Ecologies of the Arts: Sustainable Futures, New Creative Economies and the Management of Art and Culture
The world is a different place after the Covid-19 pandemic. In the past two years, the arts and cultural sector globally has sought a multitude of ways to survive crisis while issues of precarity, ecological impacts, public access to culture and arts, the role of technology, physical and mental well-being, misinformation and disinformation, identity politics and the re-engineering of cityscapes for a post-pandemic world have emerged as pressing issues for practitioners as well as policymakers and researchers. There is a changed consciousness about what truly matters in society and culture, and correspondingly, an urgency to come to terms with what has changed and reflect on the most appropriate ways to manage and make policies, institutions and infrastructure for arts and culture.
These are the topics of conversations that the ANCER Conference 2022 aims to stimulate. What have been the ramifications of the rapid adoption of technology and AI in the arts, cultural and heritage sectors? How have audiences changed as art becomes more digitized, global, and hybrid, and how does this impact arts management practice, pedagogy and policy? What forms and methods of interdisciplinary collaboration have emerged in the cultural and creative economy? Are there innovations in management models, institutional norms and leadership in the cultural and creative sector as we cope with new challenges including a monumental climate crisis? Are there new paradigms in the practice of arts management, particularly in Asia, and how are these different from our traditional ways of ‘doing things’ in the arts? Are new ecologies of the arts emerging as a result of new experiences and changing consciousness about the post-pandemic reality?
THEMES
Discipline of Arts Management
- arts management and cities
- practising arts management in Southeast Asia
Cultural Democratisation
- sub/urbanisms and emerging cultures
- solidarity and care in the arts
- inclusivity, social justice and the arts
Sustainability & Greening the Arts
- the green economy and UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals
Digital Ecologies
- digital governance and governmentality
- data and innovation in arts, culture and heritage
- audiences and digital consumption
Creative Economies
- cultural and creative leadership in Asia
- arts and cultural management and labour precarity
- innovations in the cultural and creative economy
- new arts start-ups in Asia
Network & Communities
- new artist and cultural networks
- re-defining international cultural relations/cultural diplomacy in a bruised world
Call for proposals is closed and all accepted submissions have been notified.
Deadline for final paper submission for conference publication (3,000 – 4,000 words): 30 October 2022.
Email any queries to coordinator@ancernetwork.org
ANCER 2022 Conference Committee:
Audrey Wong, Programme Leader, MA Arts & Cultural Leadership, LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapore
Prof. Katya Johanson, School of Communications and Creative Arts, Faculty of Arts and Education, Deakin University
Dr Jonathan Gander, Head, School of Creative Industries, LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapore
Dr Shu-Shiun Ku, Asst Professor, Dept of Cultural and Creative Industries, National Pingtung University, Taiwan
Theodora Agni, Arts Manager & Founder, Shifting Realities, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Dr Venka Purushothaman, Deputy President & Provost, LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapore