European Capitals of Culture: European dimension in cultural cooperations
On the 15 November 2023 I am at the European Parliament moderating a debate with political representatives from the three […]
On the 15 November 2023 I am at the European Parliament moderating a debate with political representatives from the three […]
Una reflexión poética de expatriada y turista en casa, sobre la necesidad de hacer y reinventar nuestras ciudades durante este
I directed this scoping study with my team at the Institute of Cultural Capital for the Arts and Humanities Research Council
So pleased to feature in the latest issue of #TheSecularHeretic with an article on ‘Art and Decadence’ discussing cycles of #cityRenaissance, #regeneration & #gentrification with an emphasis on the often ungenerous impact of such processes on artists
Find below highlights from our 10 year anniversary symposium, launching Impacts 08 ~ 18 | #Impacts18, the major research programme I
Valletta 2018 launches its year with Erba ‘ Pjajez, “Four squares” involving multiple repeating shows throughout the city, a
I have just published this academic paper within the Urban Studies Journal. You can access it here Abstract This paper
On the day the United Kingdom decides whether to remain in or leave the EU, I share my personal take on the value
On the 17th and 18th of May 2016 I have contributed to the Regional Seminar for Latin America and the Caribbean
I have interrogated cities and event-led cultural policy-making since 1999. I started by revisiting the cultural legacy of the Barcelona
The European Commission and Iberoamerican General Secretariat have invited me to contribute to ‘Urban Culture for Social Inclusion in Latinoamérica’,
I have spent a day in Hull, discussing regeneration opportunities, the challenges of event-driven urban strategies and the many ways
Presentation at AIMAC 2015 (Aix-en-Provence & Marseille) My paper abstract, below: Ever since the widespread acceptance that the arts
The Royal Society of Arts has invited me to speak at their 2015 Engage Series: RSA Connect: Hull, 14 July
I have been invited by the University of Chicago’s Cultural Policy Center to join an international research gathering at the university’s
I am in Helsinki presenting the paper ‘The cultural value of event-led city regeneration. What makes a European Capital of Culture sustainable’ .
I have contributed to the ‘Llibre Blanc de la Cultura a Terrassa’ (White Book on Culture in Terrassa), published
I have finally had the chance to tidy up the links to a series of films produced under the series
Claudio Bocci, Director of Institutional Relations at Federculture and Ravello LAB committee member, has built on the evidence provided by
Citation: Garcia, B. ‘De-constructing the City of Culture: The long term cultural legacies of Glasgow 1990’, in: Urban Studies (2005: