Why arts festivals? What is the stake of festival managers in the festivals they programme? These are some of the questions at the heart of the new e-publication being launched today by the Asia-Europe […]

Do you live in a heritage city or historic urban area? Then the Asia-Europe Foundation would like to hear from you…

…on how governments, NGOs, businesses and communities have successfully collaborated to […]

A new resource on funding for projects supporting cultural diversity, International Funds to Support Cultural Diversity, includes information on support for cultural co-operation between Asia and […]

Expressions of interest are currently invited from those who would like to present a paper at the international conference, Asia-Europe Encounters: Intellectual and Cultural Exchanges, 1900-1950 to be held at […]

Contributed by Deepika Arwind

We are a group of nine Indian actors sitting on stage. Our British director, Jeff Teare takes the centre seat of the first row. We are trying to access his thick British accent and […]

Contributed by Bayanmunkh Dorjpalam 

Like the other peoples of the world, the Mongolians have created great history and culture. Among the wonderful Buddhist monasteries that were created before the 20th […]

By Kiwon Hong

South Korea is among the first Asian countries whose cultural policy profile has been commissioned for the global cultural research platform, WorldCP-International Database of Cultural Policies […]

By Kiwon Hong

South Korea is among the first Asian countries whose cultural policy profile has been commissioned for the global cultural research platform, WorldCP-International Database of Cultural Policies […]

Singapore, South Korea and Vietnam will be among the first Asian countries to be featured in the recently launched WorldCP – International Database of Cultural Policies. The database, which is supported by […]

Facilitating dialogue on arts and cultural policies as well as issues of mutual relevance and common interest for Asia and Europe has been a key priority for the Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF), since its […]

By Bui Hoai Son

Vietnam is among the first Asian countries whose cultural policy profile has been commissioned for the global cultural research platform, WorldCP-International Database of Cultural Policies […]

By Abhishek Majumdar

In early 2011, I had the good fortune of collaborating with two of the finest theatre makers I have known, Konradin Kunze and Sophia Stepf, both from Germany. We worked together on a […]

The management of heritage cities and historic urban landscapes has emerged as a key topic in recent times and points to a major shift in the understanding of ‘cultural heritage’ at the global level. The adoption […]

Contributed by Gurmeet S. Rai

Cultural heritage management is a fairly new concept in India, as is the idea of engaging communities in the management of the heritage ‘protected’ by the government. Built […]

The protection and promotion of cultural heritage; the development of independent infrastructure for the arts; and, capacity building for arts management are some common priorities shared by Asian countries in […]

Southeast Asia is presently witnessing a high adoption rate to social media by individuals as well as a rapid growth in citizen’s journalism. Shaping these developments is a new-found affirmation of social media […]

Heritage dominated the agenda of the Fourth ASEM Culture Ministers’ Meeting in Poland in 2010 and will continue to shape the deliberations of the next Ministerial meeting, scheduled to be held in Indonesia in 2012. Specifically, issues of heritage education and management dominated the discussions in Poznan, which hosted the Culture Ministers’…[Read more]

The potential of new media technologies to facilitate “unhindered forms of artistic and cultural expression” has been widely recognised in recent years. The new media artists and researchers from Asia and Europe who gathered for the Expert Group Meeting for New Media, Civil Society and Environmental Sustainability in Bandung, Indonesia, in July…[Read more]

“Commanding, demanding, irritating and seducing in turns” says film scholar and curator Patricia Zimmerman when describing the pleasures and challenges of making and showing that genre of films termed experimental. She was speaking at the Discussion Forum - Trends in Experimental Cinema hosted as part of the First Experimental Film Forum at The…[Read more]

The Ignite! Festival of Contemporary Dance (10-13 November, New Delhi) was a rightful celebration of the ‘energy and resilience’ of Indian contemporary dance. Conceptualised by the Delhi-based Gati Dance Forum , an independent organisation conceived of and run by dance professionals, Ignite! succeeded in creating a dedicated platform for both…[Read more]