Useful links and resources

• Censorpedia: An Interactive Database of Censorship Incidents -> https://wiki.ncac.org/Main_Page On this website is a database of censored art. People can add their own cases in various disciplines (film, dance, music etc.) Interesting for those who would are interested to learn more about the different ways censorship occurs worldwide.

• Recourses for Activism and Censorship in the arts (for activists, educators, students, artists and citizens) -> https://ncac.org/resources This organization offers resources and educational tools for artists, schools, teachers and activists on the topic of censorship with an focus on the USA.

The websites and organizations below offer open-source research based reports on cultural policies per country.  

• Research on Arab Region (cultural policy and management), country profiles -> https://mawred.org/research-publications/?lang=en#

• Research on European countries/ Global North (cultural policy and management), country profiles -> https://www.culturalpolicies.net/database/search-by-country/

• Research on African cultural policy resources -> https://ocpa.irmo.hr/resources/index-en.html

Recommended readings from ‘Syria - Douzan Arts Center’: Culture is Ordinary’ in ‘Resources of hope: Culture, Democracy, Socialism’ by Williams,  1989.

Recommended readings from ‘Overview of tools and strategies’

• https://state-of-the-arts.net/empowering-artist-run-spaces/

• https://www.thefestivalacademy.eu/en/media/45-digital-r-evolution-festivals-that-worked-and-festivals-that-didn-t-lessons-from-the-digital-world/

• https://sites.google.com/view/toolkits-series/digital-technology-and-festival-making?authuser=0