Ettijahat-Independent Culture / اتجاهات- ثقافة مستقلة

“اتجاهات” هي مؤسسة ثقافية أسسها مجموعة من الفاعلين الثقافيين السوريين عام 2012؛ تبني عملها على ثلاثة محاور، هي:
تنشيط الحركة الفنية المستقلة والتعاون مع الفنانين والفاعلين الثقافيين المستقلين، كجزء من نشاط إبداعي متجاوب مع بيئته الاجتماعية والسياسية.
توفير الدراسات والأبحاث الميدانية والأكاديمية اللازمة في التخطيط الثقافي؛ وبناء مشاريع ثقافية وفكرية منسجمة مع احتياجات المجتمع.
تطوير السياسات الثقافية والتوجهات الأساسية للثقافة والفنون على المستوى الوطني لدمج مفهوم الثقافة في عملية التنمية.

Ettijahat is an organization that stimulates the growth of independent culture in Syria. It does this by encouraging a positive and real relationship between culture and Syria’s diverse communities. Ettijahat works on three primary axes:

Firstly on being part of an active and independent cultural movement in Syria by cooperating with independent artists and cultural actors on dynamic and relevant projects that respond to their political and social environments and that reflect people’s priorities (here and now).
Secondly, Ettijahat provides the basic tools and structures (including studies and research) required to design and build cultural projects that are in-line with regional and national developments in the fields of art and culture.
Lastly, on developing national policies and approaches to art and culture and shifting general understanding of culture from part of the service sector in Syria, to a vital element in the country’s
development sector

Mission

Ettijahat. Independent Culture is an independent institution formed by a number of Syrian cultural activists in 2011 as a secular company. Our programmes and projects are based on cultural planning, research, advocacy, networking and cultural management. We also provide support to various independent cultural projects, including designing an integrated approaches that emphasize the link between independent cultural and its political, social and economic contexts. In doing so, we hope to positively affect creative and institutional work in the cultural sector and in Syria.