Description
- Abstract:
- The art of making good policy lies in making tough choices between competing options to maximize public good. Governments perceive the arts and arts-education as amenities and slash their budgets whenever belts need to be tightened. However, creative place-making initiatives, the expansion of the creative economy, the rise of design thinking and recent victories by broad-based arts coalitions suggest new ways for policy makers to constructively resolve apparent either/or dilemmas to advance arts and other policy goals too. The course explores public policies that stimulate the arts; how arts advocates make their case to public officials; the benefits of the arts to their communities; and how policy makers in many sectors in the US and internationally leverage, or exploit, arts-based solutions in their work. This course is designed for graduate students who are either interested in the cultural sector, or in public sector policy work or both. In this course students will learn about how culture-based public policies stimulate vibrant local arts ecosystems, spur economic growth, contribute to community development and advance international relations - and how arts advocates make the case for them to legislators and public officials. By reviewing case-studies and hearing from guest speakers, students will learn about cross-sector collaborations, and how conflicts between arts agendas and other interests have been resolved to mutual benefit.
- Notes:
- Course no.: AMST 2590
Citation
Vogl, Marc,
"Creativity, community and controversy in cultural policy"
(2016).
John Nicholas Brown Center for Public Humanities and Cultural Heritage Syllabi.
Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library.
https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:698065/
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John Nicholas Brown Center for Public Humanities and Cultural Heritage Syllabi
This collection contains syllabi of courses associated with the John Nicholas Brown Center for Public Humanities and Cultural Heritage....