The arts are being sidelined in the cost of living crisis. It’s time we stopped framing them as a luxury

Sat, 29 Jun 2024 12:45:44 +1000

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

Andrew Pam
<https://theconversation.com/the-arts-are-being-sidelined-in-the-cost-of-living-crisis-its-time-we-stopped-framing-them-as-a-luxury-228902>

"The cost of living crisis undermines the right to participate in cultural
life. Australia’s federal cultural policy, Revive, acknowledges and even
celebrates

the entitlement of all Australians to have access to culture (a liberty […]
enshrined in Article 27 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, to
which Australia is a signatory).

Currently, however, that right is threatened by the cost of living crisis. This
crisis cuts in several directions, affecting the community’s capacity to access
art, as well as artists’ and organisations’ capacity to make it."

Cheers,
       *** Xanni ***
--
mailto:xanni@xanadu.net               Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/                 Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/            Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/               Manager, Serious Cybernetics

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