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[ecrea] Media and Politics Research Seminar: Accessing Spaces of Culture: Young People, Culture and Policy in the UK @University of Liverpool

Thu Dec 10 17:34:15 GMT 2009



The Media and Politics Research Group at the University of Liverpool is pleased to announce their final research seminar for this year, taking place on Tuesday, 15 December, 4.45pm-6pm, Roxby Building, Seminar Room 202 (tea/coffee at 4.45pm, seminar starts at 5pm). All welcome!

Dr Siân Lincoln, Liverpool John Moores University
Accessing Spaces of Culture: Young People, Culture and Policy in the UK

In August 2008, the Education, Audiovisual and Culture Agency, in cooperation with the European Commission funded the Interarts Foundation, Barcelona to conduct a European study on the Access of Young People to Culture. The aim of the study, designed under call no. EACEA72008/01 and in the context of the Action 5 of the Youth in Action Program (2007-2013) that promotes a better understanding and knowledge of the field of culture, was to comprehensively evaluate the European field as regards the access of young people to culture and cultural life through analyses of existing national practices. The aim was to map the European landscape of opportunities and obstacles to access and participation of young people in culture as well as to consider the impact of such access. In this paper I discuss some of the key findings from the UK report. Specifically I consider the ?place? of culture and access for young people as part of wider national frameworks such as Every Child Matters: A Change for Children (2005) Aiming Higher for Young People (2007) and the Find your Talent Scheme (2008) and consider how ?access to culture? fits in with other government priorities such as health, education and creativity. I also consider how cultural organisations are responding to such frameworks and importantly, the various obstacles that often make young people participating in cultural activities a challenge.

Please visit the website <http://www.liv.ac.uk/communication-and-media/mediapol.htm>http://www.liv.ac.uk/communication-and-media/mediapol.htm for more details. If you are interested in the series and would like more information, or would like to be included on the mailing list, please email the organisers: Dr Katia Balabanova (<mailto:(e.balabanova /at/ liv.ac.uk)>(e.balabanova /at/ liv.ac.uk)) or Ms Katy Parry (<mailto:(katy.parry /at/ liv.ac.uk)>(katy.parry /at/ liv.ac.uk))


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Dr Katia Balabanova
Lecturer in Political Communication
Department of Communication and Media?
Roxby Building
University of Liverpool
Liverpool
L69 7ZT
UK
tel +44 151 794 2656
fax +44 151 794 3948
e-mail: (e.balabanova /at/ liv.ac.uk)
www.liverpool.ac.uk/polcomm



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