European Conference 2020 · 1st episode: “Culture’s place in our lives”
Throughout the COVID19 outbreak, half of the world's population has been on lockdown. Cancelled fairs, festivals and concerts, closed clubs and shut-down theatres: we were all affected. Yet, in a […]
European Conference · 2nd episode: “A new vision for culture? Integrity, direction and relevance”
Panellists: Sajida Carr, Arjo Klamer, Francois Matarasso, Deise Faria Nunes, Goran Tomka, Ana Žuvela. Chair: Macarena Cuenca. Moderators: Sajida Carr, Philipp Dietachmair, Francois Matarasso, Davor Mišković, Lana Pavlović Aleksić. Some […]
European Conference · 3rd episode: “The cultural institution – what needs to change?”
Panellists: Teodor Celakoski, Félix Dupin-Meynard, Victoria Durrer. Chair: Dea Vidović. Presenter: Christian Jull Wendell (Institute for X, Denmark) and Janja Sesar (Pogon). In the discussion on balance between elitism and […]
European Conference · 4th episode: “Rethinking participation strategically”
Panellists: Lise Korsgaard, Chiara Organtini, Ben Walmsley, Daniel Wetzel. Chair: Jonathan Goodacre. Presenters: Jeannette Ehlers, Matteo Lanfranchi, WochenKlausur. This session looks at how participation and engagement in culture is being […]
Summer School · 1st module: “Why do we need to change? What do audiences have to do with that?”
In the past decade we are more and more confronted with the demands to include audience more actively in the work of our cultural organisations and institutions. Thus ADESTE+ partners […]
European Conference 2020 · 5th episode: “Tempestuous times – the crisis – recovery and change”
Panellists: Nico Carpentier, Richard Evans, Arundhati Ghosh, Olga Wysocka. Chair: Inês Bettencourt da Câmara. Presenters: Melissa Dibble, Søren Friis Møller, Marcin Poprawski. This session looks at what will happen when […]
Summer School · 2nd module: “Are we ready for change? What pressures (external and internal) are we under?” (Unfreeze)
Only few weeks ago all the changes seemed to take a lot of time and building paths that will bring to it. But, the sudden crisis has showed that change […]
Summer School · 3rd module: “Where can we find allies for change? For whom should we need to change?” (Listen)
Allies for change could be everywhere: in our colleagues, sometimes in our bosses or stakeholders, certainly in our audiences. But we have to learn to listen, to develop empathy, to […]
Summer School · 4th module: “How to go beyond our usual safe path? How to develop creativity into change?” (Create)
Change means going out of our comfort zone, exploring new paths, experience new solutions. But it’s not easy: we need to develop our divergent thinking and explore our (and others) […]
Summer School · 5th module: “How to bring change step by step? And learning from them every time?” (Experiment)
Change is needed to solve a problem or to tackle our challenges. But challenges are evolving fast and we need to develop flexible and adaptable solutions for our organisations. Furthermore, […]

