Mobility of imagination : a companion guide to international cultural cooperation

This concise guidebook explains the purpose and expected benefits of international cultural cooperation, its risks and strategic issues, models and success factors. International cultural cooperation is analyzed here as a trajectory of professional development of individual and institutional operators and as a strategy to build an integrated, inclusive cultural space that will enhance the notion of European citizenship. Examples are offered from all parts of Europe and all disciplines. Cultural cooperation has been traditionally conceived as a matter of national governments and national cultural and foreign policy, not in a broad supranational perspective and not from the point of view of cultural operators themselves. Students previously had to rely on occasional articles and some governmental and academic studies of a rather narrow focus and national perspective. CONTENTS......Page 5 Introduction......Page 8 1. Cultures beyond borders......Page 10 Common cultural traits......Page 11 Nation, ideology and politics......Page 12 Culture as propaganda......Page 13 Word War II and post-war reconstruction......Page 14 Cold War restraints......Page 18 Challenges of multiculturalism......Page 20 European Union as a cultural factor......Page 21 Post-communist "transition"......Page 22 International organizations and networks......Page 23 Cultural consequences of globalization......Page 25 A crowded field of players......Page 27 Cultural industry: global oligopolies......Page 28 Cultural heritage: vulnerable and endangered......Page 30 Contemporary creativity: localized and nomadic......Page 34 Professional development......Page 37 Beyond prestige: professional and institutional development......Page 38 Political interests......Page 39 Economic motives......Page 40 In search of distinction......Page 41 Cooperation is more than promotion......Page 44 Peace, stability and macro-regional cooperation......Page 45 Exchange, not cooperation......Page 48 Stimulating international curiosity......Page 49 The role of the presenter......Page 50 Tours......Page 52 The changing function of festivals......Page 54 Programs with a national label......Page 56 Professional reflection, debate, training and research......Page 57 Residencies......Page 61 Creating together......Page 62 Co-productions......Page 63 5. Where and how to start?......Page 65 Strategic overview......Page 66 Preparatory adjustments......Page 67 Orientation, information and analysis......Page 68 Organizational form and legal status......Page 73 6. The art of partnership......Page 75 International networks......Page 76 Pursuing the leads......Page 78 Tensions, disputes and failures......Page 80 7. Developing a collaborative cross-border project......Page 83 Planning......Page 84 Presenting a project......Page 86 Realization......Page 89 Exploitation and distribution......Page 90 Political context......Page 92 Public authorities......Page 95 Intergovernmental organizations and programs......Page 98 European Union......Page 101 Foundations......Page 106 Sponsorship......Page 110 Private-public partnership......Page 113 Cultural entrepreneurship......Page 114 From incidental to continuous......Page 116 From bilateral to multilateral......Page 118 From networks to consortia......Page 120 Sustainability, autonomy, continuity......Page 126 Values and ethics......Page 129 Cultural dimension of European integration......Page 135 European and global......Page 137 A......Page 140 C......Page 141 E......Page 142 M......Page 143 P......Page 144 S......Page 145 V......Page 146 B......Page 147 C......Page 148 E......Page 149 G......Page 150 I......Page 151 O......Page 152 T......Page 153 Z......Page 154 B......Page 155 C......Page 156 J......Page 157 P......Page 158 W......Page 159 Acknowledgments......Page 160 About the author......Page 162 Cultural cooperation has been traditionally conceived as a matter of national governments and national cultural and foreign policy, not in a broad supranational perspective and not from the point of view of cultural operators themselves. This book explains the purpose and expected benefits of international cultural cooperation.