My apologies that this email was sent to everybody on the list. Please accept my apologies in an attempt to flood your mailboxes.
Regards,
Dino
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From: Dino Couto
Sent: 20 September 2012 18:09
To: 'Academics and researchers working in all areas of tourism'
Subject: RE: Entrepreneurial Legacies of the Notting Hill Carnival: A one day symposium
Hi Nicole,
This is definitely of interest to me. Since I'm so many miles from the King's College, I'm wondering if it's possible to put me in the circulation list of all correspondences and post-symposium if there are documents that can be shared.
I'm very interested in street-based events including carnivals but I'm personally looking at cultural festivals here in Macau.
Regards,
Dino
Ubaldino S. Couto
Lecturer in Event Management
Institute for Tourism Studies
Colina de Mong-Há
Macao, China
Tel: (853) 85983-009
Fax: (853) 85061-283
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From: Academics and researchers working in all areas of tourism [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Nicole Ferdinand
Sent: 20 September 2012 03:53
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Subject: Entrepreneurial Legacies of the Notting Hill Carnival: A one day symposium
Please see below for details on the up-coming symposium on the Notting Hill Carnival. Please note although the symposium is free places are limited so book your place asap.
Location: King' s College
When: 25/10/2012 (09:00-16:00)
Contact: Please email Nicole Ferdinand at [log in to unmask] to book your place and to receive updates on the symposium.
Entrepreneurial Legacies of the Notting Hill Carnival: A one day symposium
Despite attracting an audience of over 2 million and being dubbed Europe’s largest street party, the Notting Hill Carnival, like other Caribbean carnivals staged throughout the world, has been plagued by financial difficulties and a steady stream of criticism in the media arising from festival organizers’ alleged lack of entrepreneurial and organizational skills. This type of discourse is also replicated within academic literature.
This symposium challenges the current consensus discourse both in popular media and within academia which suggests that the cultural entrepreneurs behind the Notting Hill Carnival, whilst being individuals of great creativity, lack entrepreneurial ability. It seeks to engage a range of cultural entrepreneurs including sound systems, steel bands, calypso singers, costume designers and event organizers to paint a picture of an innovative, highly sophisticated group of entrepreneurs who despite access to limited resources has managed to create a complex cultural production system.
The Programme includes in-depth panel discussions with experts in:
• Cultural networks
• Black and ethnic minority businesses
• Urban/underground cultures
• Festival evaluation
• Social media
See http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/cmci/eventrecords/carnival.aspx for more.
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