Art Moves Africa – Retracing Roots and Tracing New Routes: Mobility and Touring in North Africa

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Introduction
1.2
Purpose of
the research
This research was commissioned by AMA
in August 2018. Its purpose is to shed light
on the situation of artistic and cultural mobility
in the North African region and in relation with the
other African regions. It namely aims to illuminate the
factors underpinning the relative weakness of mobility
to / from / within North Africa.
Indeed, since AMA’s launch in 2005, North Africa has
consistently been the region that generates the smallest
number of mobility grant applications, on all three
fronts: that is, in terms of outgoing mobility, incoming
mobility, and intra-regional mobility:
· In terms of outgoing mobility, it has generated a total
of 169 projects, accounting for an average 8% of total
mobility projects since 2005, behind East Africa at
14%.
· In terms of incoming mobility, it has attracted a total
of 179 projects, accounting for an average 9% of
total mobility projects since 2005, behind East and
Southern Africa (tied at 18%).
· In terms of intra-regional mobility, it has generated
a total of 28 projects, accounting for an average of
1% of total mobility projects since 2005.
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See section 1.4,
“Overview of
Mobility in North
Africa” below
for detailed
information on
mobility
trends to/from
North Africa.
This report is divided into the following
sections: 1 – Introduction; 2 – Methodology;
3 – Summary of opportunities and impediments
to mobility to/from North Africa;
4 – Country-specific information; 5 – Conclusion
and Recommendations. It also includes
three Appendices: A – a mapping of
arts spaces, venues and events in North
Africa, including graphs and contact information
; B – a list of the study’s respondents;
and C – a bibliography.
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