Congratulations! You made it to the end of this third week! This week, we provided a theoretical and historical background to critically reflect on the notion of cultural industries. We …
We would make a special thanks to the experts who contributed to our course, and provided great insights into the issues we have talked about: Ulrike H. Meinhof, University of …
Congratulations everyone! You reached the end of our course! Let us recap the main steps that have been achieved over these three weeks. During week 1, we went through the …
Philip Schlesinger presents the Creative Europe program. He explains that it brings together culture and media policies in Europe, with two strands: the audio-visual dimension on the one hand, with …
Philip Schlesinger questions the popularity of the notion of creative industries in the policy discourse, and explains how European institutions adopted it. He develops a critical reflexion on the way …
Matias Zarlenga explains how a narrative on creativity emerged in the EU’s political discourse, linking culture mainly with innovation and economic development. He argues that we should refuse to assign …
This video explains the main goals of the EU cultural action: to promote cooperation in the cultural field among member states, to build a European identity and to foster artistic …
Pier Luigi Parcu introduces his institution, the centre for media pluralism, created by the European Union in order to assess the situation of media pluralism in the different member states. …
In many European cities, artists and cultural producers rise against urban strategies that aim at using culture to boost urban regeneration and economic development. They try to defend an alternative …
Arturo Rodriguez Morato, from the University of Barcelona, discusses the impact of culture on cities. He starts by explaining how culture became a tool for urban regeneration. He also emphasizes …
This video stresses the importance of culture in urban strategies. It explains how cultural industries contribute to urban economies. The video presents also the geography of creative industries in Europe, …
The notion of cultural industries derives from the rising importance of the market in the cultural field. This video introduces the academic debate on the political role of culture, with …
You have reached the end this second week, well done! This week, we analysed how Europe has progressively distanced itself from a linear and univocal approach to history. Dominique Poulot …
Monica Sassatelli, from the University of London, introduces the notion of cosmopolitanism as a spectrum ranging from political norms to cultural practices. She defines cosmopolitanism as a disposition to cultural …
The role of culture in the external action of Europe has been the subject of recent efforts to promote European culture outside of its borders, while at the same time, …