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Alice Borchi

@aliceborchi.bsky.social
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Lecturer in Cultural Policy & Commons at PCI, University of Leeds. How to pronounce my surname:🐗-🔑. Views my own. She/her

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Centre for Cultural Value @valuingculture.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Drawing on findings from the Culture in Crisis research project, @johnwrightart.bsky.social & @aliceborchi.bsky.social explore how festival organisers found new ways to share knowledge, create experiences, support one another and sustain a collective identity. culturehive.co.uk/CVIresources...
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How commoning practices became commonplace during the COVID-19 pandemic - CultureHive
During the COVID-19 pandemic, festivals faced a major challenge: how could they create meaningful shared experiences when people could no longer gather? Moving online was often described as a practica...
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Centre for Cultural Value @valuingculture.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
What might the experience of Italian opera houses tell us about the wider relationship between cultural policy, investment and cultural vitality? In this article, @aliceborchi.bsky.social & Carlo Alberto Petruzzi examine the challenges facing Italian opera. www.culturalvalue.org.uk/beyond-the-b...
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Beyond the bailout: What Italian opera houses reveal about cultural policy - Centre for Cultural Value
What might the experience of Italian opera houses tell us about the wider relationship between cultural policy, investment and cultural vitality?
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Alice Borchi @aliceborchi.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
📖 Online book launch: Commoning Cultural Value: Building Hope and Resistance in Neoliberal Times Wednesday 30 September 2026, 16:30 – 18:00 UK time I will be in conversation with Eleonora Belfiore and Francesca Sabatini (and I'm looking forward to this!) Book here: ahc.leeds.ac.uk/performance/...
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Commoning Cultural Value: Building Hope and Resistance in Neoliberal Times - Online Book Launch
You are warmly invited to the book launch of Commoning Cultural Value: Building Hope and Resistance in Neoliberal Times.
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Alice Borchi @aliceborchi.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
A Participation Research Group public event - On June 16th, Adriana Facina, Silvia Capanema, Julia Evangelista, Abel Luiz and I will have a conversation on hope, arts and culture. There will be some presentations, an open discussion, and some music too! openup.leeds.ac.uk/events/the-f...
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The fireflies: art, culture and hope in disenfranchised spaces – a Participation Research Group event
This event is organised by the Participation Research Group at the School of Performance and...
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Pekka Väyrynen @vayrynen.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
📣MA funding at @leedsprhs.bsky.social!📣 My School has some Masters scholarships for Philosophy students. University of Leeds offers many further opportunities, inc. 500 scholarships to support eligible international students. Please spread the word! #philosophy ahc.leeds.ac.uk/philosophy/n...
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MA Funding in the School of Philosophy, Religion and History of Science
The School is pleased to announce that it has several funding opportunities available for taught Masters students for 2026-27 entry, in addition to the many offered by the University more generally.
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Danielle Terrazas Williams @drdanielletw.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Postdoc Opportunity!
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Alice Borchi @aliceborchi.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Some news: my monograph "Commoning cultural value" is coming out this Spring as part of the "New Directions in Cultural Policy Research" series! link.springer.com/book/9783032...
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Commoning cultural value
Formalizes a commons-oriented framework for the formation of cultural value as a way to oppose current neoliberal understandings of the value of culture
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Alice Borchi @aliceborchi.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Some news: my monograph "Commoning cultural value" is coming out this Spring as part of the "New Directions in Cultural Policy Research" series! link.springer.com/book/9783032...
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Commoning cultural value
Formalizes a commons-oriented framework for the formation of cultural value as a way to oppose current neoliberal understandings of the value of culture
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Duncan Bell @duncanbell.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
POST-DOC! 3-year job in history of political thought / visual culture / art history Department of Politics & International Studies University of Cambridge @thecambridgeschool.bsky.social www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/54724/
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Research Associate (Fixed Term) - Job Opportunities - University of Cambridge
Research Associate (Fixed Term) in the Department of Politics and International Studies at the University of Cambridge.
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Jeremy Gilbert @jemgilbert.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Fun and Games - call for papers for a special issue of @newformations.bsky.social on games, gamification, game culture etc: jeremygilbertwriting.wordpress.com/2026/02/17/f...
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Fun & Games: Call for Papers for a special issue of New Formations
Fun and Games  Call for papers for a special issue of New Formation: a Journal of Culture / Theory / Politics ( New Formations is a peer-reviewed scholarly journal that has been publ…
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Emilie K. M. Murphy @emiliekmmurphy.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
🚨Job klaxon 🚨 Come and be my colleague at York! We're looking for an Associate Lecturer in Modern British History and Public History. Two year post - apply by 19 March. 🗃️ More details here www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQO971/a...
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Associate Lecturer (Modern British & Public History) at University of York
Explore an exciting academic career as a Associate Lecturer (Modern British & Public History). Don't miss out on other academic jobs. Click to apply and explore more opportunities.
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Alice Borchi @aliceborchi.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Submit your paper to one of the RSA 2026 open sessions (spot the one on the commons!): www.regionalstudies.org/news/2026-rs...!
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2026 RSA Annual Conference Submitted Open Sessions - RSA Main
As part of the 2026 RSA Annual Conference, a range of submitted open Sessions will be held throughout the academic programme. Click here to submit your abstract. When submitting, please ensure you sel...
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School of Languages, Cultures and Societies, University of Leeds @lcsleeds.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Job Alert‼️We are hiring in interpreting and translation @ctilsleeds.bsky.social @lcsleeds.bsky.social Looking for an experienced colleague at grade 8. Deadline is 25th February. Join our fabulous team! jobs.leeds.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
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Job Opportunity at University of Leeds: Lecturer in Interpreting and Translation Studies
Are you an academic with proven abilities to carry out cutting-edge teaching and research in Interpreting Studies? We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic and motivated individual with research and ...
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Alice Borchi @aliceborchi.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Submit your paper to one of the RSA 2026 open sessions (spot the one on the commons!): www.regionalstudies.org/news/2026-rs...!
regionalstudies.org
2026 RSA Annual Conference Submitted Open Sessions - RSA Main
As part of the 2026 RSA Annual Conference, a range of submitted open Sessions will be held throughout the academic programme. Click here to submit your abstract. When submitting, please ensure you sel...
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Mark Taylor @markrt.co.uk · 23/01/2026
work with me and @drdaveobrien.bsky.social as part of @creativepec.bsky.social! we're recruiting a postdoc to work on the arts, culture and heritage sectors using quantitative methods. please share, please feel free to email me directly with any Qs! jobsite.sheffield.ac.uk/job/Sheffiel...
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Research Associate in Creative Industries (Quantitative)
Research Associate in Creative Industries (Quantitative)
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Katrina Navickas @katrinanavickas.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Pleased to be doing the northern leg of my book launch at @wcmlibrary.bsky.social with Isaac Rose and the Greater Manchester Tenants' Union on 26 Feb. Northerners, book now!
Book launch 26 Feb 2026 working class movement library
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Alice Borchi @aliceborchi.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
New paper by @johnwrightart.bsky.social and me: Landscapes and Cyberscapes of the Commons: Scottish Festivals in the Pandemic and Beyond thecommonsjournal.org/articles/10....
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Landscapes and Cyberscapes of the Commons: Scottish Festivals in the Pandemic and Beyond | International Journal of the Commons
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Alice Borchi @aliceborchi.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
New paper by @johnwrightart.bsky.social and me: Landscapes and Cyberscapes of the Commons: Scottish Festivals in the Pandemic and Beyond thecommonsjournal.org/articles/10....
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Landscapes and Cyberscapes of the Commons: Scottish Festivals in the Pandemic and Beyond | International Journal of the Commons
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UCL Press @uclpress.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Congratulations to Helen Graham! Her #OpenAccess book Deconstituting Museums published today. Read and download free at: bit.ly/411oeiG #Museums #Heritage #ParticipatoryResearch
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Deconstituting Museums
Over the past 30 years, museums have turned to participation in the hope that direct involvement of non-museum staff would serve their claims to be accessible, inclusive, representative and diverse. A...
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Alice Borchi @aliceborchi.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
It looks like I will have some capacity for PhD and visiting PhD supervision from next year; if you're interested in researching the cultural commons, cultural value and cultural policy, or know someone who does, get in touch!
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Alice Borchi @aliceborchi.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
Funded PhD opportunities thread! 1) Creative Bridges: Are you passionate about shaping the future of the screen industries? Applications are now open for Creative Bridges CDT, an AHRC-funded doctoral training programme from the University of Leeds and University of Warwick. creativebridges-cdt.ac.uk
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Creative Bridges – Connecting Diversity and Sustainability for UK Screen Industries
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Alice Borchi @aliceborchi.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
Funded PhD opportunities thread! 1) Creative Bridges: Are you passionate about shaping the future of the screen industries? Applications are now open for Creative Bridges CDT, an AHRC-funded doctoral training programme from the University of Leeds and University of Warwick. creativebridges-cdt.ac.uk
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Creative Bridges – Connecting Diversity and Sustainability for UK Screen Industries
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 01/11/2025
Lost grave of daughter of Black abolitionist Olaudah Equiano found by A-level student
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Lost grave of daughter of Black abolitionist Olaudah Equiano found by A-level student
Fitzwilliam Museum has uncovered student’s work from 1977 that revealed Cambridgeshire location of child’s burial place An A-level pupil found the lost grave of the Black abolitionist Olaudah Equiano’s daughter, revealing a story of love and solidarity in 18th-century rural England. Olaudah Equiano (1745-1797), also known as Gustavus Vassa, escaped enslavement to become a celebrated author and campaigner in Georgian England. His memoir, The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African, was a bestseller. Continue reading...
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Prof. Pam Birtill @diervilla.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Come and work with us! We have two grade 8 teaching and research lectureships in Psychology at University of Leeds. Its a great department, in a great University, in one of the best cities in the UK. jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx... Closing date 9th November, get in touch if you have any questions!
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Job Opportunity at University of Leeds: Lecturer (Teaching and Research) in Psychology
Are you passionate about furthering your research career in a research-intensive Russell Group University? Are you committed to delivering a first class learning and teaching experience? The School is...
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Mark Taylor @markrt.co.uk · 10/10/2025
funded quants x cultural policy x sociology PhDs don’t come up very often. this looks great! please circulate!
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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.
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Helen Graham @helengraham.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
I'd had quite a bit of trouble working out why facilitating participation in museums was tricky so I wrote a book about it. @uclpress.bsky.social @fahacs.bsky.social
The front cover of a book. The title reads Deconstituting Museums: Participation's Affective Work. The image is of old rope, enwtined for strength but now fraying.The image is primarily text. The text reads: 

Over the past 30 years, museums have turned to participation in the hope that direct involvement of non-museum staff would serve their claims to be accessible, inclusive, representative and diverse. And yet, adding participation to museums has often generated conflict, disappointment and anger.

Deconstituting Museums argues that the difficulties produced by adding participatory practice arise from political incompatibility. In the representational liberal logics that underpin museum decision-making, trustees and professionals make decisions ‘on behalf of’ future generations and the public. This is a political infrastructure the book names ‘museum constitution’. Conversely, participation arises from ideas and practices from direct and horizontal political traditions, drawing those who act as facilitators into new relationships and expanding political imaginations.

Through sustained engagement with theories of affect, materialism, and feminist and decolonial praxis, Helen Graham identifies techniques for deconstituting museums. She uses experimental writing as a method to turn away from the desire to right institutional wrongs and towards relational and directly negotiated ways of organising. In doing so she locates participation not as engagement but as a mode of governance that is enabled by, and enables, variant political ontologies. This is an alternative named ‘participatory worlding’. The affective work of facilitating participation has long tugged at and frayed museums’ constitutional liberal logics. Deconstituting Museums envisages how participation and its affects might be activated in reworking the politics of heritage.
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Sandeep Bakshi @sandeepbak.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
The Department of Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations in the Faculty of Arts and Science at the University of Toronto invites applications for a full-time tenure stream position in Palestinian Literature and Culture. Please relay widely. jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...
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Associate Professor or Professor - Palestinian Literature and Culture
Associate Professor or Professor - Palestinian Literature and Culture
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Alice Borchi @aliceborchi.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
New paper with Matina Magkou and Maud Pélissier! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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The rise of the commons, cultural spaces and policy in Southern Europe: why did this happen and why do we care?
Having long symbolised the inefficiency of shared ownership, the commons are re-emerging as an effective principle of social and cultural struggle against neoliberalism. The commons are also at the...
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Alice Borchi @aliceborchi.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
New paper with Matina Magkou and Maud Pélissier! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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The rise of the commons, cultural spaces and policy in Southern Europe: why did this happen and why do we care?
Having long symbolised the inefficiency of shared ownership, the commons are re-emerging as an effective principle of social and cultural struggle against neoliberalism. The commons are also at the...
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Centre for Cultural Value @valuingculture.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
As the summer tourism season gets underway, we spotlight this think piece by @aliceborchi.bsky.social‬ & Carlo Alberto Petruzzi, highlighting recent events in Florence, a city caught between the pressures of mass tourism and preserving its cultural identity. www.culturalvalue.org.uk/the-curious-...
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Mass tourism, heritage, music, and debt: the curious case of opera and urban planning in Florence - Centre for Cultural Value
Researchers Alice Borchi and Carlo Alberto Petruzzi examine recent events in Florence, a city caught between the pressures of mass tourism and the need to preserve its cultural identity.
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Prof. Elaine Chalus @profelainechalus.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Teaching Fellow in Religious Studies University of Leeds - School of Philosophy, Religion and History of Science #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNJ296/t...
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Teaching Fellow in Religious Studies at University of Leeds
Apply for the Teaching Fellow in Religious Studies role on jobs.ac.uk, the top job board for academic positions in higher education. View details and apply now.
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Alice Borchi @aliceborchi.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
The Participation Research Group at PCI invites you to a panel discussion on art and participation in difficult times: 'Participatory Arts in a Time of Political Crisis: Provocations and Reflections' Banham Theatre, Leeds, Thu 26th June 2025 2:00PM www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/lee...
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Dr Sarah Feinstein @1000plateaus.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
Lecturer in Photography Permanent, Part Time “A key part of your role will be helping students define their creative voice, build relationships with brands &industry partners…understand how image-making works in the context of the creative sector.” #AcademicJobs www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNF254/l...
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Lecturer in Photography at University of the Arts London, London College of Communication
An academic position as a Lecturer in Photography is being advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Click now to find more details and explore additional academic job opportunities.
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Alice Borchi @aliceborchi.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
CFP reminder: Commons and commoning in/for cultural production,Athens, Greece, 4-5 September 2025 Deadline June 30th glammons.eu/2025/02/25/c...
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Call for contributions – Conference – 25/02/2025 – GLAMMONS
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Peter Whitewood @pwhitewood.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
And two Research Fellow posts at the University of Leeds on the 4-year project ‘The Soviet Union, the WHO and Global Health, 1957-91’, which looks superb. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNE369/r...
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Research Fellow in Global Health History x2 at University of Leeds
Looking for a new job opportunity in academia? Check out this job opening for a Research Fellow in Global Health History x2 on jobs.ac.uk!
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Alice Borchi @aliceborchi.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
CFP reminder: Commons and commoning in/for cultural production,Athens, Greece, 4-5 September 2025 Deadline June 30th glammons.eu/2025/02/25/c...
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Call for contributions – Conference – 25/02/2025 – GLAMMONS
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Dr Dyi D. Huijg @drdyidhuijg.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
STATEMENT: 'Not In Our Name: Feminist Academics and Educators Speak Out Against Transphobia' Read the statement online here: tinyurl.com/mud7va29 Co-sign the statement, fill in this form: forms.gle/oDYgnobrMiSc...
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Not In Our Name: Feminist Academics and Educators Speak Out Against Transphobia
We call on all trans-inclusive feminist academics and educators to sign this statement: ‘Not In Our Name’ We are non-trans feminist academics and educators. We write in support of trans rights, tran...
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Prof Dave O'Brien @drdaveobrien.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
👇👇👇👇👇👇
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Leila Jancovich @leilajancovich.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Sharing new(ish) article by Dr Victoria Durrer UCD and me www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... PLEASE NOTE If you don't have institutional log in first 50 downloads free but please leave for those who need them www.tandfonline.com/eprint/IUERY... Thanks and feedback welcome
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Negotiating between national and local policy on participation: local authority arts offices in Ireland
Focusing on the participation agenda, this paper explores the definitions, negotiations and implementation of cultural policy at the intersection of national policy aims and local level strategy. R...
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Alice Borchi @aliceborchi.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
I forgot to add - the deadline is June 30th!
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Alice Borchi @aliceborchi.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
CFP! GLAMMONS Conference: Commons and commoning in/for cultural production, 4-5 September 2025, Romantso, Athens, Greece. See you there? glammons.eu/2025/02/25/c...
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Call for contributions – Conference – 25/02/2025 – GLAMMONS
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Alice Borchi @aliceborchi.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Abstract vs actual paper
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Dr Sarah Feinstein @1000plateaus.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Thanks for a great lecture this morning @dotfinan.bsky.social in @aliceborchi.bsky.social module on researching the global cultural industries. We had a very interesting conversation in seminar about the different domains of research ethics and where researcher integrity fits in.
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a man and a woman are dancing in an office and the man says let 's get ethical ! ethical !
Alt: a man and a woman are dancing in an office and the man says let 's get ethical ! ethical !
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Alice Borchi @aliceborchi.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
@1000plateaus.bsky.social 's lecture on repatriation was such a high point in the module - it was great to have someone who has first-hand experience of these processes and a nuanced understanding of the power relations that shape them!
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Prof Dave O'Brien @drdaveobrien.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
AND new @creativepec.bsky.social report dropped today too, with ind with analysis of the employer skills survey and detailed policy recommendations too pec.ac.uk/state_of_the...
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Skills Mismatches in the UK's Creative Industries - Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre
Read the latest State of the Nations research report on the skills mismatch in the creative industries produced by Work Advance.
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Alice Borchi @aliceborchi.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
A short think piece co-authored by Carlo Alberto Petruzzi and me for @valuingculture.bsky.social 's blog: "The curious case of opera and urban planning in Florence" www.culturalvalue.org.uk/the-curious-...
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Mass tourism, heritage, music, and debt: the curious case of opera and urban planning in Florence - Centre for Cultural Value
Researchers Alice Borchi and Carlo Alberto Petruzzi examine recent events in Florence, a city caught between the pressures of mass tourism and the need to preserve its cultural identity.
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Centre for Cultural Value @valuingculture.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
In this think piece, researchers @aliceborchi.bsky.social and Carlo Alberto Petruzzi shine the spotlight on recent events in Florence, a city caught between the pressures of mass tourism and the need to preserve its cultural identity. www.culturalvalue.org.uk/the-curious-...
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Mass tourism, heritage, music, and debt: the curious case of opera and urban planning in Florence - Centre for Cultural Value
Researchers Alice Borchi and Carlo Alberto Petruzzi examine recent events in Florence, a city caught between the pressures of mass tourism and the need to preserve its cultural identity.
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Alice Borchi @aliceborchi.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
A short think piece co-authored by Carlo Alberto Petruzzi and me for @valuingculture.bsky.social 's blog: "The curious case of opera and urban planning in Florence" www.culturalvalue.org.uk/the-curious-...
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Mass tourism, heritage, music, and debt: the curious case of opera and urban planning in Florence - Centre for Cultural Value
Researchers Alice Borchi and Carlo Alberto Petruzzi examine recent events in Florence, a city caught between the pressures of mass tourism and the need to preserve its cultural identity.
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Alice Borchi @aliceborchi.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Two postdocs positions in cultural policy studies! employment.ku.dk/all-vacancie...
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Two postdoctoral positions in cultural policy research at the Faculty of Humanities, University of Copenhagen
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