish links with the artistic production, InterArtive functions
In an internet-age twist on ‘try-before-you-buy’ marketing, would-be visitors to Victoria will be able to deploy “remote-control tourists” wearing webcams to sample activities around Melbourne. Tourism Victoria’s innovative $3.6 million “virtual tourist experience”, dubbed the Remote Control Tourist, has won a prestigious award. It has been voted Best in Show at the
Though interest in gastronomy, especially in more distant, exotic cuisines, seems to be growing in Slovakia, some people may still be unfamiliar with what’s right “next door”. This may be the case with a culinary tradition that, while local, remains less known and appreciated than most others: Roma cuisine…READ MORE
Gastronomy is an integral part of the cultural heritage of our cities. When the City of Lyon created Délice in 2007, our goal was to join together forces, talents and ideas within a network of exchange on the theme of gastronomy and good food. Today, with the experiences and discussions that
It has been referred to as the “Disneyland of food”, and it will be established in a town often considered the gastronomic capital of Italy, Bologna. F.I.CO. (Fabbrica Italiana Contadina – Agricultural Italian Factory) is going to be a 10,000 square meter space devoted to food and wine, with stables, aquariums,
ELIA is pleased to announce that the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and The Glasgow School of Art are hosting the 13th ELIA Biennial Conference in the vibrant and cosmopolitan city of Glasgow. This year’s conference theme focuses on the relationship between the creative and the city and the dynamic interplay between
The special edition of the Report focuses on creative economy at the local level in developing countries. It is co-published by UNESCO and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) through the UN Office for South South Co-operation. The Report is organized in two volumes: a policy report and a web-documentary
The Netherlands is hosting the upcoming 6th Asia-Europe Culture Ministers Meeting (ASEM CMM) to be held in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, on 19-21 October 2014. The ASEM dialogue addresses cultural issues, with the objective of strengthening the relationships between the two regions, in a spirit of mutual respect and equal partnership. The theme
Amadeus, a major provider of a transaction processor for the global travel and tourism industry, argues that innovation in travel industry is much more than technology. Innovation includes all those aspects of conceptualisation, and development of creative ideas that will either improve or even create a new service outcome leading
A delegation from the British Council visited the city yesterday to get an idea of how it could help make 2017 a success. The council is the UK’s international organisation for educational opportunities and cultural relations and helped Derry with its events last year. About 25 high-profile delegates, including Arts Council
Barbican and Museum of London propose to join forces to turn financial district into ‘exciting, accessible, open place’. London’s Square Mile is not the most obvious place for a family day out, but a new partnership aims to change all that: the Barbican and the Museum of London want to create
An opening ceremony to mark the beginning of a project to promote cultural exchanges between Korea, China and Japan was launched in Gwangju on March 18. The Culture City of East Asia project started when culture ministers of the three nations decided to expand cultural exchanges at the fourth ministers’ meeting
The process to elaborate the new Agenda 21 for culture was initiated by the Committee on Culture in 2013 in Lille-Métropole, Buenos Aires and Rabat and will continue in 2014, with meetings, seminars, articles, questionnaires and pilot-cities. The process will conclude with a major event in 2015: a “Culture Summit
From gem cutters to weavers, artisans have long been synonymous with India’s Pink City, but Jaipur’s craft heritage continues to evolve. In recent years, Western designers have immigrated here and are learning from and employing skilled locals…READ MORE
Ed Gillespie, a communications executive in London who stopped flying for vacation a few years ago, partly for environmental reasons but mostly because he didn’t enjoy it, voyages between continents on freighter ships and rides trains across regions like the Swiss Alps. Slow travel is “reveling in the landscape, culture,
