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Sep 2015
41m 42s

What was I thinking?! - being an academi...

OXFORD UNIVERSITY
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Reflecting on experience as academic lead for the Warwick Commission for the Future of Cultural Value, Dr Eleonora Belfiore explores the possibilities and challenges that developing a collaborative approach to generating fresh policy thinking entails. The context for this talk is offered by one of the defining debates in cultural policy studies, namely the ... Show More
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