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Social
inequality in Europe is growing again. Populist forces use the refugee movement as cause for questioning cultural diversity
and to propagandize cultural homogeneity. Therefore, the cultural scene is once again required to react to the current changes
in society.
The goal of the event is to discuss social inequality from different professional perspectives and
in particular to learn about the consequences of social change for cultural policy. We will discuss the need to draw upon
theories about different cultural behaviour in different social groups with experts in economics, sociology, education and
politics. Furthermore, we will learn from selected cultural practices that engage diverse audiences.
Guests from
London, Paris, Athens, Barcelona and Warsaw will do short presentations about the current state of social inequality in their
cities or countries as well as the specific cultural and political consequences. After the panels there will be time for extensive
audience discussions.
Programme in English:
10:00 - 11:30
Panel:
Social Inequality from different (disciplinary) viewpoints
Wilfried Altzinger - Chair of the Research
Institute 'Economics of Inequality'
Michael Hartmann - Institute for Sociology/ University Darmstadt
Barbara Herzog-Punzenberger
- Head of Unit “Migration and Education”/Johannes Kepler University Linz
Volker Kirchberg - Professor for the Sociology
of the Arts/ Leuphana University of Lüneburg
Moderation: Anke Schad - University of Music and Performing Arts
Vienna
12:00 - 13:30
Panel: Social Inequality and European Cultural Policy Reactions
Kate
Oakley - Director of Research and Innovation at the University of Leeds
Jordi Balta - Cultural Policy Researcher and
Project Coordinator/Barcelona
Vasilis Advikos - Lecturer University of Social and Political Sciences Athens
Hadrian
Garrard - Director Create London
Christoph Girard - Mayor Paris
Moderation: Michael Wimmer- University of
Applied Arts Vienna and EDUCULT
15:00 – 16.00
Artistic Intervention
16:00
- 17:30
Panel: How to deal with Inequality in Practice
Thomas Diesenreiter - Cultural
Worker and Cultural Activist/Linz/Vienna
Augustine Leisch - Director, Journalist and Political Activist Vienna
Can
Gülcü - Cultural worker, activist, former director of WIENWOCHE / Vienna
Kathrin Hohmaier - Researcher/ Ossietzky University
Oldenburg
Moderation: Martin Fritz - Curator and Critics
18:00 - 20:00
Closing
Panel: The Role of Cultural Policy in Times of Growing Social Inequality
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