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Forthcoming events: Networking the Diaspora and Homelessness and Cultural Democracy
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Making the Case for Culture: Creative City Network of Canada
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Poems about Community Spaces
& other papers from Connecting Schools & Communities conferences, June 2008
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Meet, Meld, Merge Art Bringing a Community Together:
the Toil Art Project, in Yea, N.E. Victoria
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Home Lands: Internet TV program which connects young refugees to their home lands
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The Agenda 21 for Culture is the first document with worldwide mission that advocates establishing the groundwork of an undertaking by cities and local governments for cultural development.
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‘Meet, Meld, Merge’: Art Bringing a Community Together:
the ‘Toil Art’ Project, in Yea, north-eastern Victoria. May 2008
A recent, unique, community art project, Toil Art, focuses on the much utilised facilities of the Yea Public Toilets; with the aim of people now stopping for a ‘Wee and a See!’ The concept for the project began at the ‘Meet, Meld Merge’ forum run by Berry St with the support of the Cultural Development Network, in September 2006. On this day, participants were asked to brainstorm a new project for their community, and the first idea for ‘Toil Art’ was born.
Lisa Rudd, Youth and Community Arts worker, Berry Street, Yea
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Wild Earth Blanket: Wildscapes of Warringine Community Art Project
Article by Jenny Macaffer, Coordinator, Social Planning & Community Development, Mornington Peninsula Shire
The Wild Earth Blanket (WEB) encourages us to engage in a dialogue with ourselves and others. It is a symbol for self reflection, a beautiful piece of community art, and a story of the sacred ways of nature, and our place in the world. The WEB started as a community art project to connect health and well being with the natural bushland of Warringine Park in Western Port, Victoria. It was initiated at Wild Discovery Day at the Park on 6 October 2007.
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Activism
Teaching Defiance: Stories and Strategies for Activist Educators.
This book is for activist adult educators who want to help people make up their own minds and take control of their own lives. It examines how educators can help people identify choices – to agree, question, challenge or defy – and then learn how to make those choices effective. More information.
Over 100 research papers (full-text) and materials can be found on the website of the Centre for Popular Education. For papers (full-text) and materials about:
Arts in Development
arti'shake, issue no. 2 2006.
This journal describes community-based arts initiatives overseas including an article on a program by Melbourne artists Anne Riggs and (p. 6) www.art4development.net.
Civic Engagement
Civic Dialogue, Arts & Culture: Findings From Animating Democracy, Americans for the Arts: USA: September 2005
Civic Dialogue, Arts & Culture explores the power of the arts and humanities to foster civic engagement while advancing possibilities for arts and humanities organizations to be vital civic as well as cultural institutions. From 2000 to 2004, Americans for the Arts, with support from the Ford Foundation, implemented Animating Democracy, an initiative to foster artistic activities encouraging civic dialogue on important contemporary issues. This book examines the experiences of 37 arts and humanities projects, realized by a wide range of cultural organizations.
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Cultural Indicators
The Creative City Network of Canada is inviting interested parties to join a new Indicators-L listserv, which will help connect individuals working on and/or interested in the development of cultural indicators at the local level.
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Cultural Policy
Agenda 21 For Culture, Cultural Trends, Vol 14 No 4, Routledge; Australia; December 2005. Volume 14 Number 04:
This issue contains:
Rescuing our neglected heritage: The evolution of the Government's policy on portable antiquities in England and Wales. Roger Bland
Cross-country comparisons of cultural statistics: Issues and good practice Christopher Madden
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ConnectCP Online Database is a database of cultural policy experts based around the globe. By participating in this database we aim to stimulate the interaction of people with knowledge in the cultural policy sector, mobilise human resources, and facilitate the flow of cultural policy information.
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Disability
Making the Journey a new 94 page, full colour book about arts activities and people with disabilities. It offers 12 case studies as examples of approaches, issues and achievements in the Australian field of art and disability in recent years. The book has been made possible by the generous support of the Australia Council and Family and Community Services. Available from the Arts Access www.artsaccess.com.au
Evaluation
How do you evaluate the intangible?
This report is designed to help grant-giving organisations assess different evaluation techniques, considering how much weight should be given to hard data and measurable outcomes. More information
Housing
Community capacity building: a practical guide
Housing and Community Research Unit, University of Tasmania
Developing the capacity of communities has become an important part of the broadening role of many state and NGO agencies. Rowland Atkinson and Paul Willis report on a review of the community capacity-building literature and give a plain language introduction to the do’s and don’ts of approaching the development of skills and abilities in communities. The guide stresses that there is a need to engage communities to identify their own needs, rather than parachuting pre-conceived ideas of what might work best.
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Resources
The Common Good: Civics and Citizenship Education, ABC, a wide range of resources for learning about civics and citizenship including materials for schools, for formal post secondary study and for anyone interested in the field.
abc.net.au
Discovering Democracy, Department of Education, Science and Training. This program encourages the development of skills, values and attitudes that enable effective, informed and reflective participation in political processes and civic life. curriculum.edu.au
Cultural funding by Australian Governments - ABS report, July 2004 on funding by all levels of government during 2002-03.
abs.gov.au
Indicators of Well-being in Regional and Rural Communities, Australian Bureau of Statistics
abs.gov.au
Young people
Funky on your flyer, a report on the Crossing the Line seminars, Richard Ings, Arts Council of England www.artscouncil.org.uk
Crossing the Line report young people’s feelings about and relationships to different kinds of cultural venues, literature, barriers to attendance, marketing strategies, interviews with young people and cultural mentors and mediators
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