Chiang Mai: Cultural Justice in the Creative City

Using creative city initiatives to further cultural and environmental justice agendas in Chiang Mai, Thailand.

creative citiesZayd MintyJuly 26, 2018South east asia, chiang mai, creative city, culture, cultural development, cultural justice, sustainability, artComment

Crafting Crisis: How the State Undermines Creative Industries

Can a transformed South African creative economy ecosystem come to being without state investment in industry support bodies?

Creative IndustriesZayd MintyMay 31, 2018cape town, world design capital, design, crafts, creative industry, creative city, innovationComment

Medellin: A Creative City

Medellin's transformation, from a city of violence to one of innovation and social dynamism, is the result of concerted and significant investments into cultural programmes and infrastructure since 2004.

creative citiesZayd MintyMarch 29, 2018medellin, south america, global south, culture, cultural policy, cultural democracy, cultural development, creative cityComment

The Missed Opportunity: World Design Capital 2014

WDC14 had notable successes, but ultimately did not achieve its primary objective to use design as a tool for transformation in Cape Town. Why did this happen?

creative citiesZayd MintyDecember 14, 2017cape town, south africa, global south, design, city, creative city Comments

Cape Town's Two City Tale of Culture

Design and the Divided City: Culture and the transformative potential of Creativity. Part one in a series on Cape Town's journey to becoming World Design Capital 2014.

creative citiesZayd MintyNovember 30, 2017creative city, cape town, world design capital, culture, apartheid, urban, innovation, creativity, creative economy, creative industry, designComment

Anointed Creative: The UNESCO Creative Cities Network

The UNESCO Creative Cities Network is a vital learning space, towards addressing sustainability challenges by mobilising culture, creativity and innovation.

creative citiesZayd MintyNovember 9, 2017UNESCO, sustainability, creative city, creativity, creative economy, creative industry, culture, urban development, city, urban, innovation, chiang mai, cape town, bandung, durbanComment

A Network of Indonesian Creative Cities

Scaling up an idea of what creative city could be, for a sustainable and just future in Indonesia, we meet a collective working nationally, but building from ground up.

A Bandung Heritage: the Afro-Asia Conference 1955

The Afro-Asia Conference, held in Bandung in 1955, was a landmark event for rethinking the global south: its heritage is worth remembering and reflecting on.

post-colonialismZayd MintyOctober 12, 2017bandung, global south, indonesia, culture, bandung conference, bandung declaration, afro-asia conference, creativity, urban, city, heritage, politics, non-aligned movement, creative cityComment

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