| Europe
– a continent with complex structures of identity amplified by a
geography of change and the variations in glocal logics. The reflection
during the oases will draw upon the local context and its
possibilities, including all available global links. In our time, we
are also confronted with new geopolitical challenges as a former
European and American domination is exceeded by a postcolonial era with
a growing Asian influence. This emphasises the cultural perspective. |
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Philosophy of Action
– builds upon the tradition of European humanism as which underlies
enterprising and all entrepreneurial business projects. Enterprising
according to principles of a social responsible transformation raises
questions of sustainability and the ethical responsibility tied to
human conduct. This emphasises the ethical perspective. |
The Aim of NUROPE is:
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to contribute to the cultivation of the complex formation of identities
in a changing transnational Europe where art and culture function as
resources both for growth and for identity constructions in open
communities
• to offer both post graduate students, researchers and leaders within
culture and economy a platform to develop and reflect on questions
concerning the synergies between art and economy from a glocal European
perspective
• to offer a multidisciplinary academic course for European postgraduate students
• to document every oasis by a series of research reports, publications
and media productions for comparative and cumulative learning and
research initiation on European leadership
• to share experiences and develop creative models for education and
research in social and cultural as well as economic entrepreneurship
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| Renaissance
– a European model of paradigmatic importance for understanding how
innovations are achieved by synergies between cultural prosperity and
economic growth. The constant echo of the Renaissance model draws upon
utopian energies. Today these can be identified in phenomena such as
the cultural capitals of the European Union, the rise of the experience
economy and the growth of creative industries. This emphasises the
aesthetic perspective. |
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Criticism –
creating a critical distance which makes change and “the art of
thinking everything anew” possible. Today art critique offers aesthetic
resources for the development of democracy and markets, where new forms
of assessment are used through which trust can grow. This emphasises
the political perspective. |
