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  • Soul of our Soul

    Soul of our Soul

    Solidarity, struggle & Palestinian Liberation

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    7 Aug 2024 admin
  • The Olive Trees Resist

    The Olive Trees Resist

    Tower Hamlets food justice activists stand in solidarity with the cause of Palestinian liberation.

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    17 Nov 2023 admin
  • Tate’s BP decision: What should Tate have done differently?

    Tate’s BP decision: What should Tate have done differently?

    David Carrington explains why arts organisations seeking commercial support could learn important lessons from the way Tate conducts itself as revealed through the recent BP sponsorship Freedom of Information case. David is an independent consultant and governance adviser. This article is part of ‘Mind the Gap: expert evaluations of Tate’s ethical decision-making over BP‘. For…

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    10 Jun 2015 anna
  • Tate’s BP decision: Climate, ethics, and reputation-management

    Tate’s BP decision: Climate, ethics, and reputation-management

    by Bridget McKenzie Bridget McKenzie is a cultural learning consultant and director of Flow UK. Previously she was head of learning at the British Library for five years, and was Education Officer for Tate. This article is part of ‘Mind the Gap: expert evaluations of Tate’s ethical decision-making over BP’. For more expert comment and…

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    10 Jun 2015 anna
  • Tate’s BP decision: Ethics, transparency, law and process

    Tate’s BP decision: Ethics, transparency, law and process

    Assessment of minutes and processes of the Tate Ethics Committee based on documents obtained through Freedom of Information Act requests. By Tim Crook, Head of Media Law & Ethics and Radio in the department of Media & Communications, Goldsmiths, University of London. Holding the appointment of Reader in Media and Communication at Goldsmiths and Visiting…

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    10 Jun 2015 anna
  • العنف المصاحب لتغيّر المناخ في مصر

    العنف المصاحب لتغيّر المناخ في مصر

    ميكا مينيو بالويللو في خضم الحركات الثورية في السنوات الأخيرة، ليس من السهل ألا نلاحظ أن تغير المناخ قد بدأ يغير الشرق الأوسط وشمال أفريقيا ،حيث نعيش، تغييراً جذرياً. هذا التحول التدريجي، الذي يصعب تجنبه، يهدد بنزوح الملايين من البشر، إن لم يكن عشرات الملايين، و بتغيير شكل المنطقة بشكل قد يصعب التعرف عليها. و…

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    29 Apr 2015 admin
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  • Take the Money and Run? How arts fundraising shapes the future

    Take the Money and Run? How arts fundraising shapes the future

    Article by Anna Galkina published in Dance UK magazine, March 2015. On a hot summer evening in July 2011, as the crowd in Trafalgar Square was settling down to enjoy a Royal Opera House production of Cinderella, a ballet dancer dressed as the White Swan appeared in front of the BP Big Screen. As she…

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    23 Mar 2015 anna
  • Take the Money and Run? a response to an event about ethics, funding and art by Mary Paterson

    Take the Money and Run? a response to an event about ethics, funding and art by Mary Paterson

    Take The Money And Run? was an event about ethics, funding and art that took place at Toynbee Studios, London on January 29, 2015. Attended by over 200 people, it was a day of presentations and discussion hosted by three organisations, Live Art Development Agency, Artsadmin, Home Live Art and produced in collaboration with Platform. We commissioned Mary Paterson…

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    12 Mar 2015 anna
  • Fueling Culture: Arts

    Fueling Culture: Arts

    This is a draft paper due to appear in Fueling Culture: Politics, History, Energy (forthcoming). Imre Szeman, ed. New York: Fordham University Press. By Mika Minio-Paluello and Anna Galkina We need to de-fossilize our energy systems in the immediate future. To anyone paying attention, this is obvious. That requires shifting away from oil, coal and…

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    9 Feb 2015 anna

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