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The European Cultural Foundation, the Riksbankens Jubileumsfond and the European Network of Cultural Administration and Training Centres (ENCATC) call for applications for the 5th Cultural Policy Research Award 2008. The winner of the CPR Award 2008, worth Euro 10,000, will be publicly announced on the 16th of October at the International ENCATC Annual Conference taking place in Lyon, France.
Designed to stimulate academic and applied cultural policy research and to explore, through comparative cross-national research, issues at stake in contemporary Europe, and possibly anticipate new cultural policy orientations, the Cultural Policy Research Award (CPRA) has the ambition to contribute to the process of creating an “infrastructure”, a network of scholars who are competent in doing comparative research projects in cultural policy.
Open to young – 35 or under – academics, researchers and policymakers from all European countries, the Award was launched for the first time in 2004 and has been running as a pilot project for four years (2004-2007). Issues covered so far range from the raison d’être of a European cultural policy, creative industries in South-East Europe, comparison of trends in funding, governance and organizational structure of live classical music organizations, and issues of diversity and the commodification of culture in the cultural industries (focus on architecture, fashion and music).
For the year 2008, applications must be submitted by 23 May 2008 through the online application form on the CPR Award website:
Before applying, candidates are strongly advised to consult the website for advice on how to prepare their applications. For more information, contact:
Rosa DIAZ DOMINGUEZ
CPR Award Coordinator, Promotion and Press Contact
This year’s Conference will address a range of critically important issues and themes relating to the arts in society. Main speakers will include some of the world’s leading thinkers in the arts, as well as numerous paper, workshop and colloquium presentations by researchers and practitioners. Participants are welcome to submit a presentation proposal either for a 30 minute paper, a 60 minute workshop, a jointly presented 90 minute colloquium session, or a virtual session. We also encourage presentation formats that are innovative, such as roundtables, staged dialogues, screenings and performance components.
In addition to daily Plenary Sessions, remaining sessions are concurrent or parallel. Conference presenters will include contributors in all areas of the arts – artists, educators, graduate students, curators, writers, theorists, researchers, and policymakers – as well as presentations in all disciplines (visual, performing and literary). This is a conference for any person with an interest in, and a concern for, art practice, art theory and research, curatorial and museum studies, and art education in any of its forms and in any of its sites. All are encouraged to register and attend this significant and timely Conference. Accommodation options are also available.
Rationale
The purpose of the annual Arts Conference is to create an intellectual frame of reference for the arts and arts practices, and to create an interdisciplinary conversation on the role of the arts in society. It is intended as a place for critical engagement, examination, and experimentation of ideas that connect the arts to their contexts in the world, on stage, in museums and galleries, on the streets, and in communities.
The theme of this year’s Conference is Art as Communication. Its scope is deliberately broad and ambitious. Our times demand nothing less than cross-disciplinary and holistic approaches. The breadth of the conference and its accompanying journal, however, are without prejudice to finely grained discussion of the specific, the local, and the grounded practices.
Paper submission
Presenters have the option to submit papers to the International Journal of the Arts in Society, before the Conference and up until one month after the Conference. Papers submitted for publication will be fully refereed. The publication decision is based on the referees’ reports.
For those unable to attend the Conference in person, a virtual registration will provide participants access to the electronic version of the Journal, as well as the option to submit papers for refereeing and possible publication. For more information about the Journal please visit the Publish Your Paper page.
To submit a proposal, see:
http://a08.cgpublisher.com/proposals/new_proposal_entry
To register for the Conference, see:
http://a08.cgpublisher.com/registration
Main speakers:
The Liverpool Model for longitudinal research and impact assessment
This paper follows the Northwest Culture Observatory knowledge transfer seminar in January 2008, hosted by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) and supported by the Economic & Social Research Council (ESRC) and the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC).
The seminar provided a timely opportunity to review progress against the 2004 DCMS call for more longitudinal research and an improved evidence base for culture. It profiled the new longitudinal research programme and model for impact assessment in culture-led regeneration - Impacts 08 – the Liverpool Model.
The briefing summarises information presented by Dr Beatriz Garcia, Director Impacts 08, University of Liverpool and the response by Professor Graeme Evans, Director Cities Institute, London Metropolitan University and makes recommendations for the future direction of longitudinal cultural research.
Download the briefing from the Observatory Online here or from the Reports and Seminars section of the Impacts 08 website: www.impacts08.net
Arts Council England and IFACCA are looking to collate examples of good practice in supporting artists or arts organisations with creative and practical responses to ecological concerns (such as environmental sustainability and climate change), and to identify potential partners with whom to develop work in this area.
To participate, contact John Hartley, Arts Council England, at:
john.hartley@artscouncil.org.uk
URL: http://www.artscouncil.org.uk
CONTEXT: Supporting best practice for arts organisations– international models
Legislation in the UK is set to provide increasingly stringent obligations on organisations to manage their carbon emissions responsibly. It is apparent that the arts sector itself feels it is increasingly important to adopt or even lead best practice in this area. Arts Council England (ACE) strongly supports the development and adoption of organisational best practice regarding the mitigation of, and adaptation to, climate change, both for itself as an organisation and for its portfolio of funded organisations.
The Centre for Cultural Policy Research (CCPR), University of Glasgow, is currently recruiting for the following post (closing date: 12 May):
Research Assistant, ’The Scottish Arts Council 1967-2007: arts governance and national identity. A historical analysis of cultural policymaking’ (project summary below). The post holder will contribute to the project aims, undertaking archival research and interviews, working with myself and CCPR’s Academic Director, Professor Philip Schlesinger. Knowledge of the arts sector and familiarity with current debates in Scottish cultural policy is highly desirable. The post is available from 1 September 2008 to 28 February 2010.
Click here for further details and to apply:
http://www.jobs.ac.uk/jobs/TP155/Research_Assistant/
The Scottish Arts Council 1967-2007: arts governance and national identity. A historical analysis of cultural policymaking
Summary
Through a historical examination of the Scottish Arts Council (SAC) over the period 1967 – 2007, the research investigates the relationship between culture and national identity and how this has been understood, expressed and reflected in policy towards the arts in Scotland. The purpose is to inform current academic and policy debates surrounding arts and culture with historical evidence on arts governance: debates about the creative industries and cultural policy and the tensions between these; the changing nature of the arms length principle; and the relationship of culture to national identity. The study takes place during a transitional period in arts governance in which these issues have found a sharp focus, with a new institution, Creative Scotland, being proposed to replace the Scottish Arts Council and Scottish Screen.
The study period covers the establishment of SAC under Royal Charter, its devolution from the Arts Council of Great Britain to the Scottish Office in 1994, and after 1999 to the devolved Scottish government. These constitutional disjunctures provide a structured time frame for the study of policy change. The main methods will be archival and documentary review and interviews with key actors, with the latter concentrating on the most recent episodes of constitutional change during the period 1994 – 2007. The study is framed by the dominant philosophical traditions and values of UK arts governance, by theories of national identity and the role of institutions, and by Scotland’s constitutional position, both before and after devolution, as a nation without a state and with a duality of national identities.
Specifically the research will investigate how SAC has conceived of the ‘national’ in its policymaking and funding; the question of the ‘arms length ’ principle and the degree of political autonomy that has existed in Scottish arts governance; SAC’s own role in relation to national identity in a Scottish context and how this has been perceived both inside and outside the institution; and the extent to which culture and national identity has been an area of contest in SAC policy and funding decisions.
The Economic and Social Research Council Centre for Research on Socio-cultural Change (CRESC) at the Open University and Arts Council England invite applications for a full-time PhD studentship to conduct an inquiry into the civic value of the arts.
FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
BASED IN MILTON KEYNES, REF: RDJI
STARTING DATE: OCTOBER 2008
The studentship will involve analysing the statistical data from two major national surveys of arts and cultural participation – the Taking Part survey, led by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport in partnership with the Arts Council, and CRESC’s Cultural Capital and Social Exclusion project (CCSE), based in the Department of Sociology – from the perspective of their implications for the civic value of the arts.
http://www.open.ac.uk/socialsciences/home.php
Applicants should possess at least an upper second class honours degree and a Masters degree in a relevant subject. Training with SPSS will be required and this will be provided by the OU. The successful applicant will be registered for a PhD in the Department of Sociology.
For an informal discussion about the above post and project, please contact Dr Elizabeth Silva by
phone on 01908 654466, or at the following e-mail address:
For a prospectus or an application pack, please contact Shirley Shuttleworth (quoting reference RDJI) by phone on 01908 655486, or at:
s.shuttleworth.open.ac.uk
Further details are available on:
http://www.open.ac.uk/research/research-degrees/index.php
Closing Date for Applications: Friday 9 May 2008.
Interview date: Wednesday 4 June 2008.
Candidates should send an application form and two academic references to Shirley Shuttleworth.
Equal Opportunity is University Policy.
