27753 Arts and Cultural Industries

Subject level: Postgraduate

Handbook description

This is a specialised subject that explores social, political, cultural and economic factors in the development of arts and cultural production and consumption. The focus is on the development of arts and cultural industries as a whole, policy development and the structures of arts organisations. Particular issues considered include the politics and history of public support for the arts, analysis of audiences, the economic and social impact of the arts, the convergence of the public and private sectors, entrepreneurialism and the arts, analysis of specific arts and cultural sectors and theories of culture and art.

Subject objectives/outcomes

On successful completion of this subject, students should be able to:

1. analyse how the arts in Australia are shaped by historical, cultural, economic and political forces
2. understand the organisation of the arts industry with particular emphasis on: the complex interaction of the public and private sectors; the politics of public subsidy and private funding sources; the formation of diverse audiences; the economic and social impact of the arts; the responsibilities of different levels of government; and the structures of cultural policy
3. apply a political/social/economic framework for the analysis of cultural industries within Australia.

Contribution to graduate profile

The subject aim is to critically analyse the cultural, economic and political environments of the arts in order to establish a context for management studies and practice. The subject draws on students' knowledge and experience of the arts as managers, producers or consumers. It encourages critical reflection on this experience through an exploration of key theorists and current debates.

Teaching and learning strategies

The subject is taught using lectures involving relevant case studies, discussion of readings and guest speakers, followed by student presentations. Content for this subject will be supported by UTSOnline.

Content

• The changing meanings of 'the arts' in historical and economic contexts
• The emergence of extended government intervention in the late 1960s, focusing on public debates on government responsibility for the arts; models of state involvement; the practice of patronage; government support as protection for the arts industry; the impact of subsidy on the economic organisation of arts institutions
• The impact of government: equity, access and participation; increases in funding; institutional restructures; the development of pluralistic definitions for art and culture; new forms of patronage and entrepreneurship; the construction of new and diverse audiences and constituencies
• The political economy of culture industries: arts organisations and the rapid growth of public and mass cultural distribution; measuring the value of arts and cultural products and services; audiences for the arts; the economic impact of the arts
• New technologies; patterns of globalisation of culture; maintaining indigenous and local cultural forms
• Culture diversity; communities of interest and public art
• Sectors within the arts and cultural industries: museums and galleries; regional cultural organisation; performing arts; arts festivals and events
• Audiences, audience formation, characteristics and motivation; the distribution of cultural capital; strategies for extending audiences for increased access and participation
• Key issues in current arts organisation; corporate sponsorship; entrepreneurial activity; cultural convergence; the relationship of the arts to other areas of economic development.

Assessment

Assessment item 1: Major essay (Individual)

Assessment item 2: Seminar presentation (Individual)

Assessment item 3: Paper based on seminar presentation (Individual)

Required text(s)

Consult the following for referencing: www.business.uts.edu.au/resources/guide.html

Recommended text(s)

Radbourne, J and Fraser, M. 1996, Arts Management – A Practical Guide, Allen & Unwin, Sydney

Stevenson, D, 2000, Art and Organisation: Making Australian Cultural Policy, University of Queensland Press, St Lucia, Qld

Gibson, L, 2001, The uses of art: constructing Australian identities, Australian Key Centre for Cultural and Policy Media, Griffith University, Brisbane

Hesmondhalgh, D, 2007, The cultural industries, 2nd edn, Sage, Los Angeles.

Indicative references

Adams, P, 1997, The Retreat from Tolerance – A Snapshot of Australian Society, ABC Books, Sydney

Andersson, AE and Andersson, DE, 2006, The economics of experiences, the arts and entertainment, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham UK

Australian Business Arts Foundation, 2001, Business arts partnerships: a guide to the business case approach for the cultural sector, ABAF, Melbourne

Australian Film Commission, 2002 Get the Picture: Essential Data on Australian Film, Television, Video and Interactive Media, 6th edn, AFC, Sydney [NB library holds this edition but consult updates available through the AFC website]

Balnaves, M, O'Regan, T and Sternberg, J, 2002, Mobilising the audience, QUP, St Lucia.

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Dermody, S and Jacka, E, 1987, The Screening of Australia: Anatomy of a Film Industry, Currency Press, Sydney

Dermody, S and Jacka, E, 1988, The Screening of Australia: Anatomy of a Film Industry, Currency Press, Sydney

Deutsche, R, 1996, Evictions: art and spatial politics, MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass

DiMaggio, P, 1987, Managers of the Arts: Careers and Opinions of Senior Administrators of US Art Museums, Symphony Orchestras, Resident Theatres and Local Art Agencies, Seven Locks Press, Washington

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Duncan, C, 1995, Civilizing rituals: inside public art museums, Routledge, London

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Hawkins, G, 1993, From Nimbin to Mardi Gras: Constructing Community Arts, Allen and Unwin, St Leonards

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Horne, D, 1988, Arts Funding and the Public Culture, Institute for Cultural Policy Studies, Griffith University, Queensland

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Klamer, A. (ed) 1996, The value of culture: on the relationship between economics and the arts, Amsterdam University press, Amsterdam

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Matarasso, F, 1997, Use or Ornament? – The Social Impact of Participation in the Arts, Comedia, London

Muecke, S, 1992 Textual Spaces: Aboriginality and Cultural Spaces, UNSW Press, Sydney

Mulgan, G and Worpole, K, 1986, Saturday Night or Sunday Morning? From Arts to Industry – New Forms in Cultural Policy, Comedia, London

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Rentschler, R, 2002, The Entrepreneurial Arts Leader: Cultural Policy, Change and Reinvention, University of Queensland Press, Brisbane

Robertson, H and Migliorino, P, 1996, Open Up! Guidelines for Cultural Diversity Visitor Studies, Australia Council and Powerhouse Museum, Sydney

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Rowse, T, 2002, Indigenous Futures: Choice and Development for Aboriginal and Islander Australia, UNSW, Sydney

Rowse, T, 1985, Arguing the Arts, Penguin, Ringwood, Vic.

Rowse, T, 1985, 'Doing Away with Ordinary People', Meanjin, vol. 44, no, 2

Rowse, T, 1989, 'Cultural Policy and Social Theory' Media Information Australia, no. 53

Seabrook, J, 1999, NoBrow: the culture of marketing, the marketing of culture, Random House, New York

Seddon, G, 1997, Landprints – Reflections on Place and Landscape, Cambridge University Press, Sydney

Stephenson, P.R, 1936, The Foundations of Culture in Australia, Allen and Unwin, Sydney

Stevenson, D, 2000, Art and Organisation: Making Australian Cultural Policy, University of Queensland Press, St Lucia, Qld.

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Throsby, D and Withers, G, 1979 The Economics of the Performing Arts, Edward Arnold, Melbourne

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Reports

Ang, I, Brand, J. E, Noble, G and Wilding, D, 2002, Living Diversity: Australia's Multicultural Future, Sydney, SBS

Australia Council, 2004, Resourcing dance: an analysis of the subsidised dance sector, Report prepared for the Australia Council by Positive Solutions, Australia Council, Sydney

Australia Council, 2003, Cultural Trade: Background Report: 18 December, 2002, Australia Council www.ozco.gov.au

Australia Council, 2003, Review of theatre for young people in Australia, Report prepared for the Australia Council and the NSW Ministry for the Arts by Positive Solutions, Australia Council and NSW Ministry for the Arts, Sydney

Australia Council, 2003 The Great Indoors: developing audiences for contemporary art and craft in Australia (compiled from research undertaken by Woolcott research and Positive Solutions ed by oxigenmedia), Australia Council, Sydney

Australia Council 1998, The World is Your Audience: Case Studies in Audience Development and Cultural Diversity, Australia Council, Sydney

Australian Bureau of Statistics, NCCRS, 2005 Artswork2: A report on Australian working in the arts, Australia Council, Sydney

Australian Bureau of Statistics, Attendance at Selected Cultural Venues and Events, 2002 cat. no. 4114.0, ABS, National Centre for Culture and Recreation Statistics, Adelaide see ABS updates through the library database

Australian Bureau of Statistics 1997, Artswork: a Report on Australians Working in the Arts, Australia Council, Sydney

Australian Bureau of Statistics Cultural Funding in Australia, Australia Council, Sydney: see ABS updates through the library database

Australian Bureau of Statistics, Cultural Trends in Australia, ABS/DoCA, Canberra see ABS updates through the library database

Australian Film Commission, 2003, Flexible vision: a snapshot of emerging audiovisual technologies and services and options for supporting Australian content, AFC, Sydney

Australian Film Commission, Get the Picture www.afc.gov.au/gtp

Bertone, S, Keating, C and Mullaly, J, 2000, The taxidriver, the cook and the greengrocer: representation of non-English speaking background people in theatre, film and television, Australia Council, Surry Hills

BIZTRAC and Donovan Research, 1997, Marketing the Arts: A Study of Marketing and Audience Development by Australian Arts Organisations, Australia Council, Sydney

Carroll, J. et al 2003, Review of the National Museum of Australia: Programs and Exhibitions, NMA, Canberra

Cultural Ministers Council Standing Committee, 2002,Report to Ministers on an Examination of the Small to Medium Performing Arts Sector, DCITA, Canberra

DCITA, 2006, Review of Australian Government film funding support, DCITA, Canberra

Department of Finance, 1989, What Price Heritage? The Museums Review and the Measurement of Museum Performance, Department of Finance, Canberra

Donovan, A, Miller, S and Lally, E, 2006, New Media Arts Scoping Study: report to the Australia Council for the Arts, Australia Council (available on-line)

Economic Strategies 1992, Artburst: Growth in Arts Demand and Supply over Two Decades, Australia Council, Sydney

Guldberg, Hans Hoegh, 2000, The Arts Economy: Three decades of growth 1968-1998, Australia Council, Surry Hills

Industry Assistance Commission, 1976 Assistance to the Performing Arts, AGPS, Canberra

Myer, R, 2002, Contemporary visual arts and craft inquiry, DCITA, Canberra

Nugent, H. et. al, 1999, Securing the Future: Major Performing Arts Inquiry, Discussion Paper and Final Report, DCITA, Canberra www.ozco.gov.au/securing2004

Piggott, P. G, 1975, Museums in Australia 1975: Report of the Committee of Inquiry on Museums and National Collections including the Report of the Planning Committee on the Gallery of Aboriginal Australia, AGPS, Canberra

Productivity Commission, 2000, Broadcasting Report no, 11 AusInfo Canberra

Quadrant Research Services 1997, To sell art, know your market: a Survey of Visual and Fine Craft Buyers, Australia Council, Sydney

Roberts, I, 2003, An analysis of the triennially funded theatre organisations of the Theatre Board of the Australia Council www.ozco.gov.au/arts_resources/publications/theatre_triennial

Saatchi and Saatchi, 2000, Australians and the Arts: What do the arts mean to Australians: A report to the Australia Council from Saatchi and Saatchi, Australia Council, Surry Hills

Strong, James, 2005, A new era: Report of the Orchestra review 2005, DCITA, Canberra

Woolcott Research, 1999, Selling the Performing Arts: identifying and expanding audiences for music, dance and theatre, Australia Council, Surry Hills

Journals

(Many of these journals — and full transcripts of articles — can be accessed directly through the Library databases)

Australian Art Monthly

Art Business News

Artforce

Artlink

Asia Pacific Journal of Arts and Cultural Management (available online)

International Journal of Arts Management

International Journal of Cultural Policy

Journal of Arts Management, Law and Society

Journal of Cultural Economics

Media International Australia (incorporates Culture and Policy)

Museum Management and Curatorship

Theory, Culture and Society

Websites

Australia Council www.ozco.gov.au

Australian Communications and Media Authority www.acma.gov.au

Australian Bureau of Statistics www.abs.gov.au

Department of Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts www.arts.gov.au

Australia Business Arts Foundation www.abaf.org.au

Collections Australia Network www.collectionsaustralia.net

National Association for the Visual Arts www.visualarts.net.au

Arts NSW www.arts.nsw.gov.au

Arts Victoria www.arts.vic.gov.au

Arts Queensland www.ao.qld.gov.au

ABC www.abc.net.au

Culture and Recreation Portal www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au

fuel 4 arts marketing www.fuel4arts.com