Real Creativity in Rio de Janeiro: The Power of Bottom-Up Practices for Development

In what ways do temporary, bottom up, urban interventions, birth alternative spaces of cultural production and socialization? The case of the Realengo Flyover Cultural Centre in Rio De Janeiro.

cultural infrastructureZayd MintyMay 2, 2019Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, city, urban, cultural development, cultural space, cultural centers, culture, arts, hip-hop, temporary, informalityComment

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

The Community Arts Centre as a Fireplace

Revaluing Community Arts Centres in South Africa as convivial spaces of learning, sharing, creative expression and identity formulation.

cultural infrastructure, cultural policyZayd MintyApril 5, 2018cultural centers, cultural space, cultural diversity, cultural policy, cultural development, culture, cultural democracy, arts, arts centres, arts spacesComment

Cape Town's Cultural Policy 2014: A Plan Frustrated?

Telling the story of the development of the Arts, Culture and Creative Industries Policy 2014 - the only existing municipal cultural policy in Africa.

cultural policyZayd MintyMarch 15, 2018cape town, arts, culture, cultural centers, cultural policy, cultural planningComment

The People's Cultural Policy

Africa's first local cultural policy was an exercise in participatory planning, drawing on the optimism of cultural bodies in Cape Town, who had been denied access previously to use their voice.

cultural policyZayd MintyMarch 1, 2018cape town, cultural diversity, cultural policy, arts, global south, heritage, culture, cultural centers, south africa, africaComment

Cultural Space Making and South African Cities

Drawing on two Cape Town case studies, we look at how municipalities could support its communities and the arts by providing "cultural spaces".

cultural infrastructureZayd MintyNovember 23, 2017cape town, global south, south africa, cultural policy, cultural development, culture, cultural space, cultural centers, arts spaces, arts centres, art, community, architecture Comments

Homage to a Cultural Space in Durban

Cultural spaces, are convivial and inspiring environments for sharing, inspiring and growing. This homage to an '80s space in Durban, South Africa recounts what makes them work.

cultural infrastructureZayd MintyNovember 16, 2017Durban, global south, cultural centers, culture, arts, arts spaces, music, visual arts, south africa Comment

The Cultural District in Newtown, Johannesburg

The cultural district project in Newtown, Johannesburg is a 41 year old initiative which started as an organic cultural cluster, before it was taken over by local government.

cultural infrastructureZayd MintyOctober 26, 2017johannesburg, cultural centers, culture, art, creativity, cultural policy, cultural development, social justice, cultural space, cultural district, heritage, cultural planning, city, urban, newtown, cultural clusterComment

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