GLAMMONS partners from BSB and CREARE will go to Innsbruck, Austria, to attend the 22nd Interdisciplinary European Conference on Entrepreneurship Research (IECER) from September 18-20, 2024.
If you are attending, do not miss Lyudmila Petrova’s presentation that will cover an interesting aspect of the GLAMMONS research project, particularly focusing on collective entrepreneurship in the arts.
The initial draft of the 2025 UNESCO cultural statistics framework incorporates a value-based approach.
The value-based approach is a multidisciplinary research approach rooted in the belief that values drive the pursuit of societal goals, leading to actions to achieve those goals. CREARE and GLAMMONS are honoured that UNESCO experts acknowledge the contribution of the value-based approach methodology to the Theory of Value debate!
On another note, UNESCO has initiated consultations on the new UNESCO Framework for Cultural Statistics. The framework aims to assess the impact of culture on society and includes major innovations. UNESCO seeks to enhance the understanding of cultural statistics by using international experiences, classification systems, and feedback from cultural and creative stakeholders. Your contribution to this initiative is invaluable and we encourage you to share your insights until August 15.
For more information, click HERE.
CREARE‘s research for GLAMMONS aimed to uncover the unique dynamics of cultural commons, particularly how they harmonize economic, social, and cultural values in their operations.
To delve into this, our partner explored the Vrij Paleis, a vibrant creative community nestled in the heart of Amsterdam, where they met with a diverse group of visual artists and artisans.
During their investigation of the Vrij Paleis community, they discovered a multitude of inspiring qualities that truly epitomize their artistic and organizational practices as a collective.
Vrij Paleis’ collaborative spirit is a beacon of inspiration, with the concepts of freedom and solidarity not just words but integral parts of their practices.
The way they co-curate and realize their purposes in the dynamic city environment is truly motivating.
The Vrij Paleis demonstrates the power of an inclusive, non-hierarchical model in supporting artistic diversity and experimentation.
The individuals behind the space have made a “home” for everyone who loves the arts, no matter their skill level or background. They offer a welcoming environment for artists and artisans to nurture their skills and showcase the diversity of arts and crafts in Amsterdam.
The Paleis welcomes all, from professionals to amateurs, and is a symbol of artistic inclusivity.
Photo credits: Vrij Paleis
During this podcast, our partner Stelios Lekakis (Mazomos) presents a case study on The Fortress of Spinalonga in Greece.
In discussion with Agiati Benardou from the Greek cultural Magazine, Lifo, he describes the establishment of the leper colony on the island, the living conditions, and the isolation of individuals affected by leprosy, also known as Hansen’s disease, in the early 20th century.
They also delve into the discovery of an effective treatment and the subsequent closure of the colony.
Despite its dark history, Spinalonga has evolved into one of Greece’s most popular tourist destinations.
Click here to listen (Discussion in Greek).
credit photo: Stelios Lekakis.
Our partners Lyudmila Petrova (Creare Social) and Marilena Vecco (BSB) will present part of their research within the GLAMMONS project framework on “What is cultural in the cultural commons?” during the 17th International Conference on Arts and Cultural Management-AIMAC. Based on systemic literature review, their study explores both cultural and social dimensions of cultural goods that function as commons.
More specifically, it aims to analyse the relationships between cultural goods and commons, focusing on the cultural and social values that these goods yield in commons related context. Hosted in Lisbon by ISCTE – Lisbon University Institute and AUDAX Center of Innovation and Entrepreneurship of ISCTE, from June 23 to June 26, 2024, the conference is considered one of the most relevant on arts and cultural management.
Discover the program and read more about the event on the website.
International Conference for Alternative Finance Research.
Yesterday, our colleagues Janet Merkel and Lech Suwala (TUB) participated in the 3rd International Conference for Alternative Finance Research, a dedicated forum for alternative finance researchers and practitioners from all around the globe.
The event took place in Krems, Austria, on the 5th and 6th of June 2024.
The conference serves as a cross-disciplinary meeting place for scholars of information systems, economics, finance, entrepreneurship, and marketing under one roof to exchange ideas and help develop the field both theoretically and practically, while engaging in close dialog with industry stakeholders and policy makers.
They presented their research in Glammons during a session entitled: “Funding galleries, libraries, archives, and museums (GLAMs) – On complementary finances in the GLAM sector.”
For more information visit the website.
Our partner from Inpolis Urbanism GmbH, Ares Kalandides, will be next week at the New York Public Library to talk about the new understanding of libraries as commons, one of the main topics of GLAMMONS project.
As foundational pillars for democratic societies, libraries foster cultural preservation, enable community participation, and, therefore, promote civic engagement.
Their architectural design, as well as the advent of technology and the transformation of their traditional role, are topics to be included in the discussion, too.
This event launches Ares Kalandides’ four-part podcast series, “Beyond Books: The Many Lives of Libraries”, which will be available on May 1 on the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Dialogues platform. Listen to the four-part podcast series HERE.
Led by Mazomos
Starting April 2024 and led by Dr. Stelios Lekakis (Mazomos), the partners and stakeholders interested are invited to attend readings followed by an open discussion (1 hour). They discuss and comment on academic texts related to the commons and the GLAMMONS project. The readings and notes are shared online on the platform Zotero.org which are used to create a small library.
Click on the title to access the bibliography.
April 16, 2025: around the theme “Global & Planetary Commons”: The Common Heritage of Mankind by Surabhi Ranganathan (European Journal of International Law) and Global Commons and Sustainability by Johan Rockström, Louis Kotzé and Svetlana Milutinovic (PNAS).
June 11, 2024, around the theme “Enclosures”. “Rethinking Enclosure: Space, Subjectivity and the Commons” by Alex Jeffrey, Colin McFarlane and Alex Vasudevan and “Separating the Doing and the Deed: Capital and the Continuous Character of Enclosures” by Massimo De Angelis.
April 23, 2024: around the theme “Commons”: “Rethinking GLAMs as commons: a conceptual framework” by Vasilis Avdikos, Mina Dragouni, Martha Michailidou and Dimitris Pettas and “The Wisdom of the Commons: ‘Together’ is Always Better” by Graham Fairclough
by CREARE
The value-based approach (VBA) is the outcome of about 25 years of research of cultural economists who worked or are still working at the Erasmus University, Rotterdam.
It is inspired and supported by the work of professor Arjo Klamer.
The value-based approach provides an alternative perspective on the economy by stressing qualities, as in the quality of work, the quality of the environment, the quality of society and the quality of a performance.
It connects to other similar approaches developed by economists and social scientists working in the healthcare sector and in the business sector (with attention to “purpose”, social enterprises, social corporate responsibility and so on).
Among its outcomes are the conceptualisation of the process of values realisation, the conceptualisation of the commons as shared practices, a new method of evaluation, directed at qualities and interest in other measurements of welfare.
The value-based approach frames the process of realisation of values in three main stages:
1. Articulation of (shared) values to realise among and between different stakeholders (individuals, organisations, communities) aiming to bring awareness of what drives them;
2. Realisation of values through different strategies and by different stakeholders aiming at reaching mutual adjustments of purposes among various stakeholders and effective undertaking of concrete actions;
3. Evaluation whether the applied strategies support the realisation of the (shared) values aiming at a deeper understanding of the connections between drivers of action and effective outcomes (impact).
VBA adopts participatory framework and its methods allows a process of co-creation between the participants and the researchers. Together we are discussing, probing, and articulating the values (or qualities) that the stakeholders would like to pursue throughout the development and implementation of activities. As such the value – based approach assists individuals, organisations and communities to work and produce together:
1. Map of shared cultural and social values;
2. Map of stakeholders and common practices to realise the shared values;
3. Assessment of cultural and social changes in concrete practices.
Our partner Mazomos, will present GLAMMONS at the “II International Heritage and Conflict Congress: Debate on the management and treatment of a polyhedral object,” hosted by the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters at the University of Granada (April 10-12, 2024).
Katerina Chatzikonstantinou, Researcher at the Department of Architecture, University of Thessaly, and Stelios Lekakis, Principal Research Associate at the School of History, Classics, and Archaeology, University of Newcastle, will introduce two case studies during a conference titled “Islands of Exile in Greece: Difficult Heritage Sites.”
Throughout the three-day event, numerous specialists from around the world will engage in debates on heritage inherited from dictatorships or that provoke discussions about its past.
The conference aims to foster reflection and dialogue based on comparative studies of specific cases from various countries across continents.
The goal is to enrich and juxtapose analyses to determine appropriate actions regarding this legacy, whether through conservation, modification, destruction, new uses, or resignification.
Read more here.
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