UNIVERSITY NETWORK
OF THE
EUROPEAN CAPITALS OF CULTURE

TOWN AND GOWN presentations

Presentations

Hatto Fischer, Coordinator of Poiein Kai Prattein and Associate Member of ECCM, Poiein Kai Prattein and Network of European Capitals of Culture -Presentation on the Network of European Capitals and Months (ppt)

Session 1. The meaning of cultural politics: How does being a ECC affect local cultural traditions? Why does a city want to be a ECC in the first place? Why is it good for a university to be located in a ECC town?

- Francisca Abreu, Júlio Mendes, Paula Aleixo and Elisa Pérez Babo, Guimarães City Hall and Portuguese Culture Ministry, Portugal: GUIMARÃES, EUROPEAN CAPITAL OF CULTURE 2012 – A challenge for a knowledge-based development of the city (pps)

- Alfonsas Daniūnas, Asta Radzeviciene,Irena Garbeniene, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University,Public institution „Vilnius - European Capital of Culture 2009, Lithuania: Vilnius: university and town growing together (pdf)

- Silvia Florea, "Lucian Blaga" University of Sibiu, Romania: Access and Equity in Higher Education: Sibiu-European Capital of Culture-2007 (doc)

- Hilmar Rommetvedt, International Research Institute of Stavanger, Norway: Stavanger2008: From Norwegian Oil Capital to European Capital of Culture (ppt)

- John Phillips, Jan Brown, Liverpool Hope University, Great Britain: Liverpool08: What Does It Mean To The City’s Residents? (pdf)

Session 2. The relationship between local traditions and European culture: How can a city/region with its local identity define/re-invent itself as a European Capital of Culture?

- François Carbon, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg: “Three Penny Opera 2007” (pdf)

- Antal Bókay, University of Pécs, Hungary: City and University in a Post-modern Culture (pdf)

- Johannes Haas, University of Applied Sciences FH JOANNEUM, Graz, Austria: Linking Culture and Sustainability for Regional Development in Styria: The Responsibility of the University of Applied Sciences FH JOANNEUM in Graz as Driving Force (pdf)

- Fania Pallikarakis, Cultural Organisation of the City of Athens, Greece: The Cultural

Volunteers Program of Patras 2006; a Procedures Description Report (Athens pdf, Patras pdf)

- Wim Coudenys, Lessius University College, Antwerp, Belgium: Frontiers and Limits of European Culture (doc)

Session 3. The importance of the European Capital of Culture movement: Place branding, local culture vs. European vocation

- Vladimiras Grazulis - Lucia Bartkiene, Mykolas Romeris University, Vilnius, Lithuania: The Preservation of Cultural Communities in the New History of Vilnius (According to the Example of Romanian Cultural Community “Dačia”) (ppt)

- Ib Omland - LeRoy Olaf Tonning, University of Stavanger, Norway: The Wooden Gown of Stavanger - strengthening the genius of the morphology and material qualities of the city (pdf)

Session 4. The geography of European Capitals of Culture: Are ECCs European cultural 'capitals'? A Joint session with Herodot Network

- Alexandra Zaparucha, Didactical Laboratory of the Faculty of Biology and Earth Sciences/ Association of Polish Adult Educators, Toruń, Poland: The city of Copernicus, Gothic architecture, gingerbread and university - Toruń in Poland for the European Capital of Culture 2016 (pdf) (doc)

- Wlodzimierz Sady, Agricultural University in Krakow, Poland: Benefits of being European Capital of Culture - Krakow 2000-2007 (pdf)

- Karl Donert, Liverpool Hope University, Great Britain: Liverpool-Capital of Culture: an interdisciplinary opportunity (pdf)

- Alexandre Frey Pinto de Almeida, University Fernando Pessoa, Portugal: “'Porto' or 'Oporto'? Language as an indicator of the cultural background: linguistic / geographic integration of a European Capital of Culture” (pdf)

- J. Christian B. Kirsch, International Delphic Council, Berlin, Germany: A Stage for European Culture? YES, but…Attempt for answers to questions / difficulties we all know (ppt)

MarkCon 2007