Shaping cultural policy discourse in Germany: the case of ‘Cultural Education’

Resilience is a key theme in contemporary post-crisis capitalism, prominent across government policy, popular discourses, business and management thinking and academia. This article is about the deployment of the concept of resilience in cultural policy and practice under conditions of austerity. It is based on an extensive engagement with literature, an analysis of cultural policy discourse and qualitative data drawn from 23 in-depth interviews with freelance cultural practitioners. The findings contribute to the literature on the politics of resilience in policy and society and the effects of austerity on culture. We adapt Robin James’ concept of resilience to show how arts leaders and practitioners generate performative narratives that seek to publicly represent their capacity to adapt to austerity, and we explore the different versions of resilience thinking that these narratives mobilise. We argue that resilience in cultural policy and practice unwittingly produces a discursive surplus which becomes reinvested in institutions, providing subsequent justification for the processes of post-crisis austerity itself.

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The future of culture and cultural education in Poland

Konteksty Kształcenia Muzycznego ◽

10.5604/01.3001.0012.8029 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 5 (1(8)) ◽

pp. 11-28

Author(s):

Stella Kaczmarek

Keyword(s):

Cultural Policy ◽

Third Sector ◽

Creative Industries ◽

Cultural Industry ◽

Cultural Education ◽

Modern Times ◽

Cultural Activities ◽

The Future ◽

Key Aspects ◽

Cultural Sector

When we start thinking about culture, the following associations come to our mind: cultural policy, cultural sector, situation of culture, financing of culture, cultural education, etc. Culture constitutes an inseparable part of each country’s economy and politics. Important aspects of the functioning of culture in modern times comprise globalization, the appearance of cultural industry, creative industries and the so-called third sector of culture. The article discusses issues regarding key aspects of the functioning of culture in Poland, both previous and current forms of financing cultural activities as well as information on possible solutions for the future. The situation of artists and authors will also be discussed – the rules governing financing, remuneration and pursuing their own cultural-artistic activities.

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Cultural education organizations and flexible individualization of taste

Journal of Organizational Change Management ◽

10.1108/jocm-01-2015-0018 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 28 (2) ◽

pp. 165-176

Author(s):

Marcin Poprawski

Keyword(s):

Cultural Policy ◽

Practical Implication ◽

Education Institution ◽

Cultural Literacy ◽

Special Focus ◽

Cultural Education ◽

Organization Studies ◽

Content Type ◽

Education Organization ◽

Cultural Sector

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to identify and discuss structure, essence, and quality of a current organizational frameworks for the arts and culture, institutions, NGO’s and enterprises that are core playgrounds for flexible individualization of taste, cultural literacy, individuals’ expressions and their cultural identity. Design/methodology/approach – Paper design initiates with an analysis of the organizational landscape of cultural sector, including special focus on cultural education. This subject will be studied with a use of a case of cultural education organization leaders. The paper epilogue brings to the discussion inspirations from aesthetics and marketing studies. Findings – In cultural education organizations, there is: an urgency: for more hybrid and flexible organizational forms; cross-sectorial synergy; for more focused leaders competencies fitting into expected categories of: managerial, communicative, sensemaking, and entrepreneurial. Research limitations/implications – The paper is a stimulus for further research within cooperating disciplines of organization studies, cultural policy studies, marketing, and aesthetics. Practical implications – The text has practical implication for public administration, cultural policy makers and is an insight for cultural organizations leaders from public, private, and civil parts of cultural sector. Originality/value – The topic of flexible individuation of taste in relations to cultural education institution practices, is reflected in a complementary approach, from triadic perspective of cultural policy, marketing and aesthetics, bringing new insights for organization change research and practice.

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Folk Beliefs and Practices of Bagong (Amorphophallus sp.) Farmers in San Roque, Northern Samar

Annals of Tropical Research ◽

10.32945/atr4115.2019 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 45-62

Author(s):

Rhodora Abalajen-Bande ◽

Michael Carlo Villas

Keyword(s):

Cultural Policy ◽

Policy Formulation ◽

Cultural Education ◽

Folk Beliefs ◽

Beliefs And Practices ◽

Root Crop

This study investigated the folk beliefs and practices of bagong farmers of San Roque, a coastal town 29 kilometers from Catarman, the capital town of Northern Samar. Going by Spanish sources, initial readings suggest that bagong, a root crop of genus Amorphophallus, has long been cultivated in Samar (Alcina 1668/2005). Unlike in other parts of the country where the plant is primarily utilized for pig feeding, the bagong in San Roque is served during special occasions like Christmas and New Year. These occasions are preceded by folk practices unique to the community. This study documents bagong farming and analyzes folk practices, with their attendant narratives and beliefs. Ethnographic observations and interviews were conducted among farmers and townsfolk. Results of the study will have implications on cultural education and cultural policy formulation.

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A STUDY OF THE SOVIET STATE'S CULTURAL POLICY IN THE UKRAINIAN VILLAGE DURING THE YEARS OF COLLECTIVIZATION PROVOCATIONS OF THE UKRAINIAN DIASPORA AND FOREIGN AUTHORS

PRECARPATHIAN BULLETIN OF THE SHEVCHENKO SCIENTIFIC SOCIETY Idea ◽

10.31471/2304-7410-2019-4(56)-81-86 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 81-86

Author(s):

Y. I. Mandryk

Keyword(s):

Cultural Policy ◽

Cultural Education ◽

Scientific Analysis ◽

The Village ◽

Education Work

The article deals with the research of scientists of the Ukrainian diaspora and foreign authors, who analyzes the problems of the policy of the Soviet statehood in the Ukrainian village in the 1930s. The works of diaspora scientists are very different from the depth of scientific analysis. Most of them are anti-Soviet in nature with propaganda, and their scientific analysis is insufficient. More attention is paid to the development of literature in Soviet Ukraine, however, little attention is paid to the development of education, and the cultural education work is not touched upon at all. Development of Ukrainian lands in the 1930s, etc. the culture of the village was interested to foreign researchers during the naming of the USSR qualified the Soviet historians uniquely as "bourgeois", and they needed to be debunked in every historical study. Now you must pay tribute to these researchers.

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‘Now it's indie’: The creative turn of the cultural policy in the Korean indie music scene

International Communication Gazette ◽

10.1177/1748048518802965 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 81 (2) ◽

pp. 193-208

Author(s):

Soochul Kim

Keyword(s):

Cultural Policy ◽

Government Support ◽

Policy Discourse ◽

Cultural Industry ◽

The South ◽

South Korean ◽

Music Scene ◽

The Government ◽

Industry Policy ◽

Indie Music

As creative industry policy discourse has travelled quickly across the South Korean cultural industry, including the Korean Wave and beyond, the indie music artists in South Korea have found opportunities to perform and promote their music overseas. The recent cultural policy along with the direct support programs are unexpected, because of the conservative nature of the government and the nature of the South Korean indie music as independent from political and economic powers. With the example of the overseas advance of South Korean indie artists, with government support, this article presents an examination of the complex relationship between the government's creative cultural policy and the resulting effects of the policies on the South Korean indie music scene. It is argued that it is yet to be determined whether the cultural policy is having a negative or positive effect on the cultural industry. This article suggests that the cultural policy, whatever the goals of the policy-makers, is interacting with other elements—such as the political economy of the technologies of distribution and consumption, subculture, and the methods through which the cultural policy discourse is articulated among the policy community—beyond the objectives of the policy itself.

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