On 14-17 January, IFACCA’s Research Manager, Annamari Laaksonen, participated in the 3rd Conference of the Asia-Pacific Network for Cultural Education & Research (ANCER) entitled Vitality and Viability: Arts Ecosystems in Asia in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. 

ANCER is Asia’s First Network for Cultural Education and Research. An initiative of LASALLE College of the Arts, the network was formed in 2012 as a way to stimulate international inquiry and research in this sector in order to contribute to a better understanding of the unique factors contributing to the study of arts management and cultural policy in the Asia Pacific Region. The 3rd ANCER Conference was hosted by Cambodian Living Arts, a leading cultural agency in Cambodia, founded to sustain the transmission of traditional performing arts after the loss of life and destruction of education and cultural systems during the Khmer Rouge regime and now an agency with a range of programs to support the growth and development of vibrant and dynamic arts sector. 

Press coverage (in English) includes the following: https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/105620-105620/

More information on ANCER: http://www.lasalle.edu.sg/research/lasalle-labs-centres-networks/ancer/

More information on Cambodian Living Arts: http://www.cambodianlivingarts.org/

http://www.lasalle.edu.sg/research/lasalle-labs-centres-networks/ancer/