[Reader-list] Call for Paper | Artepolis II | 8-10 August 2008 | Bandung - Indonesia

[Gustaff Harriman Iskandar]

Building on the success of the first Arte-Polis in 2006, Institute of Technology Bandung (ITB) is pleased to present  Arte-Polis 2,  an international conference and workshop with the theme  “Creative Communities and the Making of Place: Sharing Creative Experiences”  to take place from 8-10 August 2008 in Bandung, Indonesia. This event is organized jointly by ITB's  School of Architecture, Planning and Policy Development,  School of Business and Management,  Research Center for Fine Arts and Design,  and  Research Center for Information and Communication Technology,  in collaboration with the Center for Urban Design Studies in Bandung.
 
 The aim of Arte-Polis 2  is to bring together academics, community leaders, local governments, policy-makers and professionals from different regions of the world concerned with the quality of life and livelihood of creative communities in both urban and rural settings. Participants are expected from a diverse range of disciplines, including architecture and planning, business and management, cultural and development studies, design and visual arts, economics, geography, information and communication technology, and others. Its objective is to share international experiences and knowledge regarding current issues, best practices and policy implications on the relationship between creative communities and place-making.
 
 This International Conference will critically debate and discuss the
 following issues :
 
 (1) How and to what extent does the creative economy influence community development?
 (2) How does this phenomenon differ in the cultural and economic contexts of cities in developing countries from those of developed countries? 
 (3) How can creative industries be managed, planned and designed to improve the quality of places for their communities?
 
 The two-day International Conference on Friday and Saturday, 8 and 9 August 2008 will critically address the theme “Creative Communities and the Making of Place” through a number of diverse topics, such as, but not limited to:
 - Creative economy clusters and human settlements development
 - Design and planning of public spaces for creative expression
 - Creative leadership, entrepreneurship and management
 - Financing creative ventures, organizations and partnerships
 - Creative design innovation and access to global markets
 - Craft communities empowerment and public-private initiatives
 - Creative converters of information technology in global communities
 - Virtual communities and the challenges of digital divide
 - Creative industries and implication on spatial planning policies
 - Institutional capacity building for creative governance
 - Theoretical discourses on creativity, community and place
 - Education and training for creativity, design and entrepreneurship
 
 More information please visit: http://www.ar.itb.ac.id/artepolis2/
 

Gustaff H. Iskandar
Bandung Center for New Media Arts/Common Room Networks Foundation
 http://commonroom.info/
http://projektheterologia.wordpress.com/
 

       
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