Debates

From 1 March 2012 until 31 March 2012

Mediacafé #9: You don't make up the news Archive

A plea for craftsmanship in journalism

10 March 2012 - Afternoon, during Mind the Book

The financial crisis as portrayed in the media amplifies the internal crisis but at the same time they are two separate entities. Are journalist still creative, curious and critical? A view behind the editorial scenes with Karel van den Berg, Xandra Schutte, Wouter Verscheiden and Lisbeth Imbo.

Science Bar Brussels: to laugh or to cry? Are there still boundaries when it comes to reality-tv? Archive

15 March 2012 - 18:30

Do the cheerful bunch in ‘Oh oh Cherso', the quaint love matches in ‘Exotische Liefde' and the amusing amateur chefs in ‘Komen Eten' mirror reality? Must participants be protected from themselves or are we old and wise enough to foresee the consequences of participating in reality-tv?

Politics, economics and culture, a different balance? Archive

19 March 2012 - 14:30

Prior to the Award ceremony on the 19 March, ECF and tge Flemish-Dutch House deBuren will host a public debate between a.o. laureate Charles Esche and Professor Judith Marquand (Wolfson College, Oxford), moderated by Julie de Groote, (President of the Brussels French-speaking Parliament).

How much politics can art endure? Archive

The border between art and political activism

27 March 2012 - 19:30