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Cultural Organization

Description

How do cultural organizations function and what socio-political relevance do they have? What are the limitations of institutional action in practice? And what strategies do artists and cultural activists pursue in cooperating with cultural organisations or deliberately not? In the first part of the seminar, we will focus on the foundations of cultural organisation as well as cultural policy planning and management processes. Students acquire an understanding of the definitions, goals, strategies and instruments of cultural organisation (e.g. models, processes, formats, audiences, value chains, funding) and thus acquire valuable skills in the field of cultural management. In the second part of the seminar we will examine the agenda, modes of operation, instruments and projects in the context of international cultural cooperation using the example of the Goethe-Institut and Germany's foreign cultural and educational policy. Additionally, we will focus on the case study of the exhibition “Yalla. Arab-Jewish Encounters” in Hohenems (Austria) and analyse the roles of cultural exchange through artist biographies, exhibition pieces, language and history during a one-day excursion.

Learning objectives

Critical understanding of cultural organizations and their working methods (e.g. structures, policies, programming, audiences, socio-political agendas, artistic activism,…), Knowledge of foreign cultural and educational policy, Analysis of case studies

E-learning

ILIAS

Comment

Examination: Term paper (15 pages), Deadline: 15.07.25

Next events

1/11 Lecture Th, 06.02.2025 10:00 Uhr 12:30 Uhr 2.02 | Forum
2/11 Lecture Th, 13.02.2025 10:00 Uhr 12:30 Uhr 2.02 | Forum
3/11 Lecture Th, 20.02.2025 10:00 Uhr 12:30 Uhr 2.02 | Forum
4/11 Lecture Th, 27.02.2025 10:00 Uhr 12:30 Uhr 2.02 | Forum
5/11 Lecture Th, 06.03.2025 10:00 Uhr 12:30 Uhr 2.02 | Forum
6/11 Lecture Fr, 07.03.2025 10:00 Uhr 12:30 Uhr 2.02 | Forum
7/11 Lecture Th, 20.03.2025 10:00 Uhr 12:30 Uhr 2.02 | Forum
8/11 Lecture Th, 27.03.2025 10:00 Uhr 12:30 Uhr 2.02 | Forum
9/11 Lecture Th, 03.04.2025 10:00 Uhr 12:30 Uhr 2.02 | Forum
10/11 Lecture Th, 24.04.2025 10:00 Uhr 12:30 Uhr 2.02 | Forum
11/11 Lecture Th, 08.05.2025 10:00 Uhr 12:30 Uhr 2.02 | Forum
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Course details

Offer code 241130
Version 1 Erstversion_FS24
Credits / ECTS 6
WSH 3
Frequence Every term

Lecturers

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Jun. Prof. Dr. Meike Lettau
Lecturer