Jonathan Goodacre considers how we can preserve the global ideas exchange that the arts and culture community benefits from so richly.
The pandemic has shown that there is no way – political or otherwise – of dividing ourselves from the rest of the world. And when it comes to climate change, there is certainly no hiding our global connectedness.
But it’s not just viruses and temperature rises that spread voraciously across borders. Culture too flows freely across the world, infiltrating people’s lives unexpectedly and making a lasting impact. What that impact might be is up for grabs now more than ever.
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