tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28464200.post7260273400969146338..comments2023-10-24T20:47:13.885+05:30Comments on The Spaniard In The Works: JLF and sponsorshipSpace Barhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08251329008160756254noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28464200.post-80612283207492116032011-01-25T20:37:13.216+05:302011-01-25T20:37:13.216+05:30jp: you think?
hb: well, exactly. and funding cul...jp: you think?<br /><br />hb: well, exactly. and funding culture and art elsewhere in the world where people may or may not care what the corporation's been doing is one way of gaining legitimacy. <br /><br />i agree that political sanctions are necessary, but as with SA a couple of decades ago and Israel now, it's a combination of BDS from both governments and (aargh this word annoys me) civil society that really puts pressure.<br /><br />i'm not sure i agree that we ought to hold organisers to more stringent standards than writers or artists. i think writers/artists ought to be held to the highest standards there are but that doesn't let organisers off the hook either. (esp when you consider how often organisers themselves expect the writers/artists to provide the legitimacy for their enterprise. see dan david, jerusalem prize, galle lit fest).<br /><br />km: um...vodafone, suhel seth's company...what's its face - counselage and...ok. i'll concede the toi. no one can beat them for the fineness and discernment of their writing.Space Barhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08251329008160756254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28464200.post-37099201003895334402011-01-25T18:30:09.409+05:302011-01-25T18:30:09.409+05:30Goldman Sachs, Times of India and the Johnnie Walk...Goldman Sachs, Times of India and the Johnnie Walker. <br /><br />OK, space bar, *you* show me three organizations that you associate more with literature than those three companies.kmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16040339235134145847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28464200.post-39574426359802473362011-01-25T18:08:26.997+05:302011-01-25T18:08:26.997+05:30It's a tough question, but I think it's fa...It's a tough question, but I think it's fair to draw the line somewhere. Would we want to take money from Dow? Well, yes, if it were to clean up water in Bhopal, but probably not if it were part of a whitewash campaign. And a lot of money from the former white regime in South Africa was turned down by all sorts of reasonable people for reasonable reasons.<br /><br />For artistic festivals, if a company has done something to blatantly undermine human rights or artistic freedom, then it might be best to turn down the money.<br /><br />But we should have pretty high standards for turning down money, because it's true that if we dig a little, most large corporations do a lot of really bad things...the real answer is more often regulation and political sanctions of some sort.<br /><br />And there are times when it is right for artists to turn down money or opportunities for exposure. But I'd say we should be easier on them than on big literary organisations.Hari Battihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14789125444941418973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28464200.post-15131560683788949002011-01-25T15:13:08.218+05:302011-01-25T15:13:08.218+05:30You specialise in tough questions, don't you? ...You specialise in tough questions, don't you? :)JPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01544406500208399638noreply@blogger.com