Dear All, Have just come across some general network reading which may be of some interest. You can also find some historical analysis of European Cultural Networks ranging from UNESCO and Council of Europe to various NGOs across Europe.
The pro-European approach is no surprise as these are recent studies carried out by the european institute for Progressive Cultural Policies (eiPCP). Just a brief browse through their newly launched site on http://www.eipcp.net will confirm these mixed feelings. Otherwise, the eiPCP seems to be an independent institute based in Vienna with 'the primary goals of strengthening networks and encouraging a radical democratisation of European cultural politics'. http://www.eipcp.net includes 1. [discourse]: few issues of the electronic journal, which is organised as a multilingual textpool with various articles by alternative writers and researchers 2. [studies]: including "European Cultural Networks and Networking in Central and Eastern Europe". Here, you may want to check out the 'Networks' section which provides this historical perspective on networking. 3. [index]: an index of European cultural networks. Don't hold your breath on this one as it gives just the backbone of a few networks and is unashamedly poor in the media/audiovisual section. cheers, -illie Iliyana Nedkova Curator-in-residence, New Media Scotland Associate Curator, Foundation for Art & Creative Technology (FACT) http://www.fact.co.uk http://www.mediascot.org New Media Scotland, P.O.Box 23434 Edinburgh EH7 5SZ, Scotland, UK E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T: +44 (0) 131 477 3774 F: +44 (0) 131 477 3775 ------------------------------------------------- a m b i t : networking media arts in scotland post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] info: send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and write "info ambit" in the message body -------------------------------------------------
