Wolfgang Schneider, Founding Director of the Department of Cultural Policy at the University of Hildesheim/Germany, UNESCO-Chairholder in Cultural Policy for the Arts in Development (2012–2020), Chair of the National Fund for the Performing Arts, and Honorary President of the International Association of Theatre for Children and Young People.Hatice Gokce Okandan, Former Director and Professor - Cultural Management Graduate Programs at Istanbul Bilgi University. Expert on UN Cultural Indicators. Key Expert for the INSPIRE Project for a Proper Transformation of the Creative Economy in Türkiye, UNESCO Turkish Commission Cultural Diversity on Digitalization Expert.

• Ian Hodder: Making Policy for Cultural Heritage: The Example of Çatalhöyük - Serhan Ada: Foreword - FOCUS (Editors: Wolfgang Schneider, Gökçe Dervişoğlu Okandan) - Wolfgang Schneider,,Gökçe Dervişoğlu Okandan:Resilience in the ecosystem of theatre, Cultural policy perspectives for the independent performing arts - 1.1 Ana Letunić, Jovana Karaulić: Collaborative decision-making and participation in the independent cultural scene: Transnational cultural networks in precarious working conditions - 1.2Özlem Canyürek: Diversity as Equal Opportunities A Cultural Policy Framework for a Heterogeneous Performing Arts Scene - 1.3 Wolfgang Schneider: Transforming the Theatrical Landscape: The paradigm shift in funding for the independent performing arts in Germany and Europe - 1.4 Khayelihle Dominique Gumede and Rolf C. Hemke: Decolonization of Cultural Policy in Times of Transformation – The Role of Performing Arts in South Africa - 1.5 Kazuo Fujino: Bridging the Performing Arts and Tourism to Achieve Regional Revitalization −Cultural Policy in Japan and the Challenge Faced by the Professional College of Arts and Tourism− - 1.6. Cristina Farinha, Matina Magkou and Anna Steinkamp: International Cooperation, mobility and the Status of the Artist in the Independent Performing Arts: A Plea for more Fair Policies and Practices - 1.7 Yeşim Özsoy: Amongst a World Crises Resilience of Theaters in Türkiye - 1.8 Selda Dudu:Macro-level determinants of the number of theater audiences: The case of Turkey - 1.9 Ceyda Atay: The Value of Small Live Music Venues in the Music Ecosystem: Research on the Alternative Music Scene of İstanbul, Turkey - OPEN SPACE (Editor: Serhan Ada) - 2.1 Jonathan Vickery, Serhan Ada: Futures and future-being for Cultural policy – cultural policy as political imaginary of human possibility - 2.2 Mike van Graan: Reflections on Resilience: South Africa’s Sustaining Theatre and Dance (Stand) Foundation as A Response to the Existential Challenge Posed to Theatre and Dance by the Covid-19 Pandemic - REVIEW (Editor: Miyase Çlen) - 3.1 Şfak Ersölü Banu Ayten Akı: The Theater of the Real in the 21st Century: On the “Smuggled Tea Performance” and “Telemachos: Should I Stay or Should I Go” - 3.2 Zeynep Nur Ayanoğu: Being Alive in the Garden: Güüşü Academy Theater Festival - 3.3 Seda Nanic Zeybek: Book Review: Cultural Heritage Management Why and How? Experiences and Discussions from Tükiye