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Call For Proposals To Present At A Symposium On Leadership And Governance Of Artistic Festivals
Leeds Metropolitan University, UK
Friday 27th – Saturday 28th November 2009
Led by the European Festival Research Project (EFRP) in association with the UK Centre for Events Management (UKCEM) and the Cultural Policy and Planning Unit (CPPU) at Leeds Metropolitan University
Festivals emerge in response to a variety of different factors, for some it is the vision of an individual artist/curator, for others it is in response to a communal action or a policy initiative on the part of a local authority or other ‘destination’. Surprisingly, given how ubiquitous festivals are in today’s cultural landscape, there is limited comparative work on how such different starting points support the growth and the sustainability of a festival.
Furthermore, as festivals become established with a Board and diverse stakeholders, the balance of power can shift along with the festival’s objectives.
This symposium will explore the governance and leadership of festivals (e.g. governed by a Board of Directors, an artistic director, a collective or the local authority) and the impact of different structures on the festival in terms of its organisational development, its artistic programme, its ability to position itself within cultural policy agendas and the impact of political leadership.
The main interest is to examine the evidence for the effectiveness of different organisational models in meeting a festival’s objectives, in relation to artistic programming, audience development and placemaking and the implications when things go wrong.
Presentations are invited to investigate Festival Governance and Leadership either through a consideration of leadership theory, a case study approach to a specific festival or a comparative perspective through stages of transformation, growth and/or crisis management. This might take the form of a forensic analysis of the key factors that might contribute to a festival’s success or failure.
Proposals for presentations should be submitted to Leila Jancovich in the UK Centre for Events Management at Leeds Metropolitan University:
mailto:l.jancovich@leedsmet.ac.uk
Deadline for submission of proposals – May 25 2009
Notification of acceptance or rejection – June 10th 2009
Presentation in PowerPoint format – September 30th 2009
With the help of Icarus Icon, in 2007 the Impacts 08 team embarked on a series of local area studies to look at the experiences and opinions of residents from a diverse selection of Liverpool neighbourhoods at different stages of Liverpool’s European Capital of Culture programme. Our first report, available from the Reports & Seminars|Reports & Papers section, provides a baseline and 2007 results, and is complemented with a background document that profiles in depth each of the four Liverpool neighbourhoods surveyed. Phase II of this project, documenting 2008 responses, has also now been completed and will be reported on later this year. In fact, we are now about to embark on our third and final phase of this project to collect 2009 responses…
Access these reports at: http://www.liv.ac.uk/impacts08/About/Projects/Cultural_Access_%26_Participation.htm
ESA STUDENT MINICONFERENCE
for doctoral students
Arguing with evidence in studying culture & the arts
Universidade de Nova de Lisboa
Lisbon, Portugal
31.8. – 1.9. 2009
The aim of this two-day miniconference is to gather PhD students studying culture, arts, or everyday life to reflect on the question of evidence in their research. The miniconference is organized in cooperation with the ESA research networks Sociology of the Arts, Sociology of Culture and Qualitative Methods. In what sense are your interpretations based on evidence? How do you present your data to support your arguments, and is it possible for the reader to test or challenge your interpretations? In what way are your research results generalizable, or what is their relevance beyond the case you are studying? These and other related questions are tackled during the miniconference, both in the lectures and in parallel workshops in which the participants have the possibility to introduce their own studies and to get feedback from them. There will be three parallel sessions: the arts, culture, and qualitative methods.
To apply, please fill out the online application form by April 15 at the following address:
http://www.uta.fi/sovako/english/index.php.
The form asks you to provide the following information:
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- your name and email address
- the name and e-mail address of a supervisor who supports your application
- a short curriculum vitae
- a short description of your PhD research plan
- the phase of your PhD research
- an abstract of the paper you would like to present in a workshop
50 students will be selected. All applicants will be informed about the outcome through e-mail by April 31st 2009.
The participants need to pay for their own travel and accommodation, but it is possible that during the miniconference 31.8.-1.9. 2009 there will be inexpensive lodging available in shared student rooms provided by the Universidad de Nova de Lisboa. The selected students will get a confirmation in order to apply for funding by their universities or other funding institutions.
From 2 – 5 Sep., after the miniconference, students have the opportunity to participate in the 9th ESA Conference on “European Society – European Societies?”
To register please visit: http://www.esa9thconference.com/
For enquiries, please send e-mail to: Ari Rasimus (ari.rasimus@uta.fi)
