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Social Capital and Innovation in London, Festival Edition

by Brian on 12-24-2008

in civics,economics,london

Continued from Social and Creative Capital in London, Orchestra Edition. I meant to address the issue of Rib-Fest and the future of festivals in London but I had to cut that one off: I ended up spending a lot more time talking about the arts than I meant to. I wasn’t going to write anything tonight [...]

Tagged as: barack obama, blogging, collaboration, community, creative city, creativity, gardening, innovation, insight, london, social capital, summer festivals

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Social and Creative Capital in London, Orchestra Edition

by Brian on 12-22-2008

in art,civics,london

I’m happy to see a lot of concentrated discussion around London about issues I actually know something about. In the past week we saw Orchestra London successfully appeal for financial support from the city, and we heard news that Ribfest might be cooked. Now I know next to nothing in terms of background specifics about either of [...]

Tagged as: arts funding, civic institutions, classical music, creative capital, creative city, creative class, creativity, elgar concerto, glenn gould, london, music, orchestra london, performing arts, social capital, sociology

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