REMINDER TO ALL THOSE TEACHING IN THE AREA OF CULTURAL POLICY AND ARTS
MANAGEMENT
NEW: See LCASE Website for schedule for the inaugural meeting on 27th of
October at Goldsmiths University of London.
http://www.lcace.org.uk/docs/downloads/dayschedule-0.doc
If you would like to register for this event, please visit the following
web page:
http://www.lcace.org.uk/events/?view=current&event=31
The Department of Drama, MA Arts Management and Cultural Policy,
Goldsmiths, University of London and Department of Cultural Policy and
Management, City University, in conjunction with LCACE, invite colleagues
to a one day inaugural meeting on 27th of October in London to discuss some
of the issues emerging from teaching arts and cultural management and
policy and to set an agenda for a proposed National Subject Network.
There are two existing international networks which represent institutions
that train and educate arts managers and those engaged in cultural policy:
ENCACT (European Network of Cultural Administration Training Centres); and
AAAE (Association of Arts Administration Educators) in the USA.
The mission of ENCATC is to stimulate and encourage the development of
cultural management and policy within the context of great changes in the
fields of culture, arts and media. AAAE represents college and university
graduate and undergraduate programmes in arts administration, encompassing
training in the management of visual, performing, literary, media, cultural
and arts service organizations.
A few HE institutions in the UK belong to ENCACT and two to AAAE. However,
there is no subject specific association in HE in the UK for cultural
policy, creative industries or arts management.
Although arts and cultural management and cultural policy are relatively
new disciplines, there are at least 19 programmes in the UK that are either
wholly or partially concerned with this area. However, they are relatively
disparate. Despite an increasing acceptance of applied research, the next
RAE exercise, for instance, will still evaluate work in the areas of
cultural policy and management under a range of different panels, depending
on which faculty or department the programme originated in. The AHRC has no
single panel to consider submissions for grant funding concerned with
cultural policy and management.
We, therefore, recommend the formation of a subject specific association to
represent the sector to HEFCE, AHRC, DfES, DCMS and the RAE and to provide
the focus for debate and agenda setting between HE institutions in the UK.
This association would relate internationally to AAAE and ENCACT.
Gerald Lidstone BA MA ATC Dr.h.c FRGS
Head of Drama Department
Director of MA Arts Administration and Cultural Policy
Goldsmiths College University of London
Lewisham Way New Cross
London SE 14 6NW
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