“New content thrives on reuse and remixing of old content which is increased when you have an open approach to culture.” Fred believes that open culture simplifies many aspects of culture preservation, sharing, and creation by making things clearer and easier to manage for institutions and individuals and that open culture solves challenges for future…
“Culture is something that should be shared among many people.” Hardi talks about the work he is doing with Wikipedia to make collections in Indonesia accessible to the wider world. He explains how the internet makes unique cultures more visible and promotes dialogue between cultures. Open Culture VOICES is a series of short videos that…
“The key to enjoying the benefits of Open Culture is to use the tools available to us” says Rina Pantalony. In this episode we learn about the national and global networks that support open access in the GLAM sector and how education is crucial to leveraging the power of open licenses. Copyright is a tool…
“Accessibility means putting art out there!” Sumona tells us in this episode about how Delhi’s Art Gallery (DAG) approaches open access from various perspectives. Sumona shares insight into creating exhibitions that inform the public and shed light on recent history in digital and physical spaces. Open Culture VOICES is a series of short videos that…
The Open Culture program is dedicated to making our resources available to our diverse global audience. Many of our resources are available in multiple languages, and we are grateful to our community of volunteers for expanding CC’s linguistic reach. Note that the original English version is the authoritative version on which all unofficial translations are…
Watch A Special Episode of the Open Culture Voices Series, Part 1 In this Special Episode of the Open Culture Voices series, CC hosts a conversation among five open culture experts from around the world: Dr. Andrea Wallace, Professor, University of Exeter Law School, United Kingdom Dr. Nkem Osuigwe, Director, African Library and Information Associations…
[read this post in English >] Después de años de reunirse en línea, la comunidad de CC claramente está lista para reunirse en persona para la Cumbre Global de CC 2023 del 3 al 6 de octubre en la Ciudad de México, mostrando que el trabajo para abrir el conocimiento y la cultura es más…
[lee esta entrada en español >] After years of gathering online, the CC community is clearly eager to gather in person for CC’s 2023 Global Summit during 3–6 October in Mexico City, demonstrating that the work to open knowledge and culture is more popular and important than ever. We received 184 compelling responses to our…
This post was prepared collaboratively by Jennryn Wetzler, Werner Westermann, Lisa Di Valentino, Dr. Suma Parahakaran, Tetiana Kolesnykova, Paola Corti, Dan McGuire, and Fernando Daguanno. In February and March, the CC Open Education Platform community voted on five winning ideas to advance open education globally. Five project teams, spanning Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Ghana, Italy, Malaysia,…
In this Special Episode of the Open Culture Voices series, CC hosts a conversation among five open culture experts from around the world. Dr. Andrea Wallace, Professor, University of Exeter Law School, United Kingdom Dr. Nkem Osuigwe, Director, African Library and Information Associations and Institutions, Nigeria Medhavi Gandhi, Founder, The Heritage Lab, India Evelin Heidel…