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Arts and Culture Research Reports
Knowledge production systems today involve a vast range of entities including universities, public laboratories, research centres, think-tanks, the private sector and the military complex. The Research Report shows that in the past decade these systems have transformed to emerge as the main motors of development, in a process that has also changed the landscape of higher education - especially the university sector. Countries worldwide face growing demands to strengthen their capacities for research and knowledge production, despite vastly different political, socio-economic and cultural contexts and varying capacities to respond. This has often necessitated urgent efforts to renew higher education, and has made national knowledge-oriented institutions more important, writes Mary-Louise Kearney, Director of the UNESCO Forum on Higher Education, Research and Knowledge, in its just-published Research Report.
Accordingly this part of the website is determined to keep artists update in terms of what research has been done and is being done in the sector of arts and culture in order to improve their knowledge.
This feasibility study was commissioned by the Arterial Network after a realisation of the need for an accessible, independent and efficient fund to promote African Creativity and its regional and International distribution.
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Cultural Directory of the CEMAC Region of Africa
A yearly publication issued in English and French by the Collective Resources for the Arts & Talents Enrichment (CREATE)
Bamfem Quarter, P.O Box 21,
Kumbo, North West Region,
Cameroon - Africa.
Phone: +237 79 37 26 52
E-Mail: createartsorg@yahoo.com
Web: www.createinfo.net.ms
Editor: Peter Musa, Coordinator
2010 edition
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This report presents the results of a survey of members of the International Federation of Arts Councils and Culture Agencies (IFACCA) on the likely impacts on the arts of the global downturn, and on how arts councils and ministries of culture around the world are helping arts sectors meet the challenges of the downturn. The aim of the report is to consolidate the collective expertise of IFACCA members as quickly as possible in order to help members respond to the downturn in a timely and informed way. It is intended as a source of information and does not claim to provide answers or accurate forecasts about the downturn.
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The Network invited Agora Lumiere, an organisation aiming at globally promoting African and African diaspora cinema in the world's film market, to research about the impact of the Arts on Africa's economys. Agora Lumiere is did a research and mentorship programme around the African arts economy that will both help to develop experts in the field on the continent and contribute to new research related to the impact of the creative sector on the arts economies of various African countries and regions.
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The study shows that creative industries are a ubiquitous asset, available in all countries. Through its effective nurturing and exploitation, it could significantly contribute to job creation, income generation and poverty alleviation. However, the opportunities offered by the industries are not fully exploited, especially by the developing countries, despite their rich and diverse cultural heritages. The major challenges facing developing countries include the inadequacy of relevant creative capacity to produce and circulate cultural goods and services in forms that can be readily consumed by developed countries; weak cultural infrastructure and institutional capability; and lack of access to finance and technology.
The study also examines the issue of a committed budgetary support to culture by the development agencies. It starts with an examination of three types of development agencies; bilateral, multilateral and private development agencies. Research and consultations with development experts suggests that INCD launch a process of consultation and dialogue with selected development agents, to seek agreement on a progressive budgetary increase, in specified areas, over a given period of time.
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The Arterial network to Facilitate Participation of African Journalists at the Highway Africa Conference
