Tenstar Community
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Tenstar Community, often known simply as "TEN", is a Third Sector not-for-profit association registered in Italy, dedicated to the sustainable social regeneration by working with disadvantaged artists and authoritative professionals through their disciplines such as Architecture, Arts, Cinematography, Design, Engineering, Photography, Graphics, Music, Performing Arts and Urban regeneration.,[1] "Ten" works on education, culture and creativity focusing on education, culture and creativity and on the retooling of such disciplines by creating interactivity within them and with the Creative Economy[2] and the Green Economy.
Background
Tenstar Community Platform was created in 2000 by Abbas Gharib and nine other professionals and artists who supported creative people, confronting through a dialogue with the Western culture, and their disciplines by targeted initiatives. "Ten" - International Developments for the Post-contemporary formed actions beginning in ten creative areas to support young designers and artists in the Middle East.
Later in 2008, the center of this Platform was transferred to Italy, as a Registered Italian association to implement better the actions, in an environment best suited to create a network for its objectives and a container for its concepts believing that Educational sectors, including public and private services, are forming large parts of creative areas.[3]
Mission and Vision
The Community's mission is to transform creative innovation, which contribute to the passage from an energy based to a knowledge based production. In these panorama, its vision through concepts and creations, leads to new creative paths and overcomes the contemporary paradigms in the field of artistic expression, toward the future. The formation of this movement rebuilts the legacy of artistic and cultural heritage of the city artifacts, which are meaningful as the best places like spatial containers capable of making experiences and creating employments in a sustainable value added creative prediction, such as social economy, for a post-industrial society based on advanced economy of culture and creativity. [4]
New Organizers with new tasks
New Organizers of "Tenstar Community” in Italy are Sandra Villa, an architect and designer, Samì Gharib, a sociologist and expert in communication and Leila Gharib who is a Musician and art performer.
This initiative coincides with the economical and social innovation, so that the ten creative areas and the ten goals of the Association, are and remain as:
- Following the actions that lead to the new renovated societies which are post-industrial, post-informatics and more conceptual, based on the forces of the Creative Citizens Rights;
- Looking at the western economic and social crisis as a resource and opportunity for transformation and growth;
- Being active in the educational, cultural and creative sectors, that are engines for growth and development;[5]
- Joining and work in the Creative Economy and in the third sectors;
- Interacting between local and internationalization events in the areas of creativity, culture and training;
- Continuing vigorously with "Social economy" as the advanced creative Economic growth;
- Sustaining the "Social Sectors" to grow wealth and to "make yourself the actors of Creative Citizens";[6]
- Organizing creative cultural and educational events as opportunities that have excelled to innovate and grow;
- Creating the Containers of Education Culture and Creativity, in each city with the goal of sustaining talents, producing jubs,providing services and developing Creative Economy;
- Developing a web-based platform for sharing and participatory approaches for reuse the education, culture and creativity, as augmented reality.
Notes
- ↑ Andrea Colantonio, Tim Dixon "Urban Regeneration and Social Sustainability: Best Practice from European Cities", Wiley-Blackwell 2010, 336 pages, ISBN 978-1-4051-9419-8
- ↑ Bakhshi Hasan , Hargreaves Ian and Mateos-Garcia Juan, A Manifesto For The Creative Economy, Nesta, 2013, PP. 128
- ↑ Kultur & Kommunikation for Nordic Innovation Centre (2007),Creative Industries Education in the Nordic Countries ; Mœglin, Pierre (2010), Les Industries éducatives, Paris, Puf
- ↑ Howkins John, The Creative Economy, Penguin; New Ed edition 2002 PP. 288, ASIN: B002XHNNWA.
- ↑ Florida, Richard (2002), The Rise of the Creative Class. And How It's Transforming Work, Leisure and Everyday Life, Basic Books
- ↑ Yunus, Muhammad (2009). Creating a World Without Poverty: Social Business and the Future of Capitalism. PublicAffairs. pp. 320. ISBN 978-1-58648-667-9.
References
1. Howkins 2001 Howkins, John "The Creative Economy: How People Make Money From Ideas" Penguin 2001.
2. Sacco Pier Luigi, Caliandro Christian, Italia Reloaded, Mulino, 2011, pp. 168 ISBN 978-88-15-14941-1
3. Creative_Economy Bakhshi Hasan, Hargreaves Ian and Mateos-Garcia Juan, A Manifesto For The Creative Economy, Nesta, 2013, PP. 128
4. Charles Landry, "The origins & futures of the creative city", Comedia,ISBN : 978-1-908777-00-3.
5. Richard Florida, "The Rise of the Creative Class", Basic Books, new edition 2012, ISBN 0465029930
6. Richard Florida, "The Great Reset: How the Post-Crash Economy Will Change the Way We Live and Work", HarperBusiness; Reprint edition 2011, ISBN 978-0062009050.