Art and Politics

Government and the Arts in Australia: A Historical and Critical Analysis
1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-1-032-04072-1
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 262 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 406 g

Australian governments at all levels have been engaged with arts and culture in many different forms since the beginning of European settlement. The way this has occurred is documented and analysed here, both from an historical and critical perspective.

Changing understandings of culture and the significance of Indigenous Culture to Australia receive special attention. While the focus is primarily directed to Federal Government engagement, there is also consideration paid to both state and local government involvement. There is attention paid to the censorship of arts practice by governments as well as the direct interventions by politicians in arts practice. Different approaches to the arts by governments are also considered, as well as attempts to develop a national cultural policy. The impact of the recent pandemic is addressed and various research reports about the arts sector and its relationship with government are also noted. There is then a final discussion about some issues that governments could address in the future, that might ensure a more sustainable Australian arts sector.

This book will be of particular interest to scholars of contemporary arts, arts management, cultural history, public policy and cultural policy. It may also interest bureaucrats and politicians.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Caust, Josephine

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunststile
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Kultur-, Wissenschafts- & Technologiepolitik
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunstgeschichte Kunstgeschichte: 20./21. Jahrhundert Pop Art, Minimalismus
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturpolitik, Kulturmanagement

Inhaltsverzeichnis

TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

- GOVERNMENTS AND THE ARTS

- THE USES AND CONTROL OF ARTS AND CULTURAL PRACTICES BY GOVERNMENTS

- ARTS AND CULTURE AND THEIR APPLICATION IN AN AUSTRALIAN SETTING

- AUSTRALIAN FEDERAL GOVERNMENTS AND ARTS AND CULTURE

- NATIONAL CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS

- STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND THE ARTS

- CENSORSHIP AND POLITICAL INTERVENTIONS

- CULTURAL POLICY

- CHANGING APPROACHES TO THE ARTS SECTOR AND THE IMPACT OF THE PANDEMIC

- POSSIBLE FUTURES FOR THE ARTS AND GOVERNMENTS

Über Autor(innen)

Josephine Caust is a Principal Fellow (Honorary) and Associate Professor in the School of Culture and Communication at the University of Melbourne, Australia. She was Founder Editor of the Asia Pacific Journal of Arts and Cultural Management and has authored works such as Arts Leadership in Contemporary Contexts (Routledge 2018), Arts and Cultural Leadership in Asia (Routledge 2015) and Arts Leadership: International Case Studies (Tilde University Press 2013). She is a regular arts commentator for The Conversation.