Diane Dodd from ARTidea, represented IFACCA at the Brussels Conversations 2012. The conversatiohn is part of a series, this one entitled “A Cultural Coalition for a Citizens’ Europe”. It took place on 16-17 November in Brussels at the initiative of the European House of Culture in partnership with the Marcel
Salone del Gusto and Terre Madre Portugal, Italy, Greece and Spain have been ignominiously lumped together as the “PIGS,” Europe’s toxic, debt-ridden encumbrances. But three Taste Workshops held on Sunday October 28 at the Salone del Gusto and Terra Madre 2012 offered a new perspective on three of these countries’
The ECOC remains one of the most desirable prizes for cities across Europe. As more and more cities are involved in competing for the ECOC title, there is also a growing need for information about and evaluation of the event and the host cities. Now in its fourth edition, The
Diane Dodd attended on behalf of ARTidea a meeting of the European Capitals of Culture stakeholders in Brussels, 15th October 2012. The meeting, organised by DG Education and Culture of the European Commission put forward the Commission’s proposal (adopted in July 2012) for the the future of the European Capitals
Diane Dodd from ARTidea has been selected as an independent external expert for the Council of Europe’s Cultural Routes programme. In a recent meeting at the European Institute of Cultural Routes offices in Luxembourg, Diane and seven other experts discussed and defined with Kseniya Khovanova, the methodology to be used for
Yap Mun Ching While I love Malaysian food and have always appreciated it in all its many forms, I believe that our fixation with it may have also grown to become a cause and symptom of a national illness. In the first place, our obsession with food seems to have
Publication: The story of arts and cultural policy in the twenty-first century is inherently of global concern no matter how local it seems. At the same time, questions of identity have in many ways become more challenging than before. Narrative, Identity, and the Map of Cultural Policy: Once Upon a
Dr. Diane Dodd from ARTidea attended, as an observer, the meeting entitled ‘Participation and Citizenship: can cultural institutions in Europe lead the way? Should they?’ organised by the Platform for Intercultural Europe, 5-6 June 2012, in Brussels. The meeting looked at problems related to diversity and solutions needed to bring
On the 29th March 2012, Diane Dodd from ARTidea accompanied Valentí Sallas, Head of International Relations and Cristina Sanchis, from the Department for Culture of the Generalitat de Catalunya (Autonomous Government of Catalonia), on a visit to the Fundació Alícia. Fundacío Alícia (Ali-mentació i cièn-cia / Alimentation and Science), is a
On the 29th March 2012, Diane Dodd from IGCAT accompanied Valentí Sallas, Head of International Relations and Cristina Sanchis, from the Department for Culture of the Generalitat de Catalunya (Autonomous Government of Catalonia), on a visit to the Fundació Alícia. Fundacío Alícia (Ali-mentació i cièn-cia / Alimentation and Science), is
IGCAT took part in a study on the impact of European cultural routes on small and medium size enterprises (SME’s), innovation and competitiveness as part of a European Commission funded project led and coordinated by the Council of Europe. The overarching goals of the study are to provide an insight
Diane Dodd recently completed editing a volume of collected papers on food and tourism experiences for the OECD. The volume looks that the ways in which food and gastronomy are becoming more closely linked with tourism, and how regions throughout the world are using food as a means of introducing
IGCAT’s Director, Diane Dodd recently completed editing a volume of collected papers on food and tourism experiences for the OECD. The volume looks that the ways in which food and gastronomy are becoming more closely linked with tourism, and how regions throughout the world are using food as a means
Valletta has passed the first selection phase, as a prospective European Capital of Culture for 2018. The chairman of the evaluation panel, Manfred Gaulhofer, announced that the jury was “pleased with Valletta’s bid and was confident the city would live up to its obligations.” If Valletta makes it through the
An evaluation of The Viking Route was delivered to the European Institute of Cultural Routes today. The evaluation considered if the Route met the criteria of selection necessary to carry the prestigious title Route major of the Council of Europe. Diane Dodd from ARTidea was chosen by a jury last
Prof. Greg Richards from Tilburg University and President of IGCAT, together with Dr. Diane Dodd Director of ART-idea and IGCAT carried out an intensive skype, meeting with the team preparing Valletta’s bid to be European Capital of Culture in 2018. The one day meeting was an opportunity to take a critical
