Comments for Culture Works blog http://blog.cultureworks.info culture works weblog Thu, 09 Sep 2010 20:55:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 Comment on SROI lessons so far by Jude http://blog.cultureworks.info/?p=133&cpage=1#comment-205 Jude Wed, 03 Mar 2010 14:48:01 +0000 http://blog.cultureworks.info/?p=133#comment-205 I really like the idea of SROI as a developmental tool rather than just as an end-product to demonstrate value. And the magic spreadsheet looks very useful indeed! I really like the idea of SROI as a developmental tool rather than just as an end-product to demonstrate value. And the magic spreadsheet looks very useful indeed!

]]> Comment on what to do about…the commoditisation of culture? by judy http://blog.cultureworks.info/?p=65&cpage=1#comment-168 judy Thu, 18 Feb 2010 21:19:45 +0000 http://blog.cultureworks.info/?p=65#comment-168 Hi Colin - I don't think you're whingeing and I'm sorry you've had trouble reading the page. I know less than nothing about what to do so will pass your comments on to our web person and hope he can fix it, if not now, later. Cheers Hi Colin - I don’t think you’re whingeing and I’m sorry you’ve had trouble reading the page. I know less than nothing about what to do so will pass your comments on to our web person and hope he can fix it, if not now, later.
Cheers

]]> Comment on what to do about…the commoditisation of culture? by colin brakewell http://blog.cultureworks.info/?p=65&cpage=1#comment-167 colin brakewell Thu, 18 Feb 2010 21:10:35 +0000 http://blog.cultureworks.info/?p=65#comment-167 Food for thought, (at least the bits I could make out easily). I am color blind (protanopia to be exact). I mostly use Safari browser (not sure if that is important), and quite a lot of this web page is tricky for me to make out. I don't wish to whinge, and I know it is my problem really, nonetheless it would be great if you could bear in mind us color challenged types when undertaking the next webpage re-working. Food for thought, (at least the bits I could make out easily). I am color blind (protanopia to be exact). I mostly use Safari browser (not sure if that is important), and quite a lot of this web page is tricky for me to make out. I don’t wish to whinge, and I know it is my problem really, nonetheless it would be great if you could bear in mind us color challenged types when undertaking the next webpage re-working.

]]> Comment on by judy http://blog.cultureworks.info/?p=12&cpage=1#comment-104 judy Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:53:14 +0000 http://blog.cultureworks.info/?p=12#comment-104 Hope the lunch was good! Judy Hope the lunch was good!
Judy

]]> Comment on by stand up comedy http://blog.cultureworks.info/?p=12&cpage=1#comment-103 stand up comedy Wed, 27 Jan 2010 13:26:42 +0000 http://blog.cultureworks.info/?p=12#comment-103 Excellent read, I just passed this onto a colleague who was doing a little research on that. And he actually bought me lunch because I found it for him smile So let me rephrase that: Thanks for lunch! Excellent read, I just passed this onto a colleague who was doing a little research on that. And he actually bought me lunch because I found it for him smile So let me rephrase that: Thanks for lunch!

]]> Comment on what to do about…the commoditisation of culture? by judy http://blog.cultureworks.info/?p=65&cpage=1#comment-36 judy Tue, 01 Dec 2009 07:54:29 +0000 http://blog.cultureworks.info/?p=65#comment-36 thanks for letting me know - I'll have to speak to our webman - good to hear from you! thanks for letting me know - I’ll have to speak to our webman - good to hear from you!

]]> Comment on what to do about…the commoditisation of culture? by Virginia http://blog.cultureworks.info/?p=65&cpage=1#comment-34 Virginia Mon, 30 Nov 2009 23:36:01 +0000 http://blog.cultureworks.info/?p=65#comment-34 Interesting article. I thought to let you know that you website wans'tt getting displayed properly on blazer web browser on my pda. Have a good time...sorry for typos Interesting article. I thought to let you know that you website wans’tt getting displayed properly on blazer web browser on my pda.

Have a good time…sorry for typos

]]> Comment on by judy http://blog.cultureworks.info/?p=28&cpage=1#comment-9 judy Mon, 31 Aug 2009 10:13:00 +0000 http://blog.cultureworks.info/?p=28#comment-9 mmm! I missed this comment earlier as I've been so busy paying the rent. How about asking ourselves what would happen if we stopped thinking of stuff that goes on outside of the mainstream as marginal? Maybe marginal is just a way of saying its time hasn't yet come. After all, when I left uni in goodness - 1970, women were marginal and every time I opened my mouth in a meeting I was marginal. For marginal read front line! What Eccentric City is celebrating is the courage to make it differently which often means being out there on your own. OK, some of it is self indulgence, but where my self indulgence joins yours and someone elses is maybe where we have put our finger on a human need. Besides, we need to nourish our souls, and as someone who has spent a lot of time engaging with 'reality' (the mainstream) it does leave your soul hungry! mmm! I missed this comment earlier as I’ve been so busy paying the rent. How about asking ourselves what would happen if we stopped thinking of stuff that goes on outside of the mainstream as marginal? Maybe marginal is just a way of saying its time hasn’t yet come. After all, when I left uni in goodness - 1970, women were marginal and every time I opened my mouth in a meeting I was marginal.

For marginal read front line! What Eccentric City is celebrating is the courage to make it differently which often means being out there on your own. OK, some of it is self indulgence, but where my self indulgence joins yours and someone elses is maybe where we have put our finger on a human need. Besides, we need to nourish our souls, and as someone who has spent a lot of time engaging with ‘reality’ (the mainstream) it does leave your soul hungry!

]]> Comment on by judy http://blog.cultureworks.info/?p=42&cpage=1#comment-8 judy Mon, 31 Aug 2009 09:58:03 +0000 http://blog.cultureworks.info/?p=42#comment-8 A case of 'its better to travel hopefully than to arrive? A case of ‘its better to travel hopefully than to arrive?

]]> Comment on by Peter http://blog.cultureworks.info/?p=28&cpage=1#comment-7 Peter Sun, 23 Aug 2009 15:03:00 +0000 http://blog.cultureworks.info/?p=28#comment-7 This is all very well and I can pay the rent, but artists ultimately want to communicate and, in my media, that is a live experience only. There is, in my view, absolutely nothing "peculiar" in what I do. Words like 'eccentric' and 'peculiar' are inadequate, almost self-deprecating attempts to articulate an alternative view. I do not accept this self-marginalisation that consciously dis-engages itself from 'reality'; that is to say the dominant view. Counter culture of this nature serves only as a safety valve. By performing for free and then taking a collection I merely posit a method of engaging in the economic sphere in Edinburgh wiith more savvy. Alternatives must be presented as such within mainstream debate / activity not outside it. Lets take Red Umbrella and Star and Shadow. What's the betting that in 20 / 25 years time the S & S activists of today will be in just the same kind of conventional mainstream activities as the stalwarts of R.U? They will of course, like R.U. veterans, have experienced creative forms and activities which will inform their attitudes to their postions; but they will similarly be unable to impement actions as they might wish because they have to pay the rent. To conclude: I am questioning the self-indulgence of the margins. This is all very well and I can pay the rent, but artists ultimately want to communicate and, in my media, that is a live experience only. There is, in my view, absolutely nothing “peculiar” in what I do. Words like ‘eccentric’ and ‘peculiar’ are inadequate, almost self-deprecating attempts to articulate an alternative view. I do not accept this self-marginalisation that consciously dis-engages itself from ‘reality’; that is to say the dominant view. Counter culture of this nature serves only as a safety valve. By performing for free and then taking a collection I merely posit a method of engaging in the economic sphere in Edinburgh wiith more savvy. Alternatives must be presented as such within mainstream debate / activity not outside it. Lets take Red Umbrella and Star and Shadow. What’s the betting that in 20 / 25 years time the S & S activists of today will be in just the same kind of conventional mainstream activities as the stalwarts of R.U? They will of course, like R.U. veterans, have experienced creative forms and activities which will inform their attitudes to their postions; but they will similarly be unable to impement actions as they might wish because they have to pay the rent. To conclude: I am questioning the self-indulgence of the margins.

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