A Different Creative Culture after Managerialism and Paternalism
A Different Creative Culture after Managerialism and Paternalism Gerry Hassan The Scotsman, November 10th 2012 The last few months have seen a gathering storm about Creative Scotland, the leading arts and culture organisation in the country. A letter signed by more than one hundred of our leading artists and cultural practitioners, signalled their concerns and called out for a change of direction. The breadth of opposition, ranging across generations, political views and art forms, uniting independence supporting James Kelman with pro-union advocates such as James MacMillan, cannot be easily ignored. But what is left unsaid is the wider context,
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The Language of Violence
The Language of Violence Gerry Hassan The Scotsman, February 19th 2011 For many years I have thought that changing Scotland involved talking about issues, policy and politics. I have slowly begun to realise that this is putting the cart before the horse. Instead we have to take a much more important and simple first step: learning how to debate, discuss and disagree in an appropriate manner. All across Scotland in public and private life – there is a low level language of violence which sometimes leads to action. We see this in personal relationships, public spaces and in our politics.
