AUSTRALIAN ARTS where the bloody hell are you?;australian arts in an international context.
The German government spends over â160 million a year on arts advocacy and cultural diplomacy through its network of Goethe-Instituts. The Chinese government has recently moved to set up over 120 university-based Confucius Institutes in over 50 countries. Australias expenditure on international cul...
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| Jezik: | angleščina |
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[S.l.] :
SYDNEY UNIVERSITY PRESS,
2007.
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| Izdaja: | 1ST ED. |
| Online dostop: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=3547018 |
| Izvleček: | The German government spends over â160 million a year on arts advocacy and cultural diplomacy through its network of Goethe-Instituts. The Chinese government has recently moved to set up over 120 university-based Confucius Institutes in over 50 countries. Australias expenditure on international cultural exchange reflects a distinctly lower priority. The Australia Council was able to allocate around $7.4 million on international activities in 2005-6. The Australia International Cultural Council, established to address Australias regional image in the wake of Hansonism, exists on a paltry $1 million. Other international projects are scattered among different departments at different levels of government with little sense of coordination or collaboration. Australian Arts: Where the Bloody Hell Are You?'was a one-day symposium in December 2006 organised by the Research Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Sydney to consider Australias international arts profile. An unfenced zoo'according to one commentator; to another, a unique space for a distinctly Australian vision. Bringing together artists, academics and arts administrators from diverse artistic disciplines and backgrounds, the forum considered Australias current international arts profile, available resources, success stories and the need for an advocacy council. The forum examined cultural advocacy not as a one-way process but as a means of facilitating cultural flows that benefit both artists and society. It highlighted the substantial benefits of international cultural exchange and concluded that strengthening existing programs rather than a large bureaucracy would best serve Australias current circumstances. Doubling or trebling Australias current expenditure would enable the public to enjoy more fully the fruits of those who are currently Australias biggest arts subsidisers, the artists themselves. |
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| Fizični opis: | 1 online resource |
| ISBN: | 1743329113 9781743329115 9781743321874 1743321872 9781920898144 1-920898-14-X |