Presentation to the Association of Arts Administration Educators, Montreal May 30 2014

1. CURATING TRUTH
THE WORLD CITIES FORUM AND THE
COLLABORATIVE PRODUCTION OF
TRUSTWORTHY CULTURAL EVIDENCE
Alan Freeman
Montreal
29 May 2014

2. worldcitiescultureforum.com
nesta.org.uk/publications/dynamic-mapping-uks-creative-industries
missionmodelsmoney.org.uk/sites/default/files/23974660-Measuring-Intrinsic-
Value-Hasan-Bakhshi-Alan-Freeman-Graham-Hitchen-2009_0_0.pdf
‘The Irresistible Economics of Art for All’, in The New Economy of Art, DACS,
November 2014, forthcoming
'London's Creative Workforce' in Creative Work beyond the Creative
Industries: Innovation, Employment, and Education, Edward Elgar,
forthcoming
‘Twilight of the machinocrats: Creative industries, design, and the future
of human labour’ in The International Political Economy of Production.
Edward Elgar, forthcoming

4. Infrastructure And Output
Demand and consumption
…and more

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6. I SPENT THIRTY YEARS GETTING MY HANDS ON THE
LEVERS OF POWER
WHEN I FINALLY GOT HOLD OF THEM,
I FOUND THEY WEREN’T CONNECTED TO ANYTHING
IAN DENHAM, INDUSTRY MINISTER,
NESTA ROUND TABLE 2006

7. Creativity: London’s
Core Business 2002
... and many others
Cultural Audit of
London 2008
… and not many
others

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9. 2014 Istanbul
forum 25
cities
2008
Audit 5
cities
2010 club
of users –
the forum
2012
Olympics
12 cities
Next?
• Amsterdam Forum November
• Transformative Projects
• Research network

10. and why we need it

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12. 206,000
172,000

13. UK
US
Canada
Australia South Asia
Africa
English language
writers
UK
US
Canada
Australia
South
Asia
Africa
English
Language
readers

15. It connects the
parts of the
region to each
other
It connects the
region to other
regions