Things to say by Jesse Marsh

Networks have a cultural identity based on access and organisation of information
Open networks are self-regulating: participation and membership is voluntary
Cultural identity is self-defined socially constructed
For the individual, multiple participation possibilities
Mediation between different cultural levels

ability to participate in cultures and shape them
construction of locus / sounding board for cultural dialogue through art, poetry, etc.
ability to establish peer relations between cultures (horizontal cultural fluency)
possibility of culture communities to increase scope (economic, knowledge opportunities)
while maintaining integrity (vertical cultural fluency)
possibility to reinforce, rediscover cultural spaces (overcoming geographical barriers)
possibility to balance cultural identity at different scales (region, Europe; globe)

Doubtful value of all new programmes

Qualification of cultural initiatives (need focus):

restoration of monuments and buildings should be linked to purpose
cultural networks (e.g. Kaleidoscope) should look at telematic networks
to broaden in both directions: trans-European and to people

Build cultures into other actions:

Relation to subsidiarity (gives European dimension to local initiatives).

Ποιειν Και Πραττειν - create and do