scholarly journals An Artistic Community and a Workplace

2018 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 115-143
Author(s):  
Laura Pekkala ◽  
Riku Roihankorpi
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Development ◽  
Cultural Policy ◽  
Development Project ◽  
Cultural Dimension ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
Production Models ◽  
Monetary Economy ◽  
Multiple Case ◽  
State Subsidies ◽  
Group Theatre

The article analyzes how money interacts with the practices and organizational activities of independent theatres in Finland in the 2010s. It discusses what kind of development the interaction entails or favors in the wider context of Finnish cultural policy. We share the results of Visio (2015-16), an empirical study and development project funded by the Ministry of Education and Culture and carried out with four professional independent theatres, which originated as group theatres, but are now institutionalized and operate with discretionary state subsidies. During the development project supported by Theatre Centre Finland, the study observed aspects of organizational development and learning as well as sustainable work in the said theatres. This was done via ethnographic and multiple case study methodologies. The study defined a theatre organization as a community for artistic work and a workplace for a diverse group of theatre professionals. The cases and the ethnographies were then reflected against current Finnish cultural policy.As descendants of the group theatre movement – arising from artistic ambition and opposition to commercialism – Finnish independent theatres have developed in different directions in their ideas of theatre, artistic visions, objectives, production models, and positioning in the field. Yet, there is a tendency to define independent theatres in opposition to theatres subsidized by law (the so-called VOS theatres), instead of laying stress on their specific artistic or operational visions or characteristics. This emphasis is present in public discussions, but also in the self-definitions of independent theatres. Money, and the economic affairs it underlines, strongly interact with the development, organizational learning, and working culture of Finnish independent theatres. Theoretically, we promote a Simmelian framework that stresses the socio-cultural dimension of money. Thus, we examine how the practices of the monetary economy are present in the practices and the development of independent theatres, and how this reflects their position within the current cultural policy and funding systems. Based on the above, the article suggests a more versatile approach to artistic independent theatres – one that emphasizes recognizing the heterogeneity of their operating models and artistic orientations, and their roles as diverse artistic communities aside from workplaces.

A Assessment of Management Efficiency in Local Administrative Offices: Case Study Poland

2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 329-351
Author(s):  
Mariola Grzebyk ◽  
Agata Pierścieniak ◽  
Małgorzata Stec
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Organizational Development ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Financial Management ◽  
Local Development ◽  
Development Project ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Management Process ◽  
Economic Point ◽  
Management Efficiency

The analysis of management efficiency is an important element in evaluating the functioning of public administration from an economic point of view. In order to achieve greater efficiency of the management process, and thus the quality in public administration, it is important to analyze and evaluate its elements. Modern research usually covers individual elements, parts of the management process. However, the current study proposes a comprehensive approach to this process. The objective of the article is the evaluate levels of management efficiency of local government offices using a single synthetic indicator and also to identify areas that hinder management efficiency. The study applies the institutional analysis methodology, adjusting it to the needs of the article. The article postulates that areas that call for immediate changes in Poland's local government offices should include such areas as strategic and financial management, invigorating economic development, project management and public service offers. Any changes thus introduced in these areas may enhance improvements in management processes, effectiveness and efficiency of activities, the quality of the office's functioning, organizational development, which togethr indirectly affects local development.

scholarly journals Distributed manufacturing: a new form of localised production?

2020 ◽  
Vol 40 (6) ◽  
pp. 697-727 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jagjit Singh Srai ◽  
Gary Graham ◽  
Patrick Hennelly ◽  
Wendy Phillips ◽  
Dharm Kapletia ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sampling Procedure ◽  
Distributed Manufacturing ◽  
Design Rules ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Production Models ◽  
Indigenous Production ◽  
Multiple Case ◽  
New Form ◽  
Implementation Plans

PurposeThe emergence of distributed manufacturing (DM) is examined as a new form of localised production, distinct from previous manifestations of multi-domestic and indigenous production.Design/methodology/approachSupply network (SN) configuration and infrastructural provisioning perspectives were used to examine the literature on established localised production models as well as DM. A multiple case study was then undertaken to describe and explore the DM model further. A maximum variation sampling procedure was used to select five exemplar cases.FindingsThree main contributions emerge from this study. First, the research uniquely brings together two bodies of literature, namely SN configuration and infrastructure provisioning to explore the DM context. Second, the research applies these theoretical lenses to establish the distinctive nature of DM across seven dimensions of analysis. Third, emerging DM design rules are identified and compared with the more established models of localised production, drawing on both literature and DM case evidence.Practical implicationsThis study provides a rich SN configuration and infrastructural provisioning view on DM leading to a set of design rules for DM adoption, thus supporting practitioners in their efforts to develop viable DM implementation plans.Originality/valueThe authors contribute to the intra- and inter-organisational requirements for the emerging DM context by providing new perspectives through the combined lenses of SN configuration and infrastructural provisioning approaches.

scholarly journals Theatre Talks as Micro-Democracy

2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 10-21
Author(s):  
Louise Ejgod Hansen
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Policy ◽  
Policy Research ◽  
Development Project ◽  
Social Setting ◽  
View Point ◽  
Critical Approach ◽  
The Social ◽  
Audience Development ◽  
Democracy Theory ◽  
Empirical Material

The article discusses and analyzes the democratic potential of theatre-going within the framework of cultural policy. Theoretically, the article is based on three different approaches: theatre research and the link between theatre and democracy, cultural policy research on the strategy of democratization of culture, and the democracy theory of James S. Fishkin. The analysis is based on the empirical material of thirty-one theatre talks carried out as part of an audience development project and focuses on four different aspects of the democratic potential of theatre: First, how the theatre talks gave the participants the opportunity to reflect on the experience and thus gain a better understanding of the theatrical event. Secondly, the importance of the social setting of the theatrical event, and thus of creating a safe framework for new theatre visitors. Thirdly, the article provides a critical approach to a target-oriented approach to audience development in which the content of the performance should be matched with certain audience segments. And fourth, the article points to an outcome of the experience related to the challenging of one’s own view point and thus expanding one’s horizon.

scholarly journals What is the Meaning of the Integration of the Cultural Dimension into Schools, According to the Official Discourse of the Province of Quebec?

2009 ◽  
Vol 43 (3) ◽  
pp. 327-350 ◽  
Author(s):  
Héloïse Côté ◽  
Denis Simard
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Cultural Dimension ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
Official Discourse ◽  
Cultural Domain

Abstract Since 1992, Quebec’s Ministry of Education1 and Ministry of Culture and Communications have been creating programs designed to integrate a cultural dimension into schools – a process requiring partnerships between teachers and professionals in the cultural domain. This domain comprises the objects and practices pertaining to the realm of arts and aesthetics and the values which are associated with them, namely expressivity, subjectivity, emotions, sensitivity, singularity, imagination, creativity and feelings (Kerlan, 2004). What does this integration mean, according to Quebec’s official discourse? To answer this question, we relied on sociology of justification theory (Boltanski & Thévenot, 1991; Boltanski & Chiapello, 1999, 2002) and used discourse and content analysis to examine Quebec’s official discourse. Our results suggest that this discourse relies on many definitions of culture and justice. This plurality blurs the meaning of the integration of the cultural dimension and requires that teachers delineate it by themselves.

scholarly journals Technology Translation and Synthesis: A Conceptual Framework for Critiquing Determinism in the Development Project

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Rebecca Paxton
Keyword(s):  
Technology Transfer ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
A Priori ◽  
Green Revolution ◽  
Development Project ◽  
Cultural Dimension ◽  
Indian Agriculture ◽  
Simplistic Notion ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
European Colonialism

<p>This thesis constructs a theoretical framework which critiques the legitimacy of technology transfer for the purposes of development. Under the auspices of the development project, technology transfer has involved the introduction of technology into so-called developing societies in the hope of leapfrogging them toward modernity. This process embodies a deterministic definition of technology that sees it as an inherently objective and rational process, mapping the ideas of Western science. Hence, all technological and social change is expected to follow a linear progression from pre-modern to modern, and developing to developed, respectively. In contrast, philosophers of technology have argued that technology has a cultural dimension which permits multiple avenues of change. This definition incorporates a dialogue between technology and society, whereby technologies are reinterpreted and imbued with culturally specific meanings by the adopting societies. The culturally contingent nature of these meanings entails that they are not necessarily transferable between cultures. Rather, technology must be translated. Conceptually, technology translation requires that aspects of the donor and recipient cultures are intertwined, producing a novel set of hybridised meanings. I argue that this process occurs primarily through the mode of synthesis - an emergent process whose outcomes are not predictable based solely on a priori knowledge of the interacting cultures. These ideas are tested in case studies arising from Indian agriculture. Indian agriculture has a long history of external agricultural influence in the shape of European colonialism, the Green Revolution and the more recent Gene Revolution. The results support the idea that both technology transfer and synthesis have occurred in Indian agriculture following the adoption of new technologies. Development agencies must revise their simplistic notion of technology by acknowledging the centrality of culture as part of technology, therefore, if they wish to ensure greater success in the future.</p>

scholarly journals An ungovernable diversity?

1970 ◽  
pp. 146
Author(s):  
Lise Emilie Fosmo Talleraas
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Cultural History ◽  
Cultural Policy ◽  
Cultural Value ◽  
Equal Treatment ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
Historical Account ◽  
Cultural Phenomenon ◽  
History Museums ◽  
The Subject

This article is based on my Ph.D. thesis, entitled An ungovernable diversity? Norwegian museum politics on the subject of local and regional museums in the period 1900 – ca. 1970 (Umeå 2009). It gives an historical account of the development of local and regional cultural history museums in Norway as a topic in Norwegian cultural policy 1900–1970. It describes how local and regional museums became a subject in Norwegian cultural policy during the twentieth century. In 1900, such institutions amounted to about fifteen. Seventy years later, the number was more than two hundred. The museums appear in this perspective as a cultural phenomenon in their own age, a phenomenon to which the Norwegian Parliament, the Ministry of Education and the museum profession attached both interpretations and conceptions. At the centre of their interest was the need to implement measures to ensure that these museums submitted to the main museums concerning key tasks, such as the preservation of objects of cultural value. It was important for the Parliament to create a policy based on accountability and equal treatment. 

scholarly journals The issue of sustainable urban development in a neoliberal age. Discursive entanglements and disputes

2013 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Joar Skrede
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Cultural Policy ◽  
Sustainable Use ◽  
Development Project ◽  
Sustainable Urban Development ◽  
Economic Sustainability ◽  
Form Of Government ◽  
Urban Waterfront ◽  
The City

The city of Oslo, the Norwegian capital, is in the midst of executing a huge urban waterfront project in Bjørvika. This project has triggered several years of public debate. A key concept in the development project is “sustainable development”, but it is unclear what the concept implies. Several interests are involved which emphasise different goals and different values. In this article, a discourse analysis of the concept, in this particular context, is conducted. Five discourses are identified, which overlap as well as collide. Special attention is paid to how the respective discourses are related to a neoliberal form of government, and as part of the analysis, a discussion of how cultural heritage is used to increase the city’s attractiveness is undertaken. This article concludes that planning for a sustainable use of cultural heritage should imply establishing a reflective cultural policy not subsumed under economic sustainability.

scholarly journals Dilemmas in Development Raised by a Teacher Training Project in Cambodia

2012 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Maggie Gravelle
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Training ◽  
Early Literacy ◽  
Basic Education ◽  
Development Project ◽  
Technical Cooperation ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
Literacy Programme ◽  
Training Project

The Cambodian Basic Education and Teacher Training Project (BETT) funded by the Belgian Technical Cooperation (BTC) programme and jointly implemented by BTC and the Cambodian Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport (MoEYS) includes an Early Literacy Programme (ELP). Being involved, as a consultant, in this development project has raised a number of issues, many of which are common to all such projects and some of which are specific to teacher training.

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