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Publication of the first issue of the new journal, Art & the Public Sphere. The journal provides a new platform for academics, artists, curators, art historians and theorists, whose working practices are broadly concerned with contemporary art’s relation to the public sphere.

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Guest editors: Nancy Duxbury, Centre for Social Studies (CES), University of Coimbra, Portugal
M. Sharon Jeannotte, Centre on Governance, University of Ottawa, Canada. The wide-spread shift to a sustainability paradigm for city planning makes this an important point in time to explore the integration of cultural considerations into broader sustainability policy and planning initiatives and the alignment of cultural planning with community sustainability approaches and goals. The diverse articles in this special issue of Culture and Local Governance highlight the value of a ‘wide lens’ in understanding how culture and sustainability fit together in a variety of settings.

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Study comissioned bythe Division of Cultural Policies and Intercultural Dialogue of UNESCO to the Institute for Culture, Barcelona City Council, as Chair of United Cities and Local Governments’ (UCLG) Group on Culture. 20 September 2006.

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 IBIS is a new resource showcasing international good practice around migrant and refugee social inclusion and related multicultural community relations. IBIS is an international on-line community of practitioners, government policy makers and administrators and academics.

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Vital Signs: Cultural Indicators for Australia – First edition consultation draft.
The Cultural Ministers Council has released the first edition publication ‘Vital Signs – Cultural Indicators for Australia’. Other publications include:
• Supporting Australia’s Live Music Industry: Suggested principles for best practice.
• Indigenous Australian Art Charter of Principles for Publicly Funded Collecting Institutions
• Indigenous Australian Art Charter of Principles for Publicly Funded Collecting Institutions

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‘Getting into the swing of things with all his arts.’
The Australian Newspaper, 9 October 2010
‘Simon Crean, Minister for Regional Australia, Regional Development and Local Government, and the Arts, has impressed the sector with his enthusiasm for the role. In the four weeks since Julia Gillard asked Simon Crean to be Arts Minister, the veteran politician has betrayed an eclectic taste in cultural pursuits.’

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Educult is an independent institute for research, consultancy and management in culture and education based in the Museum Quarter in Vienna. With an international network of more than 7000 contacts and their institutions, it conducts research, evaluates and manages projects in the following areas: arts and cultural exchange; culture and education policy; intercultural dialogue; science communication; and audience development and research.

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The document looks at issues to do with live performance which are affected by regulation and highlights a number of best practice principles which could be considered by government agencies in their own regulatory environments.

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Mike Flaming of Durham University offers an historical and theoretical overview of arts education and its place in the English curriculum.

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A new toolkit has been developed to help local governments meet their legal obligations under the Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities. Developed by the Victorian Local Governance Association, the toolkit provides a practical framework for local government to implement human rights into their laws, policies, process and practices.

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