Community Cultural Development

Breaking Up with Bad Stories by Sarah Sentilles

by Feminism and Religion

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Note: This post is part of  a Religion Roundtable where the authors of three prominent faith memoirs were asked to write about their views on—and experience of—female spirituality. Check http://www.patheos.com to read the discussion between Jana Riess, Lauren Winner, and Sarah Sentilles on the unique religious questions facing women today.

Writing a memoir meant denying stories about myself that are no longer true.

Dear Jana and Lauren,
more Writing a memoir meant denying stories about myself that are no longer true.

Dear Jana and Lauren,

Jana writes that “Mormon women don’t yet have the luxury of taking their own voices for granted,” and while I recognize that Mormon women are in a different political/theological position than other women, especially in denominations that ordain women, I would like to expand her statement: No woman—anywhere, in any tradition, or on the outside of any tradition—has the luxury of taking her own voice for granted.

Jana worries that writing with a political agenda in mind could make our work smack of propaganda, and I think she is right, but I want to propose that all language is propaganda. Especially theological language. Our words about God are shot through with intentions and agendas; they convey people’s purposes and hopes and fears; and they have real effects.

Frankst & Angst: an Evaluation Report of Maze

by Celina McEwen

Investing in Play: Expectations, Dependencies and Power in Australian Practices of Community Cultural Development

by Celina McEwen

Working Towards Community Capacity Building Through the Arts

by Celina McEwen

The Impact of 'Re-igniting Community'and 'The Torch'on community capacity building

by Celina McEwen

Wild Territory: Examining Urban Theatre Projects' Recent Artist in Residence Theatre-making Work

by Celina McEwen

An empowering practice?: Questioning the empowerment discourses in Australian performance based community cultural development

by Celina McEwen

McEwen, Celina (2007) “An empowering practice?: Questioning the empowerment discourses in Australian performance based community cultural development”. Australasian Drama Studies. 50 (April), p.123-137.

Activating Democracy through Community Cultural Development

by Celina McEwen

McEwen, Celina (2004) “Activating Democracy through Community Cultural Development” in Peter Willis and Pam Carden (Eds.) Lifelong Learning and the Democratic Imagination: Revisioning Justice, Freedom & Community. Falxton, Qld: Post Press.

Folkdancing into oblivion: boosting youth participation in ethnic community festivals

by Linda Kalejs

Unpublished Masters Thesis, School of Management and Marketing, Deakin University, November 2011

Abstract:
The Australian Latvian Arts Festival has, since the 1990s, experienced a steady decline in youth... more Abstract:
The Australian Latvian Arts Festival has, since the 1990s, experienced a steady decline in youth audience participation. The Latvian refugee migrant community, arriving in Australia post-WWII, has annually celebrated its cultural heritage, with community elders passing on folk traditions to younger generations, since the inaugural Festival in 1951. The engagement of youth has been instrumental to the festival's existence, however with an aging demographic, lack of programming appeal, the community’s reluctance to accept change, and competing youth leisure demands, the Festival is facing a grim future. With research sparse in the area of ethnic community events management in a well-established diasporic migrant setting, this current research bridges the gap and attempts to understand, and provide strategic thinking around the issues and barriers for youth festival audiences and the volunteer organisers.

This thesis is a study of barriers to youth attendance at the Australian Latvian Arts Festival 2010, investigating strategies employed by voluntary community festival board members to boost attendance, providing practical recommendations to resolve the emergent disconnect between the strategies and barriers. Research design included qualitative analysis of interview data with youth aged 18-25 and Board members, using a grounded theory approach to assist in the development of new theory. Gathered interview data was triangulated with literature analysis based on policy documents, and the Festival’s online web presence and print programme. Research findings indicate there are significant barriers to youth attendance which are specific to an ethnic migrant diaspora setting, and that strategies initiated by the Board do not address these. Challenges faced by the Board in a voluntary community setting are also discussed, with findings of particular significance to upcoming Festival Directors in the areas of youth audience development, programme development and marketing. Final recommendations have a practical application for future Latvian Arts Festivals, as well as similar diaspora migrant community festivals in Australia and internationally.

Hands ON!: Practices and Projects Supported by the Community Cultural Development Board

by Scott O'Hara

Call2_Project Rendering the Real

by Sireita Mullings

Project Rendering the Real, is calling for participants for an interactive symposium and exhibition by project titled the “Fourth Moment”.

March 22nd – April 27th 2012.

www.renderingthereal.com

The intention is to interrogate the visual representations of art practitioners and their project participants, by way... more The intention is to interrogate the visual representations of art practitioners and their project participants, by way of papers, presentations, workshops and artwork.

The exhibition and symposium will run between
March 22nd – April 27th 2012.

Visit www.renderingthereal.com for more information.

Reclaiming The Sacred: A Festival Experience as a Response to Globalisation

by Karin Mackay

published in Journal for the Study of Religion, vol 24, No 2, 2011

Pressures of globalisation such as the focus on the growth of productive economies, consumerism, and long work-hours... more Pressures of globalisation such as the focus on the growth of productive economies, consumerism, and long work-hours have fragmented cultural beliefs and practices worldwide. Devaluation of deeply held soulful, creative, and nature-based practices in the dominant neoliberal capitalist discourse has challenged the way cultural and spiritual wellbeing are lived. Instead of being completely subsumed into the neoliberal global discourse, local responses incorporating global themes are emerging in the form of the “neo-tribal” festival experience. Although festivals have primarily been seen as places of consumption, this misunderstands the drive to participate in a festival experience. This article investigates a women’s arts and ecology festival held in The Blue Mountains, Australia, where members of the local community celebrate the return of spring. Findings suggest that this festival was a site for reclaiming a localized sense of connectedness, where participants reclaimed what was sacred to them. I will argue that consumerism is secondary to the desire for a sacred synergy of connectedness at this festival where critical creative action challenges the neoliberal and patriarchal discourses in the negotiation of global culture.

The role of individuals in community change within the Findhorn intentional community

by Peter Forster

Co-authored with Marijke Wilhelmus.

Forster, P. M. and Wilhelmus, M. (2005). The role of individuals in community change within the Findhorn intentional community. Contemporary Justice Review, 8, 367-379

The processes whereby intentional communities change are many and complex, but change they must if they are to survive... more The processes whereby intentional communities change are many and complex, but change they must if they are to survive the challenges they will inevitably meet. Most communities do not survive the challenges they meet in their first two years. The Findhorn Community in north east Scotland has survived and grown in the more than 40 years since it began. This paper provides a description by two former, long-standing members of that community of the main changes the community has gone through that have enabled the community to respond to change and continue to grow. It describes the role played in those changes by key individuals and contends that, without them, the community would probably have stagnated and gone the way of the many communities that were not able to respond to the challenges they faced. The authors use these case studies to show how a handful of practical visionaries have ensured the long-term future of the community.

From Players to Raiders: Wissensgenerierung in virtuellen Welten am Beispiel kollektiver Gaming Projekte

by Felix Abrudan

University seminar paper/ BA thesis topic introduction

Improving Research and International Cooperation for Cultural Policy

by Colin Mercer

Co-written with Tony Bennett. Discussion Paper commissioned by UNESCO for the 1998 Stockholm Intergovernmental Conference on Cultural Policies for Development - The Power of Culture.

Comparing the Uncertain Terrain of Local Cultural Governance in Australia & New Zealand

by Emma Blomkamp

Peer-reviewed conference paper, presented at the the 2011 Australian Political Studies Association Conference, Canberra, 28 September 2011.

Local governments in Australia and New Zealand have long contributed to the cultural life of their communities through... more Local governments in Australia and New Zealand have long contributed to the cultural life of their communities through the provision or facilitation of libraries, community halls, public art, community arts programmes, community festivals, and other public facilities.  Yet the place and purpose of cultural policy at the local government level has never been clear in either of these countries.  Requirements to report on outcomes have only complicated the terrain for local authorities faced with limited resources and whose influence is mediated by various other governmental and non-governmental agencies.
This paper makes the case for conducting an interpretive comparison of cultural governance at the local level in Australia and New Zealand.  Although this level of government is characterised by a diverse range of structures and policies, there is sufficient similarity in the legislative framework, traditions and organisational culture of local government in these two countries to compare the common challenges they face in defining and evaluating their role in community cultural development. 
Exploring the tensions implicit in a post-positivist comparative study, this paper argues that an interpretive approach usefully highlights both the contingency and the power of particular discourses in governance and in the cultural sector.  Such an analysis draws attention to the difficulty in evaluating the impact of local strategies and programmes, particularly when dealing with the uncertain and often intangible outcomes of cultural policy.

Reform Zionism: Twenty Years: An Educator's Perspective

by Michael Livni

MUSEO COMUNITARIO COMO TECNOLOGÍA SOCIAL EN AMÉRICA LATINA

by Ana Laura Gamboggi Taddei

Ana Laura Gamboggi y Georgia Melville. Revista Digital Nueva Museología, 2008.

A lo largo de este trabajo queremos explorar como los museos de hoy pueden ser usados para reflejar y construir... more A lo largo de este trabajo queremos explorar como los museos de hoy pueden ser usados para reflejar y construir discursos comunitarios. Este estudio será hecho a través de una examinación de tres temas claves: estados-naciones museos y memoria. La primera parte del trabajo explorará los estados naciones y dará dos ejemplos de comunidades excluidas de los discursos nationalistas de Brasil y México. En seguida se examinarán los museos de manera general en lo relacionado a la producción y reproducción de discursos colectivos y de cómo estos son lugares para la utilización y manipulación productiva de la memoria, y la forma en que pueden ser usados como herramientas en la construcción de colectividad y para el manejo de las comunidades desde “abajo”. La última sección de este trabajo introducirá dos museos comunitarios como estudios de caso, los cuales exponen distintos tipos de discursos políticos y identitarios por, y para, sus comunidades respectivas. Queremos mostrar como los museos comunitarios se pueden analizar como sitios involucrados en la reflexión y la construcción de discursos alternativos frente a los discursos hegemónicos nacionales.

Creativity, collaboration and new media innovation in a community context

by Elaine Lally

In Virginia Nightingale and Tim Dwyer (eds) New Media Worlds: Challenges for Convergence, 2007, Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-555836-7.

Review L'Homme : Cherry Schrecker, La Communauté. Histoire Critique D'Un Concept Dans La Sociologie Anglo-Saxonne

by Samuel Lézé

in french