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Author: Anjum KatyalEditor(s): Anjum KatyalPublisher: Seagull BooksYear: 2004Language: EnglishPages: 436ISBN/UPC (if available): 8170462495 DescriptionIn keeping with the unconventional nature of this volume, which experiments with an alternative way of documenting and presenting case studies of four cultural organisations in Japan, Indonesia, Hong King and India, certain unconventional editorial decisions have been made. This is a collage of many kinds of text: extracts from interviews, letters, email exchanges, essays, articles, newspaper write-ups, reports, diary entries, poetry, reflective pieces, photographs.. This highly unusual book will be of interest to anyone concerned with the theory and practice of cultural activism and cultural exchange, especially within and across Asia.What, one might ask, constitutes a genuine dialogue? An exchange between two independent voices where exploring the other and exploring the self take place at the same time. Nineteen men and women, all pr