Since it launched in California two years ago, the 1947 Partition Project and “its dozens of volunteers have video-recorded 647 oral histories from more than seven countries and stored them digitally. It describes itself as ‘a people’s history’ of that wrenching time.”
Category: issues
The Arts – What Ails Ye (And It Isn’t The Economy)
“It has been harder, for sure, to balance our budgets and has required arts managers and boards to be nimble in the face of the new environment in which we operate. But blaming “the economy” is not way to sustain ourselves.”
New York Judge Upholds Artist’s Right To Photograph Unsuspecting Neighbors
“New York’s Supreme Court decided last week that the photographer Arne Svenson was within his rights to display and advertise a series of photographs he took of his neighbours without their permission. In May, a local couple sued Svenson for violating their privacy after recognizing their young children in two of the images.”
Edinburgh Int’l Festival Will Stay Away From Scottish Independence Issue, Decrees Director
“Jonathan Mills [revealed] that he had decided to sidestep politics and would not be commissioning any work about the independence debate for the 2014 festival, which takes place in the final weeks of campaigning before Scots go to the polls on 18 September.”
Arts In UK Face Losing Millions More In Funding From Local Governments
“Local authority support for culture will fall by a further £124 million in 2013/14, according to figures published by the Department for Communities and Local Government.”
Technology Is Changing The Classroom (But Are Students Being Shortchanged?)
“Is this really a brave new world, or the gateway to indolence, addiction and diminishing social and cognitive skills? Don’t children already spend too much time on computers at home? Shouldn’t the classroom be a place where they can concentrate on time-honoured disciplines that involve prolonged concentration and rentention of facts?”
Entertainment Industry Speaks Out Against Russia’s Anti-Gay Legislation
“From Hollywood to Broadway, the entertainment industry is using its star power and financial muscle to raise a storm of protest over the anti-gay legislation in Russia that is battering the image of the Winter Olympics in Sochi.”
£72 Million Arts Center To Be Closed After Only Five Years
“The overall cost to the council is currently about £30,000 a week. That is nearly £1.6m a year. That is taxpayers’ money. In the face of cuts from central government, this cannot carry on.”
Ticket Sales Recover At Edinburgh Fringe After Off-Year During Olympics
“Ticket sales fell last year for only the second time in more than a decade. The dip was put down to the effect of the Olympic Games in London which clashed with the first nine days of the festival.”
Are Our Arts Institutions Losing Their Personalities?
“In the process of adapting, our cultural treasuries are multitasking too much, becoming more alike, and shedding the very characteristics that made them so special — especially art museums.”