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Spaces of Culture: building bridges between Turkey and the Netherlands
Every year in September, we eagerly anticipate Turkish participants embarking on a visit to the Netherlands to help them connect to the Dutch cultural sector.
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Call to Action: Culture at the Heart of Climate Action
A global call to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change to include cultural heritage, the arts and creative sectors in climate policy.
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Know Your Worth: Insights from the FAIR P(L)AY #3 event
DutchCulture has played an active part in EUNIC NL's FAIR P(L)AY cycle of events, coming to a close last October. Here are our takeaways and tips & tricks.
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Rapport European Audiovisual Observatory over de genderkloof
The lack of female professionals in European film production
The European Audiovisual Observatory released a report on the underrepresentation of women in the European film industry.
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​​​Give back to the community: can residencies help face the challenges of rural Spain?
​​​Cultural geographer and residency host Rosa Cerarols believes culture offers innovative solutions to challenges in Spain's non-urban areas.
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The Art of Changing Direction: Embassy Culture Days 2023
The yearly Embassy Culture Days hosted in the Netherlands brought together worldwide cultural officers, and our intern Rajae shares her personal experience.
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Documentary ‘Selling a Colonial War’ supported by Matching Fund
The award winning IDFA documentary 'Selling a Colonial War’, supported by the Matching Fund, shows in Dutch cinemas as of 11 January 2024.
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Oproep: Nieuw kabinet, gooi cultuur niet van tafel!
European Cultural Foundation en DutchCulture roepen alle politieke partijen op om bij nieuwe kabinetsformatie de versterking van de cultuursector te agenderen.
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Terugkijken: EU Subsidiemarathon #2: Creative Europe Cultuur
In een reeks online sessies maken we Europese fondsen en subsidieprogramma's toegankelijker voor makers, culturele instellingen en professionals in Nederland.
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Watch: EU Funding Marathon #1: Culture Moves Europe
We offer 5 online sessions to make European funds more accessible to creators and cultural organizations in the Netherlands and beyond.
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Terugblik DutchCulture Congres ‘Lokaal beleid, grenzeloze ambities’
Een korte terugblik op een inspirerende en leerzame dag over internationale culturele samenwerking voor gemeenten en provincies.
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Report ‘Culture and Creative Sectors and Industries driving Green Transition and facing the Energy Crisis’
Voices of Culture has published a report on the role the cultural and creative industries can play in the green transistion and the support they need.
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DutchCulture colleagues Simon de Leeuw & Tim Wildeboer during the Climate Culture(s) Creative Lab in Berlin, June 2023.
How to mobilize cultural relations for climate action?
DutchCulture joined EUNIC's Climate Culture(s) Creative Lab in Berlin and contributed to a report on climate & international cultural relations
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Intimacy coordination – an emerging profession on the fast lane
A new approach to intimate scenes on film sets: looking back on our networking dinner Get Intimate With Us at the Berlinale Film Festival 2023.
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"Let’s erase the memory of them" - Cultural Genocide in Ukraine
Author Jaap Scholten has written a personal story on the role of art & culture in times of war, for the occasion of our visitors programme Ukraine in September.
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Europe and the European Union
We set up a cross-EU/Europe thematic team to strengthen European cultural relations and collaborations, and participate in EU/Europe-themed events.
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Effective International Cultural Policy: A Matter of Faith or Evidence?
In two pieces we shed light on the reflection of European values from policy to practice. This is article #2.
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Return of objects celebrated, but now the Indonesian National Museum is ablaze
On 16 September 2023 a fire raged through the Indonesian National Museum in Jakarta. Indonesian historian Christopher Reinhart contemplates its impact.
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Sharing, Listening and Caring: European Values in International Cultural Policy
In two pieces we shed light on the reflection of European values from policy to practice. This is article #1.
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National Archives Supports the Digitisation of Ukrainian Documentary Heritage
The National Archives of the Netherlands presented two copy stands to the Ukrainian embassy in The Hague to help preserve the country's history and culture.
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