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UNVEIL CREATIVE CHAOS! A CALL TO STORM THE BASTILLE. By Ceyda Berk-Söderblom

UNVEIL CREATIVE CHAOS! A CALL TO STORM THE BASTILLE. By Ceyda Berk-Söderblom

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 “We live longer but less precisely and in shorter sentences …” These lines are picked from “Tutaj” (Here), a painfully beautiful dialogue between two great souls who are not with us anymore: the Nobel Prize-winning poet Wisława Szymborska (1923–2012) and the extraordinary trumpeter Tomasz Stańko (1942–2018). The stunning trumpet improvisations in response to the poet’s reading makes this live-recorded poetry and jazz combination a treasure and reminds us that at the end of the day what stays in our hearts…

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New report: Lack of diversity at state cultural institutions in the Nordic region

New report: Lack of diversity at state cultural institutions in the Nordic region

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The proportion of employees with a foreign background to state-funded cultural institutions in the Nordic countries has increased over time, but the increase has not been at the same rate as in the general population. The representation of employees with foreign background has thus deteriorated between 2000 and 2015. The results are presented in a new report,  Kultur med olika bakgrund Utländsk bakgrund bland anställda vid statligt finansierade kulturinstitutioner i Norden (Culture with different backgrounds), by Kulturanalys Norden at  Myndigheten för kulturanalys. You can…

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