28-6330 Cultural Policy and Planning

This course explores all aspects of cultural policy (the framework in which a society allows its artists to work and its culture to grow) and cultural planning (the process which identifies the cultural needs of a community, and proposes strategies to meet them). It takes the international dimension of cultural policy as its starting point, drawing on experiences and examples from around the world. It investigates public, private and non-governmental support for culture at the city, state and federal levels. Students will be invited to question many of their assumptions about culture and to examine cultural policy and planning from a range of historical, political and theoretical perspectives. It provides students with a mix of the intellectual and practical skills needed for effective leadership in the creative economy.

3 Credits