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Introducing the new Fourth Pillar blog
by CDN's cultural analyst Jon Hawkes - discussing the ways cultural action can support communities.
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Australia Council's Arts Funding Guide 2010. Download a copy.
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2nd International ‘Art of Good Health and Wellbeing’ Arts and Health Conference, University of Melbourne, 16 – 19 November 2010
Call for papers
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LEAP (Localities Enhancing Arts Participation) Project
VicHealth, CDN and eight Victorian councils
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a network of Victorian arts organisations, artists and government agencies working with Arts Victoria to strengthen community-based arts practice
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ReGenerating Community: Arts, Community & Governance National Conference
Proceedings available
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Developing & Revitalizing Rural Communities
Through Arts & Creativity: International research report
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UNESCO e-journal:
Multi-Disciplinary Research in the Arts
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Agenda 21 for Culture is the first document with worldwide mission that advocates establishing the groundwork of an undertaking by cities and local governments for cultural development.
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Our main advocacy work has been through running and supporting forums and conferences at which individuals can meet and debate face to face. Details of our plans for the future as well as past events can be found on these pages.

We began hosting forums to stimulate discussion among and between various sectors about the implications of applying a cultural perspective to local development. Always extending our research work, our forums have meant that people from disparate disciplines have forged new relationships, considerednew ideas and been inspired by the possibilities of ‘fourth pillar’ thinking.

Arts and community PhD researchers network:

Next meeting Thursday 26 August, 4 - 5:30 pm,
Philip Law Room, Level One, Elizabeth Murdoch Building,
(white building with pillars, corner St Kilda Road and Grant Street),
VCAM, Southbank

Presenters:
Zara Stanhope, PhD Candidate, ANU, How can contemporary public art create cross-cultural dialogue?
This research considers the possibility of cross-cultural understanding arising where artists situated in unfamiliar cultural contexts collaborate with members of the public. It examines both large scale and more modest ongoing curated programs that bring artists internationally to specific locations to work in a 'situated' way, i.e. with the particular cultural, social and political context, and to involve communities or people of an area. In considering how art might affect change in cross-cultural understanding, I will examine the question of the potential, if any, of these projects for producing an impact on coexisting social and cultural conditions, for provoking new models for creative or curatorial practice or ability to generate wider pedagogic value. Finally, an argument may be able to be made as to whether contemporary cultural practices are able to offer functional or symbolic alternatives to neoliberalism in addition to reflecting its impact.

Poppy de Souza, PhD student, University of Melbourne: Having a 'voice that matters': registering voice through process video
My research is interested in the extent to which 'process video' can be used as an effective and affective participatory research tool with young people impacted by 'voice poverty' (Oxfam Great Britain); and its capacity to foster mutual recognition and respect amongst different circles of subjects. In this presentation I will discuss some key ideas around voice and recognition which inform the research; as well as outline my process-oriented creative methodology ('process video') which incorporates elements of participatory video, video ethnography and digital storytelling practice. I argue that it is not 'having a voice' that matters (as we've seen, online and digital forms of distribution make it possible for a proliferation of ordinary, everyday voices to 'speak') but rather having a 'voice that matters' (Couldry, 2010) that enables subjects to participate fully and be included in social, political, economic and cultural life. If care and empathy are essential elements for ethical decision-making (Noddings, 2002), then the capacity for process video to register, recognise and respect a diversity of voices is a positive first step in fostering more inclusive, responsive, sustainable and resilient communities. Poppy de Souza is in her early stages of a practice-based PhD at the Centre for Cultural Partnerships at the Victorian College of the Arts and Music. She locates her practice at the intersection of participatory development communication, applied visual research and co-creative media practice.

Previous presenters, their papers and readings

The Arts and Community PhD Researchers Network:
A partnership between the Cultural Development Network (CDN) and VCAM’s Centre for Cultural Partnerships' PhD students, the network brings together researchers from Victorian universities who are interested in cultural development, social change, creative methodologies, artistic intervention, and/ or community research themes. It provides opportunities for presentation and discussion of new research in an informal and supportive collegial environment for students and by students.

CCD course for Local Government

Exploring the Role of Culture and the Arts: An Executive Education Initiative - A customised executive education course in community cultural development will be presented by the Centre for Cultural Partnerships (Victorian College of the Arts, The University of Melbourne) in October. This course aims to deepen the awareness of the value of cultural engagement with communities within a public policy framework for a whole of government application. It is based on the premise that a commitment to CCD at a local government level is a forward thinking investment in community leadership: simultaneously increasing cultural capital while generating social change and community enterprise.

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We would be pleased to hear from you with enquiries or suggestions about any of these activities or any other ideas.

Contact Program Manager, Kim Dunphy, on (03) 9658 9976 or admin@culturaldevelopment.net.au