Introduction

This is the second issue of the relaunched Cultural Policy, Criticism and Management Research, the ejournal of the Department of Cultural Policy and Management.

 

Cultural Policy, Criticism and Management Research is a multi-disciplinary ejournal which reflects the academic and professional issues being addressed in the Department and  is intended to reflect the wide-ranging research undertaken by students and others in this field. The particular focus of this issue is on students’ work.

 

Issue 2, 2007 contains three papers based on presentations given at Revealing All: an annual symposium for research students in cultural policy and management, organized by City University  and Goldsmiths, University of  London with the support of LCACE, and held at  Somerset House in December 2006.

 

The three papers are by Katie Toop, University of Winchester; Melissa Nisbett, Sheffield Hallam University; and Kai-Lin Wu, University of Surrey.

 

We are grateful to Sally Taylor, LCACE and the other anonymous peer reviewers.

 

Next Revealing All conference

The second 'Revealing All' conference is intended to tale place on 30 November 2007. REVEALING ALL 2: The second annual symposium for research students in
cultural policy and management.

 

The Department of Cultural Policy and Management, City University and the Department of Drama, MA Arts Management and Cultural Policy, Goldsmiths College, University of London, are hosting the second annual research student symposia. This will take place on 30 November December 2007 in London.

 

The annual symposia is for research students from all UK universities with a tradition of research in the fields of cultural policy and management.

 

The intention is to provide participating students with the opportunity to network, collaborate and receive formal feedback from their peers. We expect the symposium to focus on issues close to the hearts of those who make cultural policy and promote its implementation in this country. Papers should include analysis, primary research, comparative case studies, models of policy-making, impact studies etc. Last year the event attracted a number of individuals from government and independent agencies concerned with arts policy who provided feedback on the papers presented.
 
We would like to invite abstracts from all research students who are working in the field. If accepted, participants will be invited to give a twenty minute presentation on an aspect of their research. The day will open with a keynote presentation, followed by panels which will be themed by research topics. These will be chaired by members of staff from City and Goldsmiths. Feedback will be given by presenters' peers and members of staff present.  We also propose publishing the papers presented at the symposia, in City University's newly re launched ejournal, Cultural
Policy, Criticism and Management – some of last year's contributions are here
and more will follow soon.

 

All students wishing to participate should send a 300-word abstract with a
title and their name, address, course, university and email on the same page
by 28 September 2007, addressed to Sara Selwood. Shortlisting will take place between 1 and 12 October, and participants will be notified by 19 October 2007 if they are being invited to give a paper.

 

Details of the venue and symposium will be circulated by 31 October 2007

 

Sara Selwood, City University & Gerald Lidstone, Goldsmiths, University of  London, Joint Editors

 

Mission

The field of cultural policy and management is not limited by type of institution or genre, but is defined by activity and interest.  In the context of this journal, culture is taken to include the visual and performing arts, museums, historic environment and creative industries; policy and management encompass organisations’ administrative systems and the operations of international governing bodies; criticism and research cover everything from cultural studies to applied research; from the pragmatic to the theoretical.

 

The journal seeks to avoid the pitfalls of advocacy and to critically interrogate cultural policies, procedures and protocols, Geographical boundaries are open; methodological approaches may be informed by cultural and management theory, or the social sciences; subject matter could include arts marketing, audience research, cultural policy, cultural management and governance, curatorship, education, economics, impact studies and arts criticism.

 

Cultural Policy, Criticism and Management Research seeks contributions from post-graduate students working in the field. The journal is peer reviewed.

Call for papers

We welcome submissions from students working at MA, MPhil and PhD levels in the areas of cultural policy, criticism and management. Please send submissions to Sara Selwood at s.selwood@city.ac.uk under the title, ‘e journal cultural policy, criticism and management research’.

 

Notes for authors

Papers should normally be 3,000-5,000 words in length, and should be submitted electronically to Professor Sara Selwood at s.selwood@city.ac.uk as Word documents.

 

Submissions should be prefaced with an abstract (100-150 words), followed by a list of 3-5 key words.

 

Authors should also add a short biographical statement of no more than 100 words. Submissions are considered for publication on the understanding that the article is not under consideration by another printed or electronic journal.

Disclaimer

Neither The Department of Cultural Policy and Management nor the Editors are responsible for views expressed by authors or cited from other sources. Published articles are not copy-edited by the journal. All inaccuracies are the responsibility of the author.