[Nettime-nl] LabforCulture: How can the cultural sector survive the financial crisis?

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How can the cultural sector survive the financial crisis?
22nd January 2009

LabforCulture delves into the issues surrounding the cultural sector  
and the global financial crisis by inviting the esteemed Helmut K.  
Anheier to comment on the year ahead for us in How can the cultural  
sector survive the financial crisis?

Focusing on the concerns facing those working in the cultural sector,  
the article looks directly at the future role of governments and  
institutions, global, societal and economical trends and presents real  
suggestions for getting through the squeeze.

Is this a year we can all clean up our acts, tighten our belts and  
work hard at securing the past for the future? It is the Year of  
Creativity and Innovation, as deemed by the European Commision and  
maybe we need to embed these words into new organisational techniques  
to weather the storm.

Helmut K. Anheier from the Centre for Social Investment, University of  
Heidelberg & Center for Civil Society, University of California, Los  
Angeles, has a background in civil society, the nonprofit sector,  
philanthropy, organisational studies, policy analysis and comparative  
methodology. In 2008, Sage published Cultures and Globalization: The  
Cultural Economy, edited by Helmut K. Anheier and Yudhishthir Raj Isar.

Further Information:
Go online: www.labforculture.org
Press information contact: Nicola Mullenger: nicola@labforculture.org
LabforCulture is a partnership initiative of the European Cultural  
Foundation and is grateful for the support provided by its funders.
LabforCulture is a unique tool for artists, cultural professionals,  
organisations and networks across the 50 countries of Europe, and a  
platform for cultural cooperation between Europe and the rest of the  
world. It provides a wide range of linked information from funding  
possibilities to cultural news and through their open community space  
the arts and culture sector can post blogs, search contacts through  
the online profiles or simply make an announcement about an arts  
event. The site is in six languages: English, French, German, Italian,  
Polish and Spanish. http://www.labforculture.org/

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