We probably ought to just get Suzanne in on this list...So, I
introduce Suzanne Jenkins, formerly of the Arts and Business Council,
Boston, now doing work on International Development and the arts for
ArtCorp. Her email address is jenkins@nebf.org...
Rob
On Apr 5, 2007, at 4:38 AM, Daved Barry wrote:
> Sounds great--I'm ordering it for our library. Maybe you can send
> Rob your
> chapter and he can pass it on to that agency (which is what sparked
> all this
> in the first place). I would enjoy reading a copy as well! D
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Aesthetics, Creativity, and Organisations Research Network
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Katja Lindqvist
> Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2007 10:08 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Question about art in international development
>
> Hi Daved and all,
>
> I wrote a piece on the economic and entrepreneurial strategies of
> Superflex
> recently, in connection to a discussion of artist entrepreneurs in
> art in
> Sweden (and Denmark).
> Superflex have also developed open source projects such as the Free
> Beer
> project.
>
> My chapter is entitled "Blood transfusions and constant critique. The
> artist as entrepreneur in the experience economy", and is part of an
> interesting research anthology edited by professors Daniel Hjorth and
> Monika Kostera called Entrepreurship and the Experience Economy.
> Published
> by CBS Press 2007, should be out by now or any day.
>
> Best,
> Katja Lindqvist
>
> At 22:44 04/04/2007 +0200, Orgacom Tieleman wrote:
>> Dear Daved,
>>
>> Check:
>> <http://greenmuseum.org/c/ecovention/biogas.html>http://
>> greenmuseum.org/c/e
> covention/biogas.html
>> or
>> <http://www.superflex.net/tools/supergas/>http://www.superflex.net/
>> tools/su
> pergas/
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Elias
>>
>> Op 4-apr-2007, om 22:38 heeft Teike Asselbergs het volgende
>> geschreven:
>>
>>> It was Superflex and it was their biogas project, realized in
>>> 1997 in
>>> Tanzania. The project spawned the company Supergas Ltd in which
>>> engineers, Superflex and various investors expand the project for
>>> commercial use in different parts of the world.
>>>
>>> Greetings,
>>> Teike
>>>
>>> On 04/04/07, Daved Barry <<mailto:[log in to unmask]>[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>>> I seem to recall that Etoy was doing development projects in
>>> either India
> or
>>> Africa--something around bio-power? This was several years ago in
> Copenhagen
>>> and I just heard about it in passing. It might have been Etoy or
>>> a Danish
>>> art group (I actually suspect it was the latter). Sorry that my
>>> rememberances of this aren't better! D
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Aesthetics, Creativity, and Organisations Research Network
>>> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Robert Austin
>>> Sent: Monday, April 02, 2007 10:15 PM
>>> To: <mailto:[log in to unmask]>[log in to unmask]
>>> Subject: Question about art in international development
>>>
>>> I'm forwarding this question to the AACORN list in hopes that
>>> some of
>>> you might be more helpful than I was able to be...Thanks.
>>>
>>> Rob
>>>
>>> Begin forwarded message:
>>>
>>>> From: "Suzanne Jenkins" <<mailto:[log in to unmask]>[log in to unmask]>
>>>> Date: April 2, 2007 4:17:11 PM EDT
>>>> To: <<mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]>
>>>> Subject: Paul Robertson Talk
>>>> Reply-To: <<mailto:[log in to unmask]>[log in to unmask]>
>>>>
>>>> Dear Rob:
>>>>
>>>> I had the pleasure of hearing your colleague Paul Robertson speak
>>>> at the Arts & Business Council event last Wednesday and speaking
>>>> with you shortly afterward. I asked you after whether you knew of
>>>> anyone studying applications of arts and creativity on
>>>> international development. None came to your mind at the time, but
>>>> I thought I'd email in case you have thought of anyone since then.
>>>>
>>>> I used to work at A&BC, and I now work for ArtCorps. It is an
>>>> international volunteer program like the Peace Corps, but our
>>>> volunteers are artists who help communities think creatively about
>>>> the environmental and social conditions of their communities in
>>>> order to inspire innovation in those areas. Each collaborates
>>>> closely with an existing development organization working in these
>>>> areas.
>>>>
>>>> There are a number of other nonprofits applying the arts for
>>>> international development, but I do not know of anyone who is
>>>> studying it. If you do come across any such person, I'd much
>>>> appreciate hearing about it.
>>>>
>>>> Thank you for your time.
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Suzanne
>>>>
>>>> Suzanne Jenkins
>>>> Program Officer, ArtCorps
>>>> <http://www.artcorp.org>www.artcorp.org
>>>> 978-927-2404 x4
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> Robert D. Austin
>>> Associate Professor
>>> Harvard Business School
>>>
>>
>> Met vriendelijke groet,
>> Elias Tieleman
>>
>> Orgacom
>> Postbus 1373
>> 1000 BJ Amsterdam
>> www.orgacom.nl
>> <mailto:[log in to unmask]>[log in to unmask]
>> tel: 06-24666256
>>
>>
Robert D. Austin
Associate Professor
Harvard Business School
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