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Education, inclusion… action! Film and the UNESCO Creative Cities.

Educação, inclusão… ação! O Cinema e as Cidades Criativas da UNESCO.

Alves, Pedro.*
(*) CITAR – Research Centre for Science and Technology of the Arts, School of Arts, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Porto, Portugal.
Filmed: 
2018-11-24
Submitted: 
2019-01-25
Published: 
2020-11-06

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CITATION

Alves, P. (2018, November 23 – 24). Education, inclusion… action! Film and the UNESCO Creative Cities [Conference session]. 5th International Symposium Fusions in Cinema, São João da Madeira, Portugal. https://academy-on.com/videos/alves-pedro-h-2-2020
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SYNOPSIS

A panoramic approximation to the UNESCO Creative Cities Network and, in particular, to the Creative Cities of Film, allowing an analysis on the main strategies and initiatives that foster an educational usage of Film to fulfil goals closely related to urban sustainability, inclusion and creativity.
Uma aproximação panorâmica à Rede de Cidades Criativas da UNESCO e, em particular, às Cidades Criativas do Cinema, permitindo uma análise das principais estratégias e iniciativas que fomentam uma utilização educativa do Cinema para o cumprimento de objetivos ligados à sustentabilidade, inclusão e criatividade urbanas.
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ABSTRACT

The UNESCO Creative Cities Network (UCCN) was created in 2004 aiming to foster parnerships and strategies between cities that promote creativity as a key-agent towards sustainable urban development. These cities are divided in seven groups from different fields: Design, Gastronomy, Music, Literature, Media Arts, Crafts and Folk Art and Film. Within Film, an education strategy for the seventh art is one of the vehicles for sustainable development of the urban contexts addressed by the group. Aligned with projects outside the UCCN that also use Film as an educational fundamental tool, the UNESCO Creative Cities of Film highlight that role and implement, explore and develop it in strategies designed for local and national realities. This way, a panoramic analysis over some of these practices, within UCCN, will contribute to identify updated and global challenges and opportunities within the relation between Film and Education.
A Rede de Cidades Criativas da UNESCO (UCCN) foi criada em 2004 com o objetivo de dinamizar parcerias e estratégias entre cidades que promovem a criatividade como agente-chave para o desenvolvimento urbano sustentável. As cidades dividem-se em sete grupos de áreas distintas: Design, Gastronomia, Música, Literatura, Media Arts, Artesanato/Arte Folclórica e Cinema. No campo do Cinema, a estratégia educativa da sétima arte é um dos veículos para o desenvolvimento urbano sustentável dos diferentes contextos que o grupo interpela. Na linha de projetos externos à UCCN que promovem o Cinema como ferramenta próxima e fundamental para a educação, as Cidades Criativas do Cinema da UNESCO relevam esse papel e aplicam, exploram e desenvolvem-no em estratégias pensadas para cada uma das realidades locais e nacionais. Deste modo, uma análise panorâmica sobre algumas dessas práticas, no âmbito da UCCN, poderá contribuir para a identificação de desafios e oportunidades, atuais e globais, nas relações entre Cinema e educação.
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KEYWORDS

Film, Education, UNESCO, UCCN, inclusion.
Cinema, Educação, UNESCO, UCCN, inclusão.
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

This paper is sponsored by National Funds through FTC – Foundation for Science and Technology under the project UID/EAT/0622/2016.
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DISCLOSURES

The author certifies that there is no actual or potential conflict of interest in relation to this video article.
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REFERENCES

Alves, Pedro. (2017). XI Encontro Anual da Rede de Cidades Criativas da UNESCO. Non-published report. UNESCO. (2014). Mission Statement. Retrieved (21 november 2017) from: https://en.unesco.org/creative-cities/sites/creative-cities/files/Mission_Statement_UNESCO_Creative_Cities_Network.pdf UNESCO. (2016a). Creative Cities for Sustainable Development. Paris: UNESCO. Retrieved (21 november 2017) from: https://fr.unesco.org/creative-cities/sites/creative-cities/files/creative%20cities%20for%20web.pdf UNESCO. (2016b). Culture Urban Future – Global Report on Culture for Sustainable Urban Development. Paris: UNESCO. Retrieved (21 november 2017) from: http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0024/002459/245999e.pdf UNESCO. (2017). UNESCO Creative Cities Network: Building a Collective Vision for the Future – Strategic Framework. Retrieved (21 november 2017) from: https://en.unesco.org/creative-cities/sites/creative-cities/files/Strategic-framework_UCCN.pdf United Nations. (2015). Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. NY: United Nations. Retrieved (21 november 2017) from: https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/content/documents/21252030%20Agenda%20for%20Sustainable%20Development%20web.pdf
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AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY

Professor & researcher at School of Arts – Catholic Portuguese University and CITAR. Member of ICONO14 (Spain) and AIM (Portugal). Holds a PhD from the University Complutense of Madrid. Has several publications and scientific events/projects participations on subjects such as film narrative, film pragmatics & education, screenwriting and creativity. Co-coordinated the books “Aprender del cine: narrativa y didáctica” (2014), “Oficios del Cine: manual para prácticas cinematográficas” (2017) and “Fusões no Cinema: Educação, Didática e Tecnologia” (2018). In 2017 he coordinated the V International Creative Cities Conference (Porto) and collaborated with the UNESCO Creative Cities Network in the XI UCCN Annual Meeting and as external consultant for the 2017 application evaluation.
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