Jordi Pascual Ruiz

The article “The maps that shape the roads. On the place of cultural policy actors in the debate on the sustainable development of cities“ was published in the Jahrbuch für Kulturpolitik 2017/18. I am grateful to the German KuPoGE network for this wonderful opportunity.

The UCLG Culture Committee and Mexico City approved the Declaration on “Culture and Peace” in the framework of the International Seminar “Cultural Rights and Peace in the City”, on 20 October 2018.

    My article “Cultural Rights, Local Cultural Policies and Sustainable Development: constructing a coherent narrative” for the Journal of Law, Social Justice and Global Development, an interdisciplinary academic peer-review research journal.

En el artículo “La cultura en la agenda urbana” publicado en el blog de Ciudad y Urbanismo de la UOC, presento algunos de los problemas que los actores culturales deben abordar; en síntesis: modificar las estructuras de gobernanza de la cultura y acercarlas a la ciudadanía.

This is a long article: “Culture as a pillar in sustainability: the best is yet to come“. The consideration of culture as a stand-alone pillar, dimension or component of sustainability (the fourth or the first) is the best strategy, not only for the agency of cultural actors but as a […]

Back from UN Conference Habitat 3 in Quito, colleagues of Culture Action Europe asked me to write a short article on what can cities do with the New Urban Agenda. It was published in December 2016.

At the UN Conference Habitat 3 in Quito, on 18 October 2016, I gave a brief speech with observations and comments on “culture in sustainable cities”. I was representing UCLG – Agenda 21 for culture. Aussi en français. También en español.

   Medea Vox is a podcast by and with scholars in the media and design fields. I was invited to discuss with Asko Kauppinen and Clara Norell. The theme was sustainable urban development. The podcast is available here.  

A l’article “Pistes per a la interdependència” abordo temes que tenen a veure amb la governança local de la cultura, especialment la seva (sobre)institucionalització i el paper clau de la societat civil.

This is a conversation between Joan Hawkes and myself, on the cultural pillar (or dimension or sphere) of sustainability. This is why the title reads “Navigating Through the Pillars“. It was included in the book “Another Europe”, by the European Cultural Foundation.

The first-ever global campaign of cultural networks on culture and sustainable development was #culture2015goal. We struggled for the place of culture in the SDGs.