Converging pathways to new knowledge.

'Converging pathways to new knowledge' consisted of a series of three online debates, followed by a one day Round Table in Göteborg, Sweden, on 28 July 2009. The debates involved invited experts and the LabforCulture community who came together to discuss and comment on knowledge production, knowledge sharing and regulation. The Round Table coincided with the Swedish EU presidency conference, 'Promoting a creative generation'. The conference was organised within the context of the European Year of Creativity and Innovation. This publication reflects the proceedings of both the online and the Round Table debates and the surrounding global debates. It aims to continue the conversation that was started online and in Göteborg. The main underlying question is what are the relevant issues that may have to be dealt with in and through cultural policy-making (in the broadest sense). Given the broad composition of the cultural sector, the debates and the publication tend to concentrate a bit more on cultural institutions (museums, archives, heritage institutions, theatres and the like) than on the creators (artists).