1. Towards a tentative typology of festivals with an intellectual/social agenda Ramona Laczko-David, Barcelona ramona_laczko@hotmail.com 24-25 April 2010 Poznan, Poland European Festival Research Project

2. Research Framework  Objective :  establish a typology of “intellectual/social agenda festivals” in broader Europe  Research criteria :  topics  programming objectives  participants profile  international visibility  artistic dimension  audience  Methodology :  internet research European Festival Research Project, Poznan, Poland 24-25 April 2010

3. Festival Categories  Climate change/environmental/green  Scientific  Creative  Social-political* European Festival Research Project, Poznan, Poland 24-25 April 2010

4. Climate change/Environmental/Green research focus/discipline activist NGOs research institutions, gov. agencies, universities various locations in the city knowledge & value building and life style modification events minimal artistic dimension new energy conserving technology large variety of audience European Festival Research Project, Poznan, Poland 24-25 April 2010 Climate Change Festival (one edition), Birmingham, UK Festival de la Biodiversita, Rome, Italy L’energia spiegata – Festival dell’Energia, Lecce, Italy

5. Climate change/Environmental/Green key theme of an artistic festival cultural organizations primary focus on the artistic dimension presentation of a certain position/opinion-subjective approach mix of festival public & people interested in environmental issues European Festival Research Project, Poznan, Poland 24-25 April 2010 Transmediale Festival, Berlin, Germany Manchester International Festival, Manchester, UK 17 th International Environmental Film Festival, Barcelona, Spain

6. Climate change/Environmental/Green festival management concern open air festivals (especialy music) travel and transport to the site waste and recycling activities Water & garbage management on site environmental protection and noise reduction European Festival Research Project, Poznan, Poland 24-25 April 2010 The City of London Festival, London, UK Paléo Festival Nyon, Switzerland

7. Scientific research focus/discipline science, research institutions and universities interdisciplinary & hands-on activities minimal artistic component presentation of latest discoveries in the field interaction between science and every day life large number of free events open doors day European Festival Research Project, Poznan, Poland 24-25 April 2010 British Science Festival, Birmingham, UK Printemps des Sciences, University cities in Belgium Festival della Scienza, Genoa, Italy

8. Creative mix of research & artistic festivals' theme cultural or non-cultural foundations/organizations, universities supported by local/regional public institutions academic disciplines topics of learning and debate (architecture, philosophy, history, journalism, etc.) increased/high artistic dimension seeking to broaden perspectives/festivals of idea specialized or amateur public European Festival Research Project, Poznan, Poland 24-25 April 2010 Festival della Creativita, Firenze, Italy Festival Internazionale della Storia, Gorizia, Italy

9. Social-Political Subcategories:  Gender/Sexual orientation  Migration/Integration  Collective identity/ethnicity/minority European Festival Research Project, Poznan, Poland 24-25 April 2010

10. Social-Political community development events local civil societies, NGOs cities with increasing number of immigrants topics derived from everyday life issues enhance the feeling of belonging to a community oriented against xenophobia, homophobia, etc focus on local artists and cultural resources mixed audience, experts, activists, local community, immigrants European Festival Research Project, Poznan, Poland 24-25 April 2010 GFEST-Gay Wise Festival, London, UK Les Femmes S’en Melent, Paris, France Naufragi-Festival della fragilita metropolitane, Bologna, Italy Festival des Migrations, des Cultures et de la Citoyen, Luxemburg

11. Social-Political key theme of artistic festivals cultural organizations primary focus on artistic vision participation of international artists reflection upon cultural diversity globalization and its effects on the community primarily a cultural public targeting groups usually unrepresented by other artistic events European Festival Research Project, Poznan, Poland 24-25 April 2010 Aarhus Festival, Denmark, Topic of 2010-Neighbors Senza Frontiere-Without Borders Film Festival, Rome, Italy World Roma Festival Khamaro, Prague, Czech Republic Barcelona Asian Film Festival, Barcelona, Spain

12. Conclusions These festivals play a key role in:  development of knowledge society  intellectual understanding vs. personal/emotional engagement  demystification & debate  dissemination of information  private vs. public financial resources  usage of alternative infrastructures European Festival Research Project, Poznan, Poland 24-25 April 2010