Re-imagining Creative Cities in Twenty-First Century Asia

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    UNESCO joins Thailand’s Creative Economy Agency and Ministry of Culture to celebrate the International Year of Creative Economy with a series of events taking place every weekend in August 2021. Within the celebration framework, UNESCO will directly organize two events: launch of UNESCO Bangkok recent report “Backstage: Managing Creativity and the Arts in Southeast Asia” and launch of “Re-imagining Creative Cities in Twenty-First Century Asia”.

    The celebration is a part of UNESCO’s ongoing collaboration with government institutions and civil society in Thailand to support the strengthening of Thailand’s creative sector, implemented thanks to the support of the Republic of Korea’s Ministry of Culture.

     

    Period14 Aug 2021

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    • TitleCreative Weekends
      Degree of recognitionInternational
      Media name/outletThe Standard Pop, UNESCO Bangkok, Creative Economy Agency
      Media typeWeb
      Duration/Length/Sizeone hr
      Country/TerritoryThailand
      Date14/08/21
      DescriptionThe Re-imagining Creative Cities book launch will feature two rounds of discussion. The first discussion includes selected book authors, many of whom are members of UNESCO 2005 Convention Expert Facility, who will discuss the themes raised in the book, including the impact of UNESCO’s Creative Cities Network in the region and some of the challenges faced by members cities to promote sustainable development. The second discussion gathers young creative practitioners from Thailand’s creative cities who will share their professional and personal experiences in working with local partners to drive their cities’ creative sector forward.

      The event will be on 14 August 2021, 13:00-15:00 Bangkok time

      Watch live at https://www.facebook.com/thestandardpop/
      Producer/AuthorThe Standard Pop
      URLhttps://www.facebook.com/thestandardpop/
      PersonsXin Gu
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    TitleCreative Weekend: Re-imagining creative cities in twenty-first century Asia
    Locationonline, Bangkok, Thailand
    Period13 Aug 2021 → 15 Aug 2021
    Linkhttps://www.facebook.com/thestandardpop/

    Keywords

    • creative cities
    • cultural and creative industries
    • cultural policy
    • urban studies
    • post-industrial cities
    • modernization

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