Dr. Diane Dodd, professor of the Master’s degree in Arts and Culture Management participated with IGCAT at the 2nd UNESCO I UNWTO World Conference on Culture and Tourism

IGCAT and its flagship Regions of Gastronomy Platform and Award was applauded at the 2nd UNESCO/UNWTO World Conference on Culture and Tourism, as a leading initiative fostering sustainable cultural tourism development. The World Conference, held in Muscat, Oman 11-12 December 2017,  brought together world leaders including  Taleb Rifai, UNWTO Secretary-General, H.E. Ahmed Bin Nasser Al…

Dr. Diane Dodd on Participatory Governance in Culture IFACCA (International Federation of Arts Councils and Culture Agencies) supported the international conference Do It Together! Participatory Governance in Culture: Exploring practices, theories and policies, held in Rijeka, European Capital of Culture 2020, 22-24 November 2017. The event gathered scholars, researchers, theorists, cultural operators, artists, practitioners, activists,…

Visit to Girona

Last Friday 10 November, the students of the University Master’s degree in Arts and Culture Management had a professional trip to the city of Girona. The students of the Master’s Degree had a complete schedule consisting on several visits and talks at different relevant cultural venues. The Spanish group of the Master visited L’Auditori de Girona,…

Where are our Alumni?: Marianne Kortbani: “I believe in culture and art as factors of social, political and economical development”

We are pleased to introduce you to Marianne Kortbani, alumni of the MA in Arts and Cultural Management, UIC Barcelona. Marianne is from Lebanon where she currently works in Zoukak theatre company. Last week she came back to Barcelona to visit her friends from the master’s degree and we interviewed her. Let’s get to know…

Conxa Rodà is our teacher of the month: digital transformation and innovation in culture

Conxa Rodà is the Head of Strategy, Innovation and Digital Transformation at the Museu Nacional d’art de Catalunya (MNAC), in Barcelona, but besides that, she has been Director of Projects at the Picasso Museum, participated in the international program committee of the “Museums and the Web” Congress, and she has plenty experience in the application…