A significant report from the Polaris Institute on corporate influence, documenting the ways that lobbyists infiltrate UN climate change negotiations. Parallel with PLATFORM's work on challenging the 'social license to operate' culture, including the recent publication Not If But When, Culture Beyond Oil.
US town to turn drainage basin into public art
Minnesota Public Radio recently reported that Jackie Brookner is advising and supporting the inhabitants of the City of Fargo in North Dakota on a major ecological art project funded in part by the National Endowment for the Arts. The focus of the project is making use of a drainage basin, built to deal with heavy... Continue Reading →
Political Ecology
Where is the politics in political ecology? is a follow-up discussion by the Political Ecology Working Group at the University of Kentucky. Its an open discussion that anyone can participate in - artworks can be contributed, or short texts (max 300 words). Deadline 13 December 2011. There previous discussion, What is Political Ecology? is up... Continue Reading →
Research and Development
Creative Scotland have announced a call for proposals for public art research and development projects. "The fund’s purpose is to support the initial research and scoping of a range of public art projects and approaches to provide opportunities for communities across Scotland to engage with the development of creative places through imaginative, artist-led projects. The... Continue Reading →
Approaches to Arts-based Environmental Education by Jan van Boeckel
The Shorelines Symposium which took place at Rozelle Maclaurin last week included presentations by two keynotes Ian McGilchrist (author of The Master and his Emissary), Chris Drury (artist) as well as a number of others. The Symposium was organised in conjunction with Alison Bell and Cathy Treadaway's exhibition Shorelines currently at in the Maclaurin Galleries. ... Continue Reading →
Researching Art Science Technology
This request was received via the Yasmin listserve: I'm writing my master's thesis on cultural institutions that *foster the art, science, and technology nexus*. The goal is to examine how institutional growth within this field has taken place in the United States compared to Europe as well as around the globe, and make recommendations for... Continue Reading →
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