TERRITORIES: RESOURCES

La revitalisation du quartier Saint-Roch de la ville de Québec
Publication about Saint-Roch neighbourhood’s urban renewal project, in Quebec City, which reflects the importance of the cultural dimension in city planning. Les Arts et la Ville, Collection Formation, 2001.

Culture et attractivité d’un territoire
This report presents the synthesis of an investigation and reflection on the determination of cultural actions that are effective for local development. Délégation à l’aménagement et au développement durable du territoire (France), June 2006 (French).

De nouveaux enjeux pour la culture?
Experiments of policies carried out by the communes of Saint-Denis and Carolyn Carlson where culture plays a fundamental part. Échanges, magazine published by the Fédération nationale des collectivités territoriales pour la culture, 2006 (French).

Nouveaux territoires de l’art – Paroles d’élus
Publication. Testimonys of 28 French elected officials in connection with cultural and artistic experiments innovating on their territory. Institut des Villes en France, 2006 (French).

Cultural Vitality in Communities: Interpretation and Indicators
This report introduces a definition of cultural vitality that includes the range of cultural activity people around the USA find significant. It develops and recommends an initial set of arts and culture indicators derived from nationally available data, and compare selected metropolitan areas based on these measures. Policy and planning implications for use of the cultural vitality definition and related measures are discussed. Urban Institute, 2006.

La Valise culturelle de l’élu municipal
This guide is intended for elected officials in charge of cultural issues. Several sections deal with various links between culture and territories, such as social impact, economic impact, cultural heritage and urban planning. Les Arts et la Ville, 2009.

Developing and Revitalizing Rural Communities Through Arts and Creativity: An International Literature Review and Inventory of Resources
This paper provides an overview of English-language academic research literature and policy related studies with respect to cultural development in rural communities. A set of case study examples accompanies this paper to illustrate the variety of ways arts and cultural/creative development is being pursued in the revitalization of Canadian rural. Dr. Nancy Duxbury and Heather Campbell, Centre for Policy Research on Culture and Communities, 2009.

 

TERRITORIES: LINK

Les Arts et la Ville
Quebec coalition of cultural organizations and municipal officials.

Villes et villages d’art et de patrimoine
Network of cultural agents in Quebec’s municipalities and regions.

Creative City Network of Canada
An organization of municipal staff working in communities across Canada on arts, cultural and heritage policy, planning, development and support.

Culture Shapes Community : arts, culture and neighbourhood changes
Initiative funded by the Ford Foundation and managed by Partners for Livable Communities to recognize neighbourhood based arts & cultural organizations (US).

Observatoire des politiques culturelles
National organization whose mission is to support the decentralization of cultural policies, to develop thinking on regional cultural development and on the impact of arts and culture.

Association ART factories / Autre (s) pARTs
International resource platform dedicated to art and cultural centers born from citizen artistic initiatives and based on involvement within communities.

Association pour le Développement Culture Européen et International
An association dedicated to European and international cultural development in the Mediterranean region.

Fédération Nationale des Collectivités Territoriales pour la Culture
Network of elected officials and professionals of culture in France.

Les Rencontres
Association created for elected officials in charge of culture and education in different localities of the European Union.

Center for Creative Community Development
The mission of the Center is to serve as a national focal point for research, education and training on the role of the arts in community re-development. (UK)

Voluntary Arts Network
Voluntary Arts Network aims to promote participation in the arts and crafts across the UK and Republic of Ireland.