ENCATC Magazine - Issue n°09

This edition invites you to reflect on culture as infrastructure, care, and future-making, with contributions from scholars and practitioners across Europe and beyond, delving into how culture serves as the bedrock of democracy, exploring its profound role in shaping a just, inclusive, and sustainable future for all.

From Bologna’s ambitious cultural sustainability strategy to a closer look at Korea’s cultural diplomacy, the articles highlight how cultural action is reshaping communities and policies. This issue sets the tone for the 2025 ENCATC Congress in Barcelona, where we will engage with the theme "The Future is Cultural: Policy, Practice, and Education". The topic of this year invites us to collectively imagine how education, policy, and practice can align to address the ecological, social, and ethical challenges ahead.

As the European Commission has just unveiled its next Multiannual Financial Framework and the Culture Compass continues to evolve, this edition serves as both a reflection and a proposition, reflecting on the essential questions of what a just, inclusive, and sustainable cultural future entails, and the policies ne