The latest SDC reflection paper examines challenges and opportunities of innovation and digitalisation in the cultural sector, provides context to the COVID-19 crisis as well as to current global challenges, and highlights examples of SDC's work on culture and development from different countries. The paper was written by Ana Letunic, cultural policy expert and performing arts curator, together with SDC colleagues in the field of culture and development.
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The paper reflects on the challenges but also the importance of evaluating cultural projects, as well as possible ways forward. The reflection paper “The Culture of Evaluation” is written by the author François Matarasso with input from the Community of Practice Culture Matters.
The COVID-19 pandemic is leaving its mark. The Culture and Development Team has commissioned the cultural activist François Matarasso to prepare two further reflection papers that take up valuable thoughts, action directions and discussion points inherent in or emerging from the crisis for the field of culture and development. Reflection Papers on Culture and Development
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This collection of ten reflection papers describes the importance of culture in several fields of development cooperation and reflects culture as a contribution to many different work areas within the SDC. The reflection papers are written by the author François Matarasso with input from the Community of Practice Culture Matters.
Reflection Papers on Culture and Development
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NR. 4 / DEZEMBER 2020 – Das DEZA-Magazin für Entwicklung und Zusammenarbeit.
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More articles on culture and development published in SDC's One World magazine
This SDC culture and development policy paper presents a framework for understanding the multiple links between culture and development and for including them as a factor in all of the SDC's development work. 2016SDC Culture and Development PolicyDownload (PDF, 3470 KB): [en] [fr] [es] [de] Flyer SDC Culture and Development Policy - an overviewDownload (PDF, 378 KB): [en] [fr] [it] [es] [de]