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New geographies of culture are new, emerging cultural practices. What are these new cultural practices today, particularly in this part of Europe (former Yugoslav countries – a geo-political mixture of “privileged” EU member, almost-members, and those seen only as potential members)? Is there something we can refer to as “European culture” and how can we critically discuss this notion? Where are the most powerful social potentials of culture? Are they in the market / economy? In preservation of strong symbolic position of culture in national (or even European) identity building? Or are they somewhere else – in the place where culture provokes and produces critical citizenship? What’s the position of culture in public policies on different levels (local, national, regional, European)? What is necessary to take into consideration in concrete policy developments? What are the needs and recommendations coming from the ground, from daily cultural practices?

Take your part in three days of interesting speeches (lectures), intensive discussions, info and working sessions that will gather various different figures on the cultural map. Valuable inputs of cultural operators, advocacy groups and initiatives, decision makers, experts, scholars and other public figures, as well as their critical views will enable us to put these issues on public agenda, to communicate them with the professional community, and finally to draft recommendations for decision makers. Your input matters as well.