Where in the world are we? why and how to implement diversity in an art institution Network meeting WHY ON EARTH should we work with diversity and intercultural competences? Thursday 16 June 2011 DEN JYSKE OPERA WHAT DOES IT MEAN? What s behind the words? cultural diversity interculture intercultural competences audience development etc. Journalist Musician Age: 48 Mik Aidt Director Danish Centre for Arts & Interculture Images 20 years DCCD 6 years Djembe Magazine 16 years Danish Broadcasting Corporation 10 years Salaam Film & Dialogue 6 years freemuse.org 6 years interculture.dk 8 years dcai.dk + cki.dk 3 years 5,5 million Tue 11:16 June 7, 2011
3% 1980 5,5 million 2 011 2 011 1960 550,000 immigrants and decendants above the surface: debate in the media Gellerup 55% Vollsmose 66% Mjølnerparken 97% 550,000 citizens Not Danish enough Public lies We need to be inclusive This is important to understand Internationalization is a must Private truths Not here with us! Not next to me It s problematic It s disruptive
The Turks don t belong here Islam most warlike Send Muslims to Russian prisons The cartoonist should have been killed above the surface: debate in the media above the surface: debate in the media below the surface: reports, conventions, conferences, cultural life
Arts Council s Intercultural Consultancy Project Danish Centre for Arts & Interculture Artists union s Declaration about inclusion Report: Cultural diversity seen in relation to the Arts Council Anthology: The Peripheral Insider Perspectives on Contemporary Internationalism in Visual Culture The exhibition Minority Report Brændstof ( Fuel ) Report: Arts institutions contribution to a culturally diverse Denmark The conference 1+1=3 Images of the World Det Interkulturelle Netværk Nordisk Forum for Interkultur: Report about intercultural projects Norway: Mangfoldsår Sweden: Mångkulturår UNESCO s convention about cultural diversity Decibel British Arts Council Documenta 11 Nordisk Ministerråd: Redogörelse från arbetsgruppen för kulturell komplexitet och samexistens EU: Year of Intercultural Dialogue UNESCO s convention about cultural diversity UNESCOs konvention om beskyttelse og fremme af de kulturelle udtryksformers mangfoldighed INTERCULTURAL INTERKULTUR diversity cultural heritage mangfoldighed kulturarv immigrants other... than Danish The Danes ethnic ethnic Dane non-danish Danishness MULTICULTURAL minorities integration inclusion MONOCULTURAL mainstream indvandrere anden... end dansk etnisk ikke-dansk FLERKULTUR minoriteter integration inklusion danskere etnisk dansk dansk ENHEDSKULTUR mainstream Article 4 Definitions For the purposes of this Convention, it is understood that: Interculturality refers to the existence and equitable interaction of diverse cultures and the possibility of generating shared cultural expressions through dialogue and mutual respect. Artikel 4 - Definitioner I denne konvention forstås ved Interkulturalitet det forhold, at der findes og foregår et ligeværdigt samspil mellem forskellige kulturer, og at der er mulighed for at skabe fælles kulturelle udtryk gennem dialog og gensidig respekt. Article 4 - Definitions For the purposes of this Convention, it is understood that Cultural diversity comprises the many ways in which the cultures of groups and societies and the cultural heritage of humanity are manifested. These forms of expression are handed over within groups and societies and between them. Cultural diversity is manifested not only in the different ways in which mankind s cultural heritage is expressed, enriched and handed down through the various cultural expressions, but also regardless of the means and technologies used in the different forms of artistic creativity, production, transmission, distribution and use.
Artikel 4 - Definitioner I denne konvention forstås ved Kulturel mangfoldighed : De mange forskellige måder, hvorpå gruppers og samfunds kulturer kommer til udtryk. Disse udtryksformer overleveres internt i grupperne og samfundene og disse imellem. Kulturel mangfoldighed viser sig ikke kun i de forskellige måder, hvorpå menneskehedens kulturelle arv kommer til udtryk, beriges og overleveres i kraft af de forskellige kulturelle udtryksformer, men også - uanset hvilke midler og teknologier der anvendes - i de forskellige former for kunstnerisk kreativitet, produktion, formidling, udbredelse og anvendelse. 5,5 million people 25 artist unions 55,000 artists = 1 % 85 theatres 300 museums 75 largest concert venues yearly produce 10,000 concerts The Artists Gap 10% = 550,000 1% = 5,500 400 5,100? Danish Centre for Arts & Interculture Toolbox AUDIENCES Mindset Create ownership Ambassador-passport Festivals Outreach > outdoor Training the youth Genre crossing Compass for employees Use of language Out-of-the-box
the box Toolbox AUDIENCES Mindset ISOLATION INCLUSION IMMIGRANT ARTIST INTEGRATION MULTICULTURAL INTERCULTURAL WORLD MUSIC SEGMENTATION MUSIC MODERN YOUTH AUDIENCE Create ownership Ambassador-passport Festivals Outreach > outdoor Training the youth Genre crossing Compass for employees Use of language Out-of-the-box The Customer Customers Co-operators Kunder Medoplevere Disloyal shoppers Target groups Digital and superficial National storytelling Our expert presents... Disloyal of course! Individuals with interests Meaning Life storytelling Sharing of experiences De troløse shoppere Målgrupper Digitalt og overfladisk National fortælling Ekspertens valg fremvises Troløse naturligvis! Mennesker med interesser Mening Livsfortællinger Oplevelsesdeling AUDIENCES AUDIENCES How do you create involvement? Hvordan skaber man involvering? How do you create involvement? Hvordan skaber man involvering?
EMPLOYEES AUDIENCES ARTISTS AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT INTERCULTURAL COMPETENCES INTERCULTURAL COMPETENCES MODERNISATION MOVE WITH THE TIMES CHANGE-OVER TO THE PRESENT AUDIENCES RESISTANCE Tell me what I can do to relieve your suffering but just don t ask me to get off How do you measure your success? When it comes to groups, when it comes to institutions, when it comes to organisations of resources and power, it seems much more the case that people want to want to change rather than they want to change François Matarasso Sculpture: Jens Galschiøt RESISTANCE Tell me what I can do to relieve your suffering but just don t ask me to get off Artistic freedom swipes all. As the artists union we cannot put up demands that a director or a producer should use quotas or make artistic changes because of our equality goals Katja Holm Danish Actors Union Sculpture: Jens Galschiøt
Islam must be fought 1,500,000,000 Muslims The ethnic minorities don t stand a chance. They grew up with gold and glitter. And you see, that is something we will never get out of them! They are incredibly indoctrinated. They just can t figure out how to use the ethnic in a European way. I think it will take many generations. Pensioned teacher at the Danish School of Design De etniske minoriteter har meget få chancer [for at komme ind på Danmarks Designskole]. De bor anderledes, de klæder sig anderledes. De voksede op med guld og glimmer. Og forstår du, det får vi ikke ud af dem! Pensioneret lærer ved Danmarks Designskole De etniske minoriteter har meget få chancer [for at komme ind på Danmarks Designskole]. De bor anderledes, de klæder sig anderledes. De voksede op med guld og glimmer. Og forstår du, det får vi ikke ud af dem! Vi hælder jo meget mere til det finske design med rene linjer. Så når de sidder til en optagelsesprøve med en blyant og tegner mønstre på deres ting... De er vanvittigt indoktrineret. De kan ikke finde ud af at bruge det etniske på en europæisk måde. Jeg tror der skal mange generationer til. Pensioneret lærer ved Danmarks Designskole GLOBALISATION MOVE WITH THE TIMES MODERNISATION A CONDITION THREATENING PHENOMENA DISTURBING MOVE WITH THE TIMES MODERNISATION THREATENING PHENOMENA DISTURBING
MOVE WITH THE TIMES MODERNISATION THREATENING PHENOMENA DISTURBING 18 January 2011: WindMade an initiative leading to the first global consumer label identifying products and companies made with wind energy label campaign charter network
cultural diversity in the Danish cultural sector We commit ourselves to the following: To develop, within an agreed number of months after signing this charter, a strategy or series of objectives for cultural diversity including how and to what extent management and staff, production of cultural products, programming and audience composition shall seek to reflect the population's cultural diversity in relation to the geographic area the institution serves and launch initiatives to this end. cultural diversity in the Danish cultural sector WHY ON EARTH? cultural diversity in the Danish cultural sector RIGHTS PERSPECTIVE Artikel 22: Enhver har krav på, at de kulturelle rettigheder, der er uundværlige for vedkommendes værdighed og vedkommendes personligheds frie udvikling, gennemføres ved nationale foranstaltninger og internationalt samarbejde. Artikel 27: Enhver har ret til frit at deltage i samfundets kulturelle liv, til kunstnydelse og til at blive delagtiggjort i videnskabens fremskridt og dens goder. FNs Verdenserklæring om Menneskerettigheder Equality Global citizenship Fairness Consideration PLIGHT... PROTECTION PERSPECTIVE Den kulturelle mangfoldighed er en nødvendighed for menneskeheden, som biodiversitet er det for naturen. UNESCOs Universelle Verdenserklæring om Kulturel Mangfoldighed, vedtaget i 2001 REPRESENTATION PERSPECTIVE The 10 procent also pay tax and contribute to the finansing of the publically funded cultural life DUTY... Citizenship Equal share Inclusion SOCIETY PERSPECTIVE Change of atmosphere > Involvement > Social cohesion > Democracy FROM INCLINATION INNOVATION PERSPECTIVE Creativity > Growth SURVIVAL PERSPECTIVE Ticket sales > Secure the future Growth in innovation Among 27 EU-countries Denmark is third last. Only in Lithau and Cypern is doing worse. Introduktioner af organisatoriske innovationer: Introduktioner af nyt produkt eller procesinnovation: Kilde: European Innovation Scoreboard 2010 10,6 procent 4,4 procent Danske virksomheder, der har introduceret nye produkter eller services inden for de seneste tre år: 1 ud af 5
LYST ENGAGED We aim to engage and involve you Athelas Sinfonietta Copenhagen INNOVATIVE We open up the possibilities in theatre INTERNATIONAL We create new languages of theatre Athelas Sinfonietta Copenhagen Athelas Sinfonietta Copenhagen
Athelas Sinfonietta Copenhagen Action points! Where in the world are we? Ask questions. Seek inspiration. Imagine if... Vision Innovation Transformation - think out of the box! - applied creativity, stay ahead of the game - changes in your internal culture Idea development - seek the new Facilitation - midwife for projects Co-creation - audience: co-experience > co-creators INREACH OUTREACH Your journey into interculture is really a new one. I know that there is impatience in a sense that this is problematic, and it feels threatening to a lot a people Howard Ross, USA Howard Ross, USA
Your journey into interculture is really a new one. I know that there is impatience in a sense that this is problematic, and it feels threatening to a lot a people But I think that if you stick with the vision of a society in which people really value and honour each other, in which there is equity and fairness, then you will eventually get there. The inexorable flow of history is towards greater freedom and equity ever since the Magna Carter written in 1215. cultural diversity in the Danish cultural sector Citizenship Equal share Inclusion Equality Fairness Consideration PLIGHT... DUTY... Howard Ross, USA cultural diversity in the Danish cultural sector Citizenship Equal share Inclusion Equality Fairness Consideration FROM INCLINATION FROM INCLINATION If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange these apples then you and I will still each have one apple. But if you have an idea and I have an idea and we exchange these ideas then each of us will have two ideas. George Bernard Shaw 1925 Nobel Prize for Literature If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange these apples then you and I will still each have one apple. If you have certain knowledge and I have certain knowledge and we exchange our knowledge then each of us will have increased our knowledge. The labels are not important. It is the knowledge within them which is important!
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