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Breaking News: the European Research Executive Agency (REA) launched a dissemination and exploitation communication campaign.

If you want to know more about the importance of dissemination and exploitation, how to disseminate and exploit your research results, discover the free-of-charge dissemination and exploitation services, and find advice and resources for beneficiaries, we invite you to click here.

To complete the guidance made available for beneficiaries on their website, the European Research Executive Agency (REA) also released two new videos for beneficiaries.

The discussion about commons is expanding enormously. Ecological, social and cultural crises require new answers as to the social constitutions in which decisions are made about basic infrastructures such as housing, community, culture and food.

At the “Institute of Environmental Science and Technology (ICTA-UAB)”, Barcelona, Spain, on October 21 and 22, 2024, more than 70 international scholars, scientists, journalists and activists discussed questions and results on various processes of commoning and the commons during the workshop “Bridging Schools of Thought: New Frontiers in the Research on Commons and Commoning”.

The ICTA aims to improve the understanding of global environmental change, and the nature and causes of environmental problems.

In addition, it studies policies, strategies and technologies to foster a transition to a sustainable economy.

GLAMMONS project members engaged with several papers:

Mina Dragouni (Panteion University) talked about “Cultural heritage as a common: exploring oral and social history archives in Greece.” She explored the rules and challenges of horizontal governance, autonomy and openness of heritage-making in collective projects that engage with people’s history and memory. She presented data from two related cases in Greece: the Contemporary Social History Archives (Archeía Sychronis Koinonikís Istorías), a small non-profit organisation led by a community of young professionals, and the Oral History Groups (Omádes Proforikís Istorías), a citizens’ network of amateur historians, to discuss how these groups organise their archives as a commons.

Bastian Lange (Inpolis Urbanism GmbH) showed what happens when existing commons expand and how membership, volunteering, and belonging is achievable. In his paper “Institutional expansion in cultural commons: commoning practices and the management of paradoxical obstacles in GLAMs” he referred to the paradoxical moment when cultural commonly run institution expand and diversify its profiles and how they can keep track to their political emancipatory project where they are origine and stem from. Looking at the queer museum in Berlin, approaches commons as an analytical category to better understand organizational insights how commonly run cultural institutions can deal with paradoxical moments when there is thematic expansion on the one hand and efforts to be loyal to its common practices as a political project.

Stelios Lekakis (Mazomos) shed light on Heritage & Culture as commons. In his paper, he conceptualized cultural heritage and cultural creation as commons. He linked the debate on commons and commoning to discussions regarding the economic sustainability of public resources and the shifting of management responsibilities from the state to citizens. In his paper, he examined the latest trends in heritage management and cultural creation, discussing how these practices align with or diverge from the principles of the commons. By tracing an alternative ontological interpretation of culture through the theory of commons, he aimed to highlight the potential for more inclusive and sustainable cultural heritage management.

The workshop demonstrated great interest in ways of developing commons and commoning further beyond the academic debates. 

This summer, GLAMMONS was represented at the 13th International Conference on Cultural Policy Research (ICCPR) hosted by the University of Warsaw and the Faculty of Political Science and International Studies.

ICCPR aims to provide an outlet for an interdisciplinary and international exploration of the meaning, function and impact of cultural policies. Cultural policy is understood as the promotion or prohibition of cultural practices and values by governments, corporations, other institutions and individuals. The main function of ICCPR is to promote, in association with the International Journal of Cultural Policy, a biennial research conference of high academic standards in different parts of the world. The conference provides an opportunity for researchers to present papers that reflect on cultural policy from any relevant discipline, provided they make an original academic contribution to the field.

In this context, Dr. Janet Merkel from the TU Berlin team presented our ongoing research in a session on “Cultural Relations.“

Dr Janet Merkel is an urban sociologist at the Chair of Urban and Regional Economics at the Institute of Urban and Regional Planning at Technical University Berlin. Her research focuses on the intersections of culture, work and cities. She has published on new forms of work organization for freelance workers (coworking), culture and creative industries, creative labour, cultural planning, and cultural policy in cities. 

Friday 27 September, our partners from Panteion University, Vasilis Avdikos, our consortium coordinator, Martha Michailidou, Mina Dragouni, and Katerina Konstantinou will be presenting GLAMMONS at the researchers’ night 2024 at the National Technical University of Athens (17.00-21.00).

More information: https://lnkd.in/eU66vqu

Tomorrow Thursday 26, the Value-Based Approach Workshop and Conference will begin at Wolfson College, University of Cambridge, UK, and will continue until September 28th.

Following successful meetings in Rotterdam and Venice, the participants will finalize the edited volume resulting from the previous research meetings, meet to discuss current research, and lay the groundwork for future collaborative projects.

To date, a dynamic and interdisciplinary group of research scholars and practitioners from the fields of arts, culture and creative industries, economics, management, entrepreneurship, education, policy, and more have come together to explore the values of culture through four main lenses: common practices in cities, innovative approaches to cultural policy, evaluation of the impact of culture, and the humane economy.

Two presentations by the GLAMMONS partners will specifically address the project: “What is Cultural in Cultural Commons?” presented by Lyudmila Petrova, Arjo Klamer (CREARE Social), and Marilena Vecco (Burgundy School of Business – BSB), and “Participatory Evaluation: GLAMMONS Project,” presented by Arjo Klamer, Ludmilla Petrova, and Susana Graca (CREARE Social).

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.