Digital technologies are now re-shaping popular culture around the world but as a developing country Pakistan is still far behind in terms of digital reach and infrastructure.

• Features

• Asia
• Pakistan

As of August 2021, the World Health Organization (WHO) reports that 55.2 million people around the world are living with dementia. The number is projected to reach 78 million by ...

• Magazine

• Malaysia

Looking back at the first hybrid version of the ASEM Cultural Festival 2021, Preeti Gaonkar and Bridget Lee from the Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF), interviewed His Excellency Hab Touch from Ministry of Culture and Fine ...

• Interviews

• Asia
• Belgium
• Cambodia
• Europe

Many of us are confined at home #StayHome during the COVID-19 pandemic. Across Europe and Asia, masses of arts events have sadly been cancelled – festivals, conferences, performances, exhibitions, biennales ...

• Features

• Asia
• Europe

As part of the media partnership with the Central Asian Forum on Cultural Policy and Management organised last month in Almaty, Kazakhstan, I have interviewed on behalf of culture360.ASEF.org the ...

• Interviews

• Kazakhstan

The Europe-Asia Roundtable Sessions (EARS) aims to provide a creative platform to support international collaboration and cross-cultural interaction between Europe and Asia.

• Features

• Asia
• Europe
• India

This month culture360.ASEF.org unveils a new series of articles and interviews titled ‘Independent Hubs / Creative Entrepreneurs’. This series takes into account the emergence of independent hubs and creative entrepreneurs ...

• Magazine

• Asia
• Malaysia

“There is no story without a teller and a listener. The storytelling cycle expands and becomes “ripples of telling and listening, and telling and listening all over again”.

• Features

• Asia
• Australia
• Europe

ASEF culture360 contributor Florent Petit sketches a profile of Brussels, the capital of Belgium and home to the most important bodies of the European Union. One of the most important ...

• Features

• Belgium

New Zealand arts consultant, Sarah Ropata interviews Carla van Zon, Artistic Director of the Auckland Arts Festival.

• Features

• New Zealand

Since George Town received the World Heritage title from UNESCO, jointly with Melaka as historic cities of the Straits of Malacca in 2008, it has experienced growing attention and underwent ...

• Features

• Asia
• Malaysia

Philippine festivals are town fiestas celebrating moments in history that defined identity, polity and locality. Celebration of the arts and culture, albeit made central to these festivities, only comes as ...

• Features

• Asia
• Philippines

Escape Line is a research project that aims to prove the possibility of establishing a balanced dialogue between programmers and creators in the performing arts market.

• Features

• Europe
• Portugal
• Spain

What do ‘festivals’ mean in a global world? How are they perceived in Europe compared with Asia? What is their dialogue, keeping in mind EU and Asian practices?

• Features

• Austria
• Europe

Europalia, based in Belgium, is a major international arts festival held every two years to celebrate one invited country’s cultural heritage. This year China has been chosen.

• Features

• Belgium
• China
• Europe