Accounting for Culture

Accounting for Culture
Author: Caroline Andrew
Publisher: University of Ottawa Press
Total Pages: 304
Release: 2005-03-30
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0776615335

Many scholars, practitioners, and policy-makers in the cultural sector argue that Canadian cultural policy is at a crossroads: that the environment for cultural policy-making has evolved substantially and that traditional rationales for state intervention no longer apply. The concept of cultural citizenship is a relative newcomer to the cultural policy landscape, and offers a potentially compelling alternative rationale for government intervention in the cultural sector. Likewise, the articulation and use of cultural indicators and of governance concepts are also new arrivals, emerging as potentially powerful tools for policy and program development. Accounting for Culture is a unique collection of essays from leading Canadian and international scholars that critically examines cultural citizenship, cultural indicators, and governance in the context of evolving cultural practices and cultural policy-making. It will be of great interest to scholars of cultural policy, communications, cultural studies, and public administration alike.

Cultures and Globalization

Cultures and Globalization
Author: Helmut K Anheier
Publisher: SAGE
Total Pages: 473
Release: 2012-03-31
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1446258505

Today is a new metropolitan age and for the first time ever more people live in cities than they do anywhere else. As cities strengthen their international and cultural influence, the global world is acted out most articulately in the world′s urban hubs - through its diverse cultures, broad networks and innovative styles of governance. Looking at the city through its internal dynamics, the book examines how governance and cultural policy play out in a national and international framework. Making a truly global contribution to the literature, the editors bring together a truly international and highly-respected bevy of scholars. In doing so, they skilfully steer debates beyond the city as an economic powerhouse, to cover issues that fully comprehend a city′s cultural dynamics and its impact on policy including alternative economies, creativity, migration, diversity, sustainability, education and urban planning. Innovative in its approach and content, this book is ideal for students, scholars and researchers interested in sociology, urban studies, cultural studies, and public policy.

Et si on partageait la culture ?

Et si on partageait la culture ?
Author: Serge Saada
Publisher: EDITIONS DE L'ATTRIBUT
Total Pages: 124
Release: 2011-07-10
Genre: Art
ISBN: 2916002502

« Vous savez, ce n’est pas pour moi ». L’expression revient souvent chez les personnes qui perçoivent les lieux culturels comme des sanctuaires impénétrables. Lorsqu’elles parviennent à franchir le seuil, elles ont tout simplement l’impression d’y être entrées comme par effraction. Fort de son expérience, Serge Saada illustre avec un regard sensible les conclusions des études faisant apparaître des inégalités sociales dans la fréquentation des théâtres. Il dépasse toutefois le simple constat pour défendre l’idée du potentiel du spectateur, d’un spectateur à qui on laisserait le temps de se construire, d’un individu dont la propre culture ne serait pas jugée comme illégitime face à la culture instituée. C’est pourquoi le médiateur culturel a un rôle essentiel à jouer, celui du passeur qui sait se retirer au moment opportun pour laisser à l’individu la possibilité de continuer seul le chemin. Le médiateur n’amène rien et surtout pas la culture. Il doit partir du principe que le public a moins besoin de connaissances que de conditions pour les partager. Ce livre, riche en exemples relatifs à de nombreuses situations vécues, montre comment des actions menées dans l’esprit de l’éducation populaire soulèvent des questions purement esthétiques à même de faire évoluer les contenus et la pratique artistique. Il cherche à réconcilier l’exigence esthétique à la préoccupation citoyenne. Pour forger son analyse, Serge Saada s’appuie sur deux expériences fondatrices et complémentaires. Un cours sur le spectateur de théâtre donné au département de médiation culturelle de l’université Paris III. Puis l’encadrement d’une formation à la médiation culturelle au sein de l’association Cultures du Cœur. Par ailleurs, il enseigne l’écriture dramatique et la mise en scène à Sciences Po Paris.

Circuits of Visibility

Circuits of Visibility
Author: Radha Sarma Hegde
Publisher: NYU Press
Total Pages: 327
Release: 2011
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0814744680

This title explores transnational media environments as a way to understand the gendered constructions and contradictions that support globalization, with special emphasis on women and a global feminist perspective.

Handbook of European Intelligence Cultures

Handbook of European Intelligence Cultures
Author: Bob de Graaff
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 497
Release: 2016-08-02
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1442249420

National intelligence cultures are shaped by their country’s history and environment. Featuring 32 countries (such as Albania, Belgium, Croatia, Norway, Latvia, Montenegro), the work provides insight into a number of rarely discussed national intelligence agencies to allow for comparative study, offering hard to find information into one volume. In their chapters, the contributors, who are all experts from the countries discussed, address the intelligence community rather than focus on a single agency. They examine the environment in which an organization operates, its actors, and cultural and ideological climate, to cover both the external and internal factors that influence a nation’s intelligence community. The result is an exhaustive, unique survey of European intelligence communities rarely discussed.