CFP IPA Conference 2017 – Panel 22 “Rethinking Cultural Policy: Power, Politics and Public Contestation”
Dear Colleagues,
Please find below a call for paper for the panel 22, “Rethinking Cultural Policy: Power, Politics and Public Contestation” at the 12th Interpretive Policy Analysis (IPA) International Conference to be held at De Montfort University, Leicester (UK) on 5-7 July 2017.
The deadline for submission is 24th February 2017.
Please submit your proposal to the conference email at: IPAconference2017@dmu.ac.uk
Proposals should include: panel number; paper title; name, role, institutional affiliation and email address; abstract (no more than 300 words).
For more details about the conference: http://www.dmu.ac.uk/about-dmu/schools-and-departments/leicester-business-school/politics-and-public-policy/call-for-papers.aspx
Panel 22: Rethinking Cultural Policy: Power, Politics and Public Contestation
Panel Proposal:
Cultural policy is a platform of power struggles and activism. It not only contributes to the shaping of our collective identity and perception of history, but cultural policy is also used to disseminate value claims through selecting and promoting sanctioned forms of culture. These claims are contested and fought over particularly when related to religion, ethnicity, democracy or cultural diversity. Competing public debates surrounding the public cultural sphere, historical sites and museums as well as cultural relations and diplomacy lead to state and public action, providing fertile ground for debate, activism and populism. The fear of foreign “alien” cultural influence, for instance, triggers cultural nationalist movements aimed at preserving a “pure” and homogenous society. Despite cultural policy’s manifold faces and effects, it is commonly overlooked as a subject of scientific inquiry. While some work has attempted to advance the conceptualization of cultural policy (e.g. Kevin Mulcahy 2006, 2016; Gray 2010), we need to further discuss how to develop concepts, theories and methods in the field. In addition, there is a need to examine the different roles of state and various non-state actors who engage in public action concerning domestic and transnational cultural issues. Power struggles and processes of framing and contestation unfold at the subnational, national and supranational level, both in formal and informal manners. We also need to shift our attention to cultural policy in non-Western contexts and how the global circulation of norms, discourses and policy instruments within and across these different levels lead to similarities, differences and exchanges in the realm of cultural policy. We welcome papers dealing with the above questions. We particularly seek contributions which critically discuss how to advance the analysis of cultural policy through theoretically or methodologically innovative research.
Panel Convenors:
Christina Maags, Goethe University Frankfurt / Oxford University, Maags@soz.uni-frankfurt.de, cmaags@hotmail.de
Gabriela Toledo Silva, Fundação Getulio Vargas, gatoledosilva@gmail.com
Ioan Trifu, Goethe University Frankfurt, trifu@jur.uni-frankfurt.de
Dr. Ioan Trifu