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Keyword Dialogue at the Student Conference in Arts and Cultural Management, Hongik University
May 30th 2025, Seoul, South Korea. Hosted by Soohye Jang, PhD Student, Hongik University and founder of Connect A. Title: Cultural Policy in Canada and Socially Engaged Arts Today In this keynote, Drs. Afolabi and Ünsal introduced a general framework to understand the cultural policy and structure in Canada. They explored how socially engaged arts…
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Conference attendance and presentation
Between May 28-30, 2025, Drs Deniz Ünsal and Taiwo Afolabi attended the 10th World Summit on Arts and Culture organized by International Federation of Arts Council and Cultural Agencies in Seoul, South Korea. They gave a presentation titled “From the Ground Up: Reflections on Ethics of Care and Cultural Policy” at the Open Session on…
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Panel: Socially engaged artists and community-based art practice
Invited by Socially Engaged Musicians Network, May 26, 2025 at Heyground, Seoul, South Korea. In this session Drs Deniz Ünsal and Taiwo Afolabi discussed findings from their recent research in Canada in a global context on the role of socially engaged artists in the creation of social value through community-based art practice.
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Forum: Leading through the art 25-26 May, 2025, Asan-Cheonan, South Korea
Drs. Deniz Ünsal and Taiwo Afolabi were invited by Dr. Eunyoung Lee, Professor and Sound Artist at Hoseo University, to participate in a two-day forum in Asan/Cheonan. On the first day, they engaged with community members and local cultural stakeholders, initiating dialogue on socially engaged art and placemaking. The second day was spent with undergraduate…
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Workshop attendance: International Public Policy Association, 4th edition of the International Workshop on Public Policy
26-28 June 2024, Guadalajara, Mexico. Dr. Afolabi and Dr. Ünsal have attended online to the 2024 workshop to present and discuss their research paper titled “Can we reimagine policy-making in the field of culture from a care ethics perspective?” The workshop focused on Decolonizing Public Policy: struggles, ideas and experiences from the Global South (T06W03,…
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Online Panel: Staging justice through cultural policy: perspectives from artists in multiple geographies
Dr. Afolabi and Dr. Ünsal have curated and moderated a panel at the 2024 Conference of the Canadian Association for Theatre Research on June 6, 2024. This curated panel brought three distinct yet connected research papers focusing on justice, ethics of care and cultural policies across different places. Using different methods, papers examined how cultural…
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Online panel: What Do Care Ethics Mean for Cultural Policy and Practice?
Dr. Ünsal and Dr. Afolabi presented their research at the Conference on Communication Ethics in Communication organized by the School of Communication and Culture at Royal Roads University on February 21 – 22, 2024. The Conference focused in 2024 on Equity, ecology, culture. Dr Ünsal and Dr Afolabi shared their reflections on the impact of…
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Virtual Conversation Summary
Sarah Garton Stanley and Yvette Nolan discuss Canadian cultural policy, how we got here and how we move forward. Hosted by Taiwo Afolabi and Deniz Ünsal. In this virtual conversation, Yvette Nolan and Sarah Garton Stanley discussed the tall shadow of the Massey Report, the shifting landscape and how Canadian cultural policy is responding to the…
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Panel review: Exploring an Equitable Cultural Policy
On April 14th 2023, Taiwo Afolabi and Deniz Unsal facilitated a panel discussion titled “Exploring an Equitable Cultural Policy” at the Belfry Theatre in Victoria, BC. Along with self-employed artists from Indigenous, Black and racialised communities, we discussed how they experience cultural policies at local and urban levels in their art practice and community engagement.
