Publications
Dr. Sacha Kagan
2012
- Sacha Kagan, Toward Global (Environ)Mental Change: Transformative Art and Cultures of Sustainability, Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung, "Ecology" series, Vol. 20, 2012. More information and PDF version available here
- Sacha Kagan, "Arto kay Dauropovo: Konektante Modeloyn por Kulturo de Komplekseco", in Wolfgang Guenther (ed.), Kiosko - libera, skeptica, transkultura, n°6, 2012, pp. 54-62.
- Sacha Kagan, "The transcultural and artscience: The 'Karamoja Campaign' as an attempt at transdisciplinary action research", in Christa Cremer-Renz and Bettina Jansen-Schulz (Eds.), Von der Internationalsierung der Hochschulen zur transkulturellen Wissenschaft, NOMOS-Verlag, 2012 (upcoming).
2011
- Sacha Kagan. "Aesthetics of Sustainability: A Transdisciplinary Sensibility for Transformative Practices". Transdisciplinary Journal of Engineering & Science, Vol. 2, pp.70-79 (December, 2011). Available here
- Sacha Kagan, Art and Sustainability: Connecting Patterns for a Culture of Complexity, transcript Verlag, 2011. Book page on the publisher's website
- Sacha Kagan, “Art and Sustainability: The search for cultures of sustainability is not an easy journey”, in Katja Hellkoetter (Ed.), Europe China Cultural Compass: Orientation for Intercultural Cooperation between China and Europe, Beijing: Goethe Institut, 2011, pp. 258-263 (209-214 in Chinese version). Available here
- Sacha Kagan. "A peek into a 'new art of living'? Diary from the Ueber Lebenskunst Festival". Cultura21 Webmagazine, August 23 2011. Available here.
- Sacha Kagan, "Which wealth for which sustainability?" Cultura21 Webmagazine, June 06 2011. Available here.
- Eds. Sacha Kagan and Katelijn Verstraete, Sustainable Creative Cities: the role of the arts in globalised urban contexts - An extended report from workshop 3 at the ASEF CCS4 Conference, Singapore, Lüneburg: Asia-Europe Foundation, Leuphana Universität Lüneburg, 2011. Available here.
- Sacha Kagan and Julia Hahn, “Creative Cities and (Un)Sustainability: From Creative Class to Sustainable Creative Cities.” Culture and Local Governance / Culture et gouvernance locale, vol. 3, no. 1-2, 2011. Available here.
- Oleg Koefoed, Sacha Kagan, Hans Dieleman, "Sustensive Intercultural Chronotopes", In Oleg Koefoed, Joakim Kromann, Michael Paulsen, Christian Ydesen (Eds.), Learning from the Other - intercultural metalogues, Århus: Århus University Press/NSU Press, 2011.
2010
- Sacha Kagan, “Cultures of Sustainability and the aesthetics of the pattern that connects”, Futures: The journal of policy, planning and futures studies, vol. 42, n. 10, 2010. DOI: 10.1016/j.futures.2010.08.009 Available here...
NB: Elsevier allows authors to publish a "pre-print", personal version of their articles on their own personal and institute's websites, provided that a link to the Journal is included.
- Sacha Kagan, "Walking for social and ecological transformation", Culture360.org, Dec. 14 2010. Available here.
- Sacha Kagan, From the Unsustainable Creative Class to the Sustainable Creative City: An Emerging Shift in Cultural Policies? ESA Research Network Sociology of Culture Midterm Conference: Culture and the Making of Worlds, October 2010. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1692189
2009
- Eds. David Knaute and Sacha Kagan, Sustainability in Karamoja? Rethinking the terms of global sustainability in a crisis region, Rüdiger Köppe, 2009.
- Sacha Kagan, Liv Pedersen and Sally Ollech, "The Karamoja Syndrome: transdisciplinary systems research informing policy and advocacy", in eds. David Knaute and Sacha Kagan, Sustainability in Karamoja? Rethinking the terms of global sustainability in a crisis region, Rüdiger Köppe, 2009. Available here...
- Sacha Kagan, "Land of Thorns: a filmic attempt to mediate issues of (un-)sustainable development", in eds. David Knaute and Sacha Kagan, Sustainability in Karamoja? Rethinking the terms of global sustainability in a crisis region, Rüdiger Köppe, 2009. Available here...
- Sacha Kagan, "Systems Thinking Games", in ASEF, Report on Connect2Culture & The Asia-Europe Dialogue on Arts, Culture and Climate Change, ASEF, 2009.
- Sacha Kagan, "The too many artists syndrome", in Edu Tool Box: Cross Critique - Towards a Subjective University, Halle für Kunst Lüneburg & CCC programme - HEAD Genève, 2009.
2008
- Eds. Sacha Kagan and Volker Kirchberg, Sustainability: a new frontier for the arts and cultures, VAS, 2008.
- Sacha Kagan, "Art effectuating social change: double entrepreneurship in conventions". [Available here...] + Introduction: "Sustainability as a new frontier for the arts and cultures". [Available here...] + Postface: "Seven points for an agenda of research and action on cultures and arts for sustainability". [Available here...] In eds. Sacha Kagan and Volker Kirchberg, Sustainability: a new frontier for the arts and cultures, VAS, 2008.
- Sacha Kagan, "Une sage-femme écopoiétique". In eds. Bernard Lafargue, Karl Lakolak, Érographies d’incorporelles, éditions Everland, 2008.
- David Knaute and Sacha Kagan. Report on the International Conference: Issues of Pastoralism – zur Situation der Hirtenvölker. ACTED, 2008. Available online [http://www.cultura21.net/karamoja/docs/conference%20report%20Luneburg.pdf]
2007
- Sacha Kagan, "Stepping out of the sandbox: From the arts as order factor to the arts as change factor for Sustainability", Cultura21 Magazin, August 2007. ISSN: 1863-9674. available online [http://www.cultura21.de/magazin/zivilgesellschaft/z200708_kagan01.html ]
- Eds Sacha Kagan and Bettina Steinbrügge, Everything will be fine / alles wird gut, Universität Lüneburg, 2007. ISBN: 3-935786-42-5 (availabe through the Halle für Kunst Lüneburg)
- Volker Kirchberg, Sacha Kagan and Christoph Behnke, Abschlussbericht zur ESA Konferenz des Forschungsnetzwerkes der Soziologie der Künste in Lüneburg vom 27. März bis 01. April 2007 = Final Report ESA Research Network for the Sociology of the Arts Conference in Lüneburg, 27 March until 1 April 2007, Leuphana Universität Lüneburg, 2007.
2006
- Angela Franz-Balsen und Sacha Kagan, "Wenn der Golfstrom das Drehbuch schreibt" , punkt.um, November 2006, PP 3-4
- Sacha Kagan and Hans Abbing, "Polity Conventions in Art Worlds: the constitution of authority configurations", unpublished paper, presented at STP&A (Social Theory, Politics and Arts) 32nd annual conference, Vienna, July 2006. Available online [http://www.culture.info/images/stories/kagan_abbing.doc ]
- Hans Abbing and Sacha Kagan, “Social Price and Social Monopolization”, unpublished paper, presented at ACEI (Association for Cultural Economics International) conference, Vienna, July 2006. Available online [http://www.xs4all.nl/~abbing/DOCeconomist/Social%20Price%20060621.doc]
2005
- Sacha Kagan, "Comment synthétiser Un siècle de danse moderne ?, un compte-rendu critique du montage de la Cinémathèque de la Danse", Journal de l'association d'Etat des professeurs de danse diplômés du CEFEDEM d'Aquitaine, Bordeaux, Sept-Dec 2005
- Sacha Kagan, "Can Art engage us in Sustainable Development?", in Artopie (website), ed. Hans Dieleman, Centrum voor de Beeldende Kunst (CBK) Rotterdam, January 2005. Available online [http://www.artopie.info/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=25&Itemid=48 ]
2004
- 4 articles about choreographies by A. Preljocaj, under the heading "Le Spectateur Symbolique", Le Quotidien des Grandes Traversées, Bordeaux, November 2004
- S.J. Kagan, ENT³, art projects for intercultural interaction: Entrepreneurship in Conventions, MA Thesis, Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam, 2004. Available online [ http://sachakagan.chez-alice.fr/docs/ent3.doc ]
- S.J. Kagan, "First Elements for a Method of Intercultural Dance Projects for Social Cohesion", Nieuwsbrief Erasmus Genootschap voor Cultuurmanagement, Rotterdam, June 2004. Available online [ http://sachakagan.chez-alice.fr/docs/synthesis.pdf ]
2003
- Sacha Kagan et David Knaute, "Candide chez les Gitans", Poivre Rouge, 3, Bordeaux, 2003. Available online [http://www.poivrerouge.ouvaton.org/article.php3?id_article=19 ]
- S.J. Kagan, Young People and Cultural Communication about Sustainability in Rotterdam, IEP Bordeaux / AIDA Rotterdam, 2003 (1st version: AIDA / MilieuBeleid GemeenteWerken Rotterdam 2002). Available online [ http://sachakagan.chez-alice.fr/docs/reportyouthcult.doc ]
2002
- S.J. Kagan, "The birth of Art: Journey in an archeological controversy", unpublished paper, Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam, 2002. Available online [http://sachakagan.chez-alice.fr/docs/birthart.pdf ]
2001
- Several articles as sub-editor of the arts column in Lettres percantes, Pessac, 2001
1997
- Sacha Kagan, "L'insoutenable légèreté d'EDF", Le Monde Libertaire, 1103, Paris, 4-10 Dec. 1997. Available online [http://ml.federation-anarchiste.org/article3302.html ]



