Steven Flower will contribute to this year’s Manchester POLIS programme.
The lecture will take place on Wednesday the 27th of January at 10am. Manchester Metropolitan
University Righton Building 114
Steven has a background in the third sector, working in various organisations and contexts over the
past 10 years to enable better use of information technology tools. This has ranged from youth film
making projects in Eastern Germany to IT recycling to founding a social enterprise to provide web
services to the sector. At Substance Steven
leads on the development of projects that aim to get the best use of technology for those delivering
social change at all levels. This includes development of our web-based tools, but also local projects
that enable organisations to tell stories digitally. Steven has a BA (Hons) in Communication Processes,
and an MA in European Urban
Cultures.
All over Europe, cities are faced with the challenge of using cultural resources to re-position their
city in an increasingly culturally and economically diversified European space. Related to this is a
clear recognition of the growing importance of cultural resources for economic and community
development. This produces new opportunities and challenges for local cultural planning and management.
In order to fully exploit the innovative and supportive role of culture in European urban development,
it will be necessary to develop a new socially and culturally sensitive professionalism, able to cross
the boundaries between the arts, design, urban and spatial planning, public policy and the market,
artistic creativity and cultural management.
The MA in European Urban Cultures offers a specialist programme aimed at graduate students from Europe
and elsewhere with undergraduate degrees in subject areas such as the social sciences; cultural and
leisure studies; art, design and architecture; urban theory and planning; cultural marketing and
management. The course is also targeted at professionals and administrators eager for the latest
experiences, ideas and insights in urban cultural policy.
