APG5211 · Cultural policy

Overview

This unit seeks to equip you with an understanding of the meaning and purpose of cultural policy, developing conceptual and analytical skills for its framing, contextualised in specific social, political and economic contexts and purposes. It theorises the origin, formulation, operation and impact of policies for culture and creativity in contemporary society. You will focus on global, national and local policies that have nurtured the cultural and creative industries, identifying objectives for and debates about the production of value - economic and social. You will examine the impact of cultural policy on historical, existing and future practices by businesses, agencies, institutions and communities of interest. Offering you a core grounding in policy thinking and associated methods in the interdisciplinary space of creative and cultural industries, addressing real world scenarios of cultural policy governance to support research and practice. Indicative subjects covered in this unit include: investigating and defining cultural policy; content and speech regulation; digital platforms and artificial intelligence (AI); GLAM policy (Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums); public service broadcasters, public media stacks; cultural rights, participation and cultural citizenship; cultural labour and regulation/funding for artists; copyrights and intellectual property; education, cultural commons and the cultural ecology; politics of memory, soft power, national identities; culture wars and wars against culture.

Areas of study: Cultural and Creative Industries

Offerings

Assessment

The Handbook does not list a final examination among the assessment items. That is not a guarantee there is none.

Within semester assessment: 100%

Assessment details may change. Please refer to the assessment information in Moodle closer to the start of the teaching period.

Requisites

Learning outcomes

1. identify and critically evaluate conceptual, historical and contemporary issues involved in the formation, governance and impact of cultural policy at global, national and local level;
2. develop skills and frameworks for independent cultural policy research and analysis applied to a range of issues and challenges in specific social, political and economic contexts;
3. communicate effectively a breadth and depth of scholarly analysis and understanding of cultural policy issues and solutions in specific contexts and to a range of stakeholders.

Workload

Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 288 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. A unit requires on average 20-24 hours of scheduled activities per week. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.

Student experience, not official rules. Nothing here changes what the Handbook says.