Culturescapes: strategies and funding for a thriving socio-culture in the non-urban
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Undertaking successful and sustainable grassroots cultural projects in non-urban areas requires sound awareness of the local context and the cooperation opportunities that it offers, as well as knowledge of where and how to seek funding.
On December 17th 2024, in the context of the yearly webinar of our working group on non-urban culture, three rural culture experts shared their experience and advice on how to best approach these challenges.
Our working group on non-urban culture was established in 2016 with a view to creating and sharing knowledge and igniting new connections around impactful cultural practices beyond the urban.
With nearly 15 years dedicated to research and professional practice on sustainability in the cultural sector, Giada Calvano is the co-founder and CEO of Chloe Sustainability, a consultancy that supports cultural organisations on their journey towards sustainability. Among other roles, she also teaches about cultural management, sustainable events, and international cooperation at various universities and institutions. Giada has worked as a researcher and project manager on several European projects, such as EULAC Focus, Be SpectACTive!, MESOC, and Stronger Peripheries.
Benito Burgos is a cultural manager and researcher with experience in the areas of contemporary culture, museums and exhibitions, visual and audiovisual arts, cultural heritage, and national and international cooperation. He currently holds the position of Vice-director General of Cultural Cooperation at the General Directorate of Cultural Rights of the Spanish Ministry of Culture and Sport, where he coordinates the Spanish offices of the Creative Europe and CERV programmes. He also directs Cultura y Ciudadanía and Cultura y Ruralidades, two decentralised programmes that promote a social, participatory, critical and transformative vision of culture.
With a background in communications engineering and participatory project management, for over 10 years now David Giacomelli has been part of the Borgofuturo association, which is a partner in the Ruractive project, and organises a festival and a cultural regeneration project in Val di Fiastra, Marche (IT). In the past, David has worked in the team of multimedia creation for DG ITEC, innovation and technology department of the European Parliament in Brussels. He also carried out a research which has led to the creation and design of contents for Museo del Paesaggio delle Langhe and the digital archive of Granai della Memoria.
The event will be moderated by Piotr Michałowski, coordinator of the non-urban culture working group and member of the ENCC Board of directors.
15.00 - 15.10 Welcome and introduction by Piotr Michałowski
15.10 - 16.10 Roundtable with Giada Calvano, Benito Burgos and David Giacomelli
16.15 - 16.45 Breakout rooms for in-depth discussion:
Searching for funding opportunities in Europe and the SPARSE PLUS project, with Giada Calvano;
The Cultura y Ciudadanía programme and its European impact, with Benito Burgos;
Empowering rural communities to act for change and the Ruractive project, with David Giacomelli.
16.50 - 17.00 Wrap-up and closure