François Matarasso

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  • Imagining a future (revised)

    TL:DR One of my oldest and wisest friends told me last night that yesterday’s post was confused and hard to follow. It’s a mistake I’ve made before, so I’ve revised it and added this summary. (I tried to do too many things in it.) And if that wasn’t complicated enough, I hinted at new concerns…

  • In defence of universalism

    ‘Civil war? What does that mean? Is there a foreign war? Is not every war between men war between brothers?’ Victor Hugo, Les Miserables For different reasons, my attention is currently elsewhere, so I will continue to add some past work here, consolidating texts that have been scattered across obscure publications and websites. Today’s was…

  • A website update

    Now that my other websites have been retired, I will gradually add relevant material here. This site remains focused on co-creation, community art and cultural democracy, but its range will broaden from the book with which it shares a title. One example of that is culture in development, where I’ve worked in Eastern Europe, Central…

  • ‘This little wild bouquet’

    This is a guest post by my friend and co-host, Arlene Goldbard, to introduce the latest episode of ‘A Culture of Possibility’, in which we talk about democracy in theory and practice. The podcast is available today from all the usual podcast platforms, and on the MIAAW website with notes and links. Click here to…

  • Drifting

    The tone and focus of this blog has changed as uncertainties have crowded round me. I don’t know if it’s for the better—that might be clearer if A Selfless Art is ever finished—but it’s honest. I’ve just completed my last contract and find myself, for the first time since 1986, without work. Perhaps, at 65, I’m being…

  • #3 – The self in the writer

    A Selfless Art, Update #3 It’s been nearly a month since I started writing A Selfless Art in earnest. I made a good start, banking over 10,000 words. And then I stalled. I was writing about experiences that shaped my understanding of co-creation because it helps explain why I think what I think, and why…