Samuel Jones
Researcher
Samuel Jones is a researcher at Demos. His research interests include culture and the arts, museums and galleries, creativity and the communication of ideas and knowledge through the cultural sector. In particular, he is interested in cross-cultural communications and the role of culture in international relations. In other work, he has focused on Global English and conversations. Recently, he has undertaken research in both the US and China.
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- Knowledge and Inspiration: the democratic face of culture Produced in partnership with The Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (MLA), this report looks at the changing face of our museums, libraries and archives. from : markfuller 25th October 2006
- MoMA and Tate Modern One of the most commonly heard criticisms of Tate Modern is the paucity of its collection in comparison with other major museums. This article in the New York Times makes for interesting reading, arguing that the collection has encouraged more creative curation down at Bankside. There are also some interesting comments about the participatory nature of the Unilever commissions. One of the big points to be made about, say, Olafur Eliasson's Weather Project, or Rachel... from : samjones 2nd November 2006
- Building Cultural Literacy Last month, I spoke at a conference at Fudan University in Shanghai. The paper I gave was about the role of cultural providers like museums and the role that they have in building the skills in reading and interpreting cultures. You can download the paper here. from : samjones 17th July 2007
- France - Museums - Column - New York Times Under Sarkozy, France is currently debating the merits of free access to museums. from : samjones 24th July 2007