ASA FORUM 2025 | INSIGHTS
January 16
STRATEGIC DECENTRALIZATION OF CULTURE & CULTURAL CONSUMPTION
Step inside ASA Forum 2025, organised by ASA Advocacy Society for the Arts, for a 360‑degree conversation on what it really means to decentralise arts and culture - not just in geography, but in resources, power and knowledge. During the first panel entitled “STRATEGIC DECENTRALIZATION OF CULTURE & CULTURAL CONSUMPTION”, decision‑makers, researchers and grassroots organisers rethink who culture is for, who decides, and how opportunities can move closer to communities beyond the capital.
Moderated by Dr. Marine Karoyan (Are Foundation, EU4Culture Armenia), the panel brings together Daniel Danielyan (Deputy Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport of Armenia), Anne Torreggiani (The Audience Agency, UK), Magnus Kirchhoff (Swedish Arts Grants Committee, Sweden), Jan‑Tage Kühling (EUNIC Armenia, Goethe‑Institut Armenia), Federico Rasetti (LIVE DMA, KeepOn LIVE, Italy) and Gohar Mnatsakanyan (Sevan Youth Club) to explore cultural rights, regional inequalities, audience development, funding ecosystems and data‑driven policy. If you care about fair cultural ecosystems, this is your deep‑dive into how to share cultural resources, power and knowledge more equitably - from national strategies to village‑level initiatives.