Month: May 2014

Public lecture: ‘Excellence and Cultural Policy’ by Dr Constance DeVereaux

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‘Excellence and Cultural Policy: narratives in the making’

Dr Constance DeVereaux, Assoc. Professor, LEAP Institute for the Arts, Colorado State University

6th June 2014 1-3pm

Rm: Q006, Quinn School of Business, Belfield, University College Dublin

The use of narrative analysis in policy science gained popularity in the 1990s but has been largely rejected by mainstream policy researchers working in a positivist vein. Narrative methods have been criticized for lack of rigour, clear hypothesis testing, and difficulties of replication and falsification. Despite traditional social science’s success in providing this rigour, its methods may come up short for use in cultural policy where analysts must account for the inherent messiness of culture. Drawing on her work with co-researcher Martin Griffin in their recent book Narrative, Identity, and the Map of Cultural Policy, (Ashgate 2013) Dr. Constance DeVereaux will outline a framework for use by cultural policy researchers with practical application to particular cultural policy issues. These include cultural citizenship and identity, cultural diplomacy, and the interpretation of formal cultural policy documents.

Dr. Constance DeVereaux’s guest lecture is an advance presentation for the UCD – IADT ‘Mapping an Altered landscape’ conference on Cultural Policy and Management in Ireland

To attend, please contact: Kerry.McCall@iadt.ie

Irish Arts Management & Policy Conference: June 2014

Very pleased to announce details of an upcoming arts management conference this June:

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Mapping an altered landscape

www.culturalpolicyconference2014.ie

Wednesday, 25 June 2014, University College Dublin (9 am – 6 pm)

This one-day conference will bring together speakers from a wide variety of backgrounds across the cultural field in Ireland to consider key changes that have taken place since 2008 in policies, structures and management practices.

The conference will be structured as a series of four moderated discussions between panellists and audience. The aim is to facilitate an inclusive dialogue that actively involves managers and practitioners from the arts and heritage sectors. Sessions will:

  • review current cultural policy issues and practices
  • examine the fitness of both national and local government structures for the effective delivery of cultural services
  • identify new forms of practice across the cultural field that have emerged in response to economic, social and technological change.

The focus is on identifying changes to the cultural policy landscape over recent years, some precipitated by economic crisis, others stimulated by social and technological change. Our goal is to stimulate fresh perspectives on the strategic planning of cultural policy for the coming years.

For more details and to register, see www.culturalpolicyconference2014.ie

A UCD-IADT Collaborative Initiative, sponsored by the Arts Council and Heritage Council of Ireland

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