CCCI@City

Andy Pratt discusses cultural appropriation on Turkish international news programme

Andy Pratt features in a news package for Turkish Global TV station (TRT world). The news package led by Sedef Ilgic concerned issues of cultural appropriation debate that had arisen aftre the fashion firm Comme des Garcons used models with ‘cornrow’ wigs. The whole package can be viewed here. Andy wrote a piece in ‘The…

Well done Dr Bonham-Carter!

Congratulations to Dr Charlotte Bonham-Carter who successfully passed her PhD viva on 20th December. Charlotte was supervised by Andy Pratt and Marisol Sandoval; her external examiner was Professor Ben Walmsley, Leeds University, and Diana Yeh was the internal. The thesis was entitled : CONCEPTUALISING CULTURAL GOVERNANCE UNDER NEW LABOUR’S SOCIAL VALUE AGENDA: THE PRACTICES AND…

The circular economy and culture

Andy Pratt gave a keynote paper at a multidisciplinary symposium at Brussels HEC (December 2019). The meeting was related to the final stages of the H2020 CLIC (Circular modesl leveraging investmnets in cultural heritage adaptive reuse) project; the objective being to make linkages with other projects and knowledges, and with the policy community. Andy gave…

CCCI at African Crossroads, Mombasa (Kenya)

On November 20th to 23rd, City’s CCCI member, Dr Jenny Mbaye, was invited to participate in the second edition of African Crossroads focused on ‘Sensing the City’ and which was taking place in Mombasa (Kenya). Funded by Hivos, African Crossroads is community of future-oriented African thinkers and doers which meets annually to exchange and critically…

CCCI experts advise UN agency on creative economy and development

How the creative economy can help power development Andy Pratt and Toby Bennett help to organise a meeting that brought together many international experts on, and representatives of, the Creative Economy in a meeting last year in Geneva at the UNCATD HQ. A report of the meeting and key findings and recommendations has been published…

Arts and culture in the period of social movements in Hong Kong – A critical photo-reportage from MA CPM Alumni

In the past four months, Hong Kong has been shaken up by the ongoing social movements, transforming drastically the life of citizens in every aspect. Political issues aside, it is indeed devastating to witness how the government is not trying to remedy the situation, but goes further to endorse the excessive force and brutality exercised…

City hosts Expert Meeting on “Creative Economy and Sustainable Development” (UNCTAD, Geneva)

Last week, Andy Pratt and Toby Bennett visited the United Nations headquarters at the Palace of Nations in Geneva. Andy organised an Ad Hoc Expert Meeting on the Creative Economy and Sustainable Development. This was a joint event, arranged between CCCI, the Commonwealth, and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), placing City…

CCCI’s Jenny Mbaye leads a UNESCO workshop on the 2005 Convention in Asmara (Eritrea)

On October 28th and 29th, Dr Jenny Mbaye from City’s CCCI led a national awareness-raising meeting organised by UNESCO Regional Office Nairobi in Asmara (Eritrea). Conceived in the framework of the UNESCO 2005 Convention for the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expression, the workshop aimed at raising awareness among key line ministries,…

Workshop on Cultural Economy: Twenty Years After

The Workshop on Cultural Economy: 20 Years After City, University of London (ELG01) Friday January 10th 2020 Toby Bennett is organising a symposium at City, and accompanying blog series with the Journal of Cultural Economy, to mark twenty years since the first “Workshop on Cultural Economy” at the Open University. You can find the Call…

New member of CCI team: welcome Toby

CCI is happy to welcome Toby Bennett as Post-Doctoral Research Fellow working with Andy Pratt and Jenny M’Baye on the EU project H2020 project on cultural production chains in Europe. The project ends in 2023. Toby brings a wealth of experience, his research concerns issues of work, organisation, policy and knowledge in relation to cultural…