We are pleased to announce the International Conference Cultural Policy and Cultural Democracy: A Global Dialogue to be held at the Gabriela Mistral Cultural Center in Santiago de Chile on November 28, 29 and 30, 2023. This event, organized by the Ministry of Cultures, Arts & Heritage and the University of Chile, with the collaboration of the Gabriela Mistral Cultural Center, is part of the Global Dialogues on cultural policy series from Cultural Trends. The event, which will be held for the first time outside of Europe, seeks to establish Chile as a global discussion platform on cultural policy research based on a North-South dialogue.

Co-designed by a team of academics, policy makers and practitioners from the world of cultural policy the event will generate a community of researchers from Europe, Latin America and globally. In this sense, the motivation of this meeting is to develop future academic networks with – and between – academics from Latin America and their peers at a global level.

This event will discuss the current and future challenges of cultural policy research. Cultural Policy and Cultural Democracy: A Global Dialogue will feature talks by international guests, discussion workshops and meetings between specialists and interested publics, as well as with cultural organizations and institutions. The event may also lead to a special issue of Cultural Trends coordinated by a guest editorial team and a bilingual publication by the Faculty of Communication and Image of the University of Chile.

On behalf of Cultural Trends, talks will be delivered by Professor Ben Walmsley (Centre for Cultural Value at the University of Leeds), Professor Hye-Kyung Lee (King’s College London), Professor Eleonora Belfiore (University of Aberdeen), Dr Steven Hadley (Trinity College Dublin) and Professor Justin O’Connor (University of South Australia), alongside academics from Chile and Latin America (to be announced soon). For full information about speakers, go to key speakers.

Please note that this is an in-person event. We hope to either livestream and/or record some talks.

We are pleased to announce the International Conference Cultural Policy and Cultural Democracy: A Global Dialogue to be held at the Gabriela Mistral Cultural Center in Santiago de Chile on November 28, 29 and 30, 2023. This event, organized by the Ministry of Cultures, Arts & Heritage and the University of Chile, with the collaboration of the Gabriela Mistral Cultural Center, is part of the Global Dialogues on cultural policy series from Cultural Trends. The event, which will be held for the first time outside of Europe, seeks to establish Chile as a global discussion platform on cultural policy research based on a North-South dialogue.

Co-designed by a team of academics, policy makers and practitioners from the world of cultural policy the event will generate a community of researchers from Europe, Latin America and globally. In this sense, the motivation of this meeting is to develop future academic networks with – and between – academics from Latin America and their peers at a global level.

This event will discuss the current and future challenges of cultural policy research. Cultural Policy and Cultural Democracy: A Global Dialogue will feature talks by international guests, discussion workshops and meetings between specialists and interested publics, as well as with cultural organizations and institutions. The event may also lead to a special issue of Cultural Trends coordinated by a guest editorial team and a bilingual publication by the Faculty of Communication and Image of the University of Chile.

On behalf of Cultural Trends, talks will be delivered by Professor Ben Walmsley (Centre for Cultural Value at the University of Leeds), Professor Hye-Kyung Lee (King’s College London), Professor Eleonora Belfiore (University of Aberdeen), Dr Steven Hadley (Trinity College Dublin) and Professor Justin O’Connor (University of South Australia), alongside academics from Chile and Latin America (to be announced soon). For full information about speakers, go to key speakers.

Please note that this is an in-person event. We hope to either livestream and/or record some talks.