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Creative Economy as a Development Strategy
(Garimpo de Soluções and Itaú Cultural, 2008) Reis, Ana Carla F.; Chengyu, Xiong; Piedras Faria, Ernesto; Ramanathan, Sharada; Davis, Andrea M; Dos Santos-Duisenberg, Edna; Askerud, Pernille; Kovács, Máté; Isar, Yudhishthir R; Solanas, Facundo; Reis, Ana Carla F.
"A digital anthology discussing if the creative economy can indeed be a development strategy and, if it can, the requisites and pitfalls to be taken into account."
Critical Essays on the Enclosure of the Cultural Commons: The Conceptual Foundations of Today's Mis-Education
(Ecojustice Press, 2007) Bowers, Chet A.
"Humans have been sustained by the cultural and environmental commons from the time of their first appearance on the vast savannas of what we now call Africa. The environment provided the source of food and fiber, wood for fire and shelter, and water. From the earliest times, there were norms that governed the nature of the family unit, the roles of men and women in performing various activities and ceremonies, what actions would be punished, status systems that regulated group decision-making, how the success of the hunt and later the harvest would be shared, how the dead were to be dealt with, and how young were mentored in the performance of various tasks. While the environment that was necessary for sustaining life was not referred to as the environmental commons, and while the cultural beliefs and norms that governed behavior and even led to various expressions of aesthetic judgment and performance were not referred to as the cultural commons, it is important that we make these two phrases a more central part of our thinking."
Cultural Heritage in the Realm of the Commons: Conversations on the Case of Greece
(Ubiquity Press, 2020) Lekakis, Stelios
"Cultural heritage was invented in the realm of nation-states, and from an early point it was considered a public asset, stewarded to narrate the historic deeds of the ancestors, on behalf of their descendants. Nowadays, as the neoliberal narrative would have it, it is for the benefit of these tax-paying citizens that privatisation logic on heritage sector have been increasing over recent decades, to cover their needs in the name of social responsibility and other truncated views of the welfare state. This volume examines whether we can place cultural heritage at the other end of the spectrum, as a common good and potentially as a commons. It does so by looking at Greece as a case study, lately a battlefield of harsh and experimental austerity measures but also of inspiring grass-roots mobilisation and scholarship, currently blossoming to defend the right of communities to enjoy, collaboratively manage and co-create goods by the people, for the people. Since cultural heritage -and culture in general- is hastily bundled up with other goods and services in various arguments for and against their public character, this volume invites several experts to discuss their views on their field of expertise and reflect on the overarching theme: Can cultural heritage be considered a commons? If so, what are the advantages and pitfalls concerning theory, practice and management of heritage? What can we learn from other public resources with a longer history in commons-based or market-oriented interpretation and governance? Can a commons approach allow us to imagine and start working towards a better, more inclusive and meaningful future for heritage?"

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