Driving the Barrio – Culture and Development in Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires’s cultural policy builds on its unique cultural assets through a people centred approach which aims to further cultural exchange at a localised level.

cultural policy, cultural democracyZayd MintyApril 25, 2019buenos aires, city, urban, culture, art, cultural policy, cultural centers, urban development, argentina, neighbourhood, UNESCO, centro cultural recoleta, UCLG Culture21Comment

Chiang Mai: Cultural Justice in the Creative City

Using creative city initiatives to further cultural and environmental justice agendas in Chiang Mai, Thailand.

creative citiesZayd MintyJuly 26, 2018South east asia, chiang mai, creative city, culture, cultural development, cultural justice, sustainability, artComment

Aesthetics of the Public: Cities in Vietnam

Our urban lives and spaces are shaped by our traumas and dreams. How is this expressed in Vietnamese cities? What is the role of our artists and heritage institutions?

cultural infrastructureZayd MintyApril 19, 2018vietnam, city, art, arts, public space, architecture, South east asia, urban, culture, visual arts, museums, heritageComment

The First Mural Village in Vietnam

Mural Villages as a cultural policy instrument? Exploring the possibilities and the pitfalls: the case of the Tam Thanh fishing village in Tam Ky, Vietnam.

public artZayd MintyApril 12, 2018vietnam, tam ky, global south, South east asia, sustainability, public space, public art, murals, neighbourhood, art, visual arts, cultureComment

Liberating Memories: Remembering the 80's

What can we learn from the archives of the 1980's, a time of political and cultural resistance globally? We look at the period and a project that commemorated its importance.

socially engaged practiseZayd MintyFebruary 8, 2018cape town, social justice, south africa, global south, art, apartheid, culture, cultural development, politics, community arts, cultural democracyComment

BLAC to the Future

Looking at the discourse building, culture initiative, BLAC, and its projects to further dialogue, publishing and advocacy in a divided Cape Town (1998-2003). How have things shifted since?