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"Listen to the Artists" by Karl-Eric Norrman
"Listen to the Artists!"
Karl - Eric Norrman is General Secretary of European Cultural Parliament
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Karl Eric Norrman at the ECCM Symposium and in discussion with Spyros Mercouris.
and with Suvi Innila from Turku 2011
Presentation
The European idea has often been promoted by politicians, by technocrats in Brussels/ Strasbourg or by business. Too little over the years – by cultural personalities. Therefore Melina Mercouri´s initiative so important! but where is the strong Brussels support?
In this spirit the ECP is contributing each year with an interesting session, new European ideas, new European initiatives, new European projects – from a cultural perspective.
Presentation of some ECP Members. Presentation of some ECP projects.
The role of artists and intellectuals in the Intercultural Dialogue. Local identity, sub-regional identity, national identity, European identity… The role of cultural personalities in communicating the European idea. The Sibiu Declaration!
Cultural creativity through openness. Cultural and democratic values which are not negotiable. The heritage from Greece and the Enlightenment. The potential of Europe in a global comparison.
Schiller can still teach us a lot about Europe (not only “An die Freude”, but also Wallenstein, etc.). The problem with cultural politicians is that they change incessantly, which makes “cultural politics” in Europe a very unstable and weak phenomena. Artists, authors, philosophers and other cultural personalities represent a sustainable resource in the European discourse, so “listen to the artists!”
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