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Visual and Cultural Research Centre "Euro-Balkan" Institute
OHRID SUMMER UNIVERSITY 2008 - "Global Economy and Creative Industries"

CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
http://www.euba.org.mk/eng/sub.asp?id=519&kat=78

The goal of the summer school " Global Economy and Creative Industries "
is to put forward some important issues about the economic development of
South East Europe during the era of transition, by merging together the
economic and cultural domains of life. While in the previous centralised
economic system, art and culture were seen as fields necessarily isolated
from any commercial value and always supported by the state, today culture
needs to be seen as a business on its own. The potential of creative
sector to contribute to the growth and development of transitional
economies has been increasingly recognised. Creative industries are
activities that have their origin in individual creativity, skill and
talent and have a potential for wealth and job creation.
Thematic Framework: Creative industries encompass major segments
including: art products; visual arts; design, architecture, crafts,
performing arts, film and audiovisual arts, literature, books and
publishing, software, computer games, television and radio, music, fashion
design, museums and galleries, as well as cultural tourism and cultural
heritage. The genesis of economic value comes from an individual's
inspiration and, in turn, the reputation that he or she gains for his or
her creative talent.

Since the cultural products are information-based, the rapid advance of
digital technologies and the globalisation of communications networks have
made the cultural sector one of the fastest-growing in the world. Many of
today's most successful companies are broadcasters, publishers,
entertainers and games designers, and they are growing fast.

The participants will be encouraged to collaborate in teams towards the
development of innovative academic agendas about creative industries, as
novel academic field in Macedonia. Also, the participants will be
encouraged to combine their forces to smooth the acceptance of this novel
approach toward the economy in various segments of the education and
government.

Format: Introductory lectures, seminars, workshops and debates, aiming to
ask the key questions that arise from the creative industries:
- How to develop competitive and sustainable creative economy?
- What are the particular problems that are faced by the transitional and
developing economies?
- How to establish a production system that will enable and benefit from
the reciprocal working relations between creative economy, creative
industries and cultural sector?

OSU 2008 Target group: Young faculty from SEE region (M.A. and PhD students)

Criteria for participation on OSU2008: Commitment to interdisciplinary
research, critical thinking, dialoged based style of teaching expressed in
the motivation section of the application form.

Eligibility and costs:

20 participants of the summer school will be chosen on highly competitive
basis among young teaching assistants and researchers in the fields of
economy, marketing, development studies, urban studies, advertising,
culture and art management, etc.

There are 15 full scholarships available to the most successful applicants
to weave the complete costs of the two-week course for the most successful
participants including: participation fees (300 EUR), accommodation, full
board and reimbursement of the travel expenses. In addition there are 10
places available for the eligible candidates who will not be selected for
scholarships but who are eligible and want to attend the programme on
their own expense (560 EUR FB, two weeks, the same hotel).

These applicants will be offered weaving of the fees. The applicants from
SEE and the Balkans have priority but participants from EU are also
eligible.

For the successfully completed summer school the participants will receive
certificate measured up to 15 credits according to ECT System.

This year Summer School Global Economy and Creative Industries is
supported by the Central European Initiative.



data limita: 10/05/08

Kontakt:
Visual and Cultural Research Centre "Euro-Balkan" Institute
Bul. Partizanski Odredi 63
1000 Skopje
Republic of Macedonia
tel: (+389 2) 375 570; 390 731
ohridsummeruniversity la gmail.com
http://www.euba.org.mk/

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