A critical reading of the Sector Blueprint and Culture Compass #7 COUNTING CULTURE: THE SHAPE OF WHAT NUMBERS HIDE By Giorgio Bacchiega The Compass and the Blueprint approach evidence from different standpoints. The first draws primarily on standardised survey data,…
A critical reading of the Sector Blueprint and Culture Compass #6 COUNTING CULTURE: HOW EVIDENCE SHAPES PARTICIPATION POLICY By Giorgio Bacchiega The relationship between evidence and cultural policy is less neutral than it appears. When surveys and statistical instruments are…
A critical reading of the Sector Blueprint and Culture Compass #5 FRAMING PARTICIPATION: FROM POLICY OBJECT TO PRACTICE By Giorgio Bacchiega Both Compasses present participation as a democratic right and frame it as central to cultural life. Yet once translated…
A critical reading of the Sector Blueprint and Culture Compass #4 FRAMING PARTICIPATION: FROM PRINCIPLES TO POLICY OBJECT By Giorgio Bacchiega Participation has increasingly become a central concept in cultural policy, as it connects democratic legitimacy and the social dimensions…
A critical reading of the Sector Blueprint and Culture Compass #3 TOWARDS A LEGAL GROUNDING OF CULTURAL PRACTICE By Giorgio Bacchiega Whether cultural practice survives political cycles and market logics increasingly depends on the nature of the claims it can…
A critical reading of the Sector Blueprint and Culture Compass #2 READING CULTURAL POLICY BEYOND THE TEXTS By Giorgio Bacchiega Before turning to the solutions they propose, cultural policy documents require a close reading of what they assume about culture…
A critical reading of the Sector Blueprint and Culture Compass #1 WHY THE ACTIVE PARTICIPATION SECTOR SHOULD ENGAGE WITH POLICYMAKING By Giorgio Bacchiega Between September and November 2025, two documents set the terms of debate on the future of European…
Webinar on advocacy for participatory amateur arts activity presented on Zoom on 16 January presented by Barbara Eifler, Chief Executive of Making Music UK and Board member of Amateo The Prague Convention 2024 is a document that puts together in…
‘Amateur arts can bring together what boundaries divide’ A Culture Moves Europe project brought together 5 cultural experts from the field of active participation in cultural activities (#Amateo board members) in Prague for drafting guidelines to advocate for the amateur…
Request the formation of an expert group for music Amateo has co-signed the welcome letter to Glenn Micallef, newly elected European Commissioner for Intergenerational Fairness, Youth, Culture and Sport, alongside European Music Council and 58 other networks and associations from across Europe!…
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