After our meeting in Warsaw in December 06, I felt a little bit ashamed that I could not accurately describe ‘cultural animation’. I think I can describe ‘community arts’ but I try to stay away from this label now. It is really a hard label to get unstuck from. All labels are useful; all labels are problematic. Continue reading →

Definitions have a habit of surfacing in the midst of rising concerns, curiosities and often conflicting interpretations. You then find yourself in situations trying to find a simple term, a sentence, a strap line to define to justify its purpose. I have to admit that Cultural Animation is a term I like – I emphasis like because it seems to capture elements of my values, my beliefs, but only because of my own interpretation. You, the reader, may be drawn or interested to enquire my values and beliefs, because you have a notion of what you might understand the term to be. Continue reading →