Hyvaa huomenta!
ENCATC
has been my main international reference network. Despite having served on the
board of other international associations (ACEI, AAAE, ECURES...), chairing it
was a great honour, a learning school on how to cooperate internationally, and
a visibility factor on a European and international scale. I remember the challenge of changing
the headquarters from Copenhagen to Brussels and finding a replacement for
Isabelle Schwartz who was leaving for the ECF. We shouldn't have chosen better
since Giannalia Cogliandro has been a crucial straw of our association for
these 20 years. Giving generously (serving on a board involves a lot of work)
brings many more benefits in the long run. And now even a prize!
But I
wouldn't have come this far without 2 key factors: growing up in a family that
gave me a very good education and a fantastic cultural environment (as you
could see in the projected photos), as well as the influence of two
personalities that, among others, helped and inspired me at the beginning of my
professional career: Eduard Delgado and Mark Schuster, both of whom passed away
prematurely.
Eduard
Delgado (one of the key instigators in the foundation of ENCATC from his
position at the Council of Europe, alongside Ritva Mitchell, Gabriele Maza or
Raymond Weber), the promoter of the Master of cultural management that I have led
for so many years, who threw me onto the international scene. He invited me to
participate in CIRCLE activities and sent me as his substitute to give talks -
often to the perplexity of the person who had invited him. Giving opportunities
to young people was one of his great legacies!
And Mark Schuster, professor at MIT, editor of the Journal of Cultural Economics and great enthusiast of cultural events. He invited me to collaborate on a course on cultural policy at MIT and we did research together comparing international models of funding and cultural policies. He definitely opened me up to new ways of teaching and research, much more interactive and analytical.
I also
want to thank the enormous support received from all the professionals -
researchers (especially the co-authors of my publications), lecturers and
technical and administrative staff - who have collaborated with me during the
last 40 years of professional career, first at the Centre d'Estudis de Planificació (CEP) and the CERC, and
then at the University of Barcelona and in all the international adventures in
which I have participated. I wouldn't have gotten to where I am without them!
Also, to the cultural professionals and students from the UB and from all over
the world who, with their critical comments, have helped me to be better.
I have
tried to lead more than to direct, to inspire by giving autonomy rather than to
control the details, to have a prospective, holistic and long-range vision
rather than being an executor or process manager. For this reason, I have been
helped so much by those professionals who complement me by controlling what I
have left in the air.
The international perspective, as a bridge between Europe and Latin America, and in contact with the other continents, has never involved abandoning the roots or the commitment to my country, Catalonia. I have tried to build bridges between the Catalan cultural reality and that of the rest of the world, offering opportunities, but also, when necessary, providing a critical perspective with the aim of trying to go further, always committed to a freer country, in dialogue with all kinds of diversities. Conectando también con los hermanos de España y de Latinoamérica!
- I finish,
with a very special thank you to my mother who is 98 years old and to my husband
Joan! Thanks to all the friends of ENCATC who have accompanied me all these
years!
Thanks
Gerald, thanks Dea, thanks GiannaLia !
Kiitos
palyon!
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