For tomorrow, Tuesday, the start of the second Meeting of Policies and Economics of Culture in the Metropolitan Cultural Center of Quito, organized by the University of the Arts and the Secretariat of Culture of the Municipality of Quito. However, in recent days his suspension was announced.
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Through a statement, the entities in charge expressed that “it is impossible to ignore the context of social mobilization that Ecuador is going through and the right of its population to demand decent living conditions.”
“We are left with the greatest desire to receive you to address and work on the issues that require attention on the national cultural agenda”they wrote.
They indicated that in the next few days the new dates for the meeting would be announced.
The meeting was scheduled to be held until June 24, and was made up of workshops, talks and keynote speeches that revolve around Ecuadorian cultural policy, with topics such as: cultural consumption, labor regime and social security for cultural workers, financing for culture, city and cultural policies; and university, research and cultural policies.
The Observatory was created two years ago with the purpose of collecting relevant statistical information and generating quantitative indicators, considered vital for the development of public policies. Its purpose is also to become a permanent discussion forum on the structural and conjunctural problems of cultural events.
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In this way, it promotes analysis, research, debate and the dissemination of information on the dynamics of cultural policies in their different phases.
The activities will take place from 09:00 to 17:00. Among the interventions that were scheduled for this Tuesday are: the round table ‘Contemporary trends in cultural consumption in Latin America’, another round table on Survey of Reading Habits, Practices and Cultural Consumption in Ecuador, and the workshops ‘Intellectual Rights for university creative production’ Y ‘Public purchases for culture’. (YO)
Source: Eluniverso
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