Cultural Leadership

Uitgebreide vaknaam	Cultural Leadership
Leerdoelen	Reflect upon and elucidate the concept of ‘cultural leadership’ in the context of different types of cultural organisations. Besides, students recognise different meanings of the terms culture and of leadership and are able to reflect upon language differences that indicate different meanings. Identify and characterize different approaches to the study of cultural leadership. Present orally the results of small assignments. Organise and execute a semi-structured interview. Draw up a written portrait of a cultural leader, based on an interview, in a well-structured way using the literature studied and the knowledge gained during the seminars.
Omschrijving	The goal of this course is to introduce the participants to the concept of cultural leadership. To do so, the course presents central theoretical discussions around this term and focuses on how these theoretical conceptualizations connect with cultural leadership in practice. From the beginning of the course to the final assignment, students will work with empirical examples of how cultural leaders enact this term in real life. Important questions are: 1. What do we mean by the term cultural leadership? Both ‘culture’ and ‘leadership’ are terms with multiple meanings. ‘Culture’ may refer to a whole way of life, it may stand for the cultural sector and specifically art institutions, or it may represent the organizational culture (the informal structure that consists of foundational assumptions, ideas and values) that exist alongside the formal structure in any organization. ‘Leadership’ may hint at administration, but is also often distinguished from the term management, and in everyday use the notion of leadership is often infused with heroic connotations although the actions of leaders are contingent upon organizational constraints and external forces. Our first task will be to specify what we mean with the term cultural leadership, highlighting that in our conceptualization it integrates practices of organizing and curating. 2. Who are cultural leaders and what do they do? To address the question about which individuals represent cultural leaders, we will start from a broad conceptualization that parallels Bourdieu’s notion of ‘cultural intermediaries,’ which he developed to describe those working in occupations that mediate between production and consumption of cultural goods. Starting from this conceptualization, we will discuss how cultural leaders operate in various domains (public, commercial and grass-root) and look into how their role is to communicate and manage various stakeholders. 3. Which types of organizations do cultural leaders lead? Continuing the discussion from the conceptualization of cultural leadership as taking place in various domains, we will look at the type and size of organization that cultural leaders are heading. In doing so, a range will be presented from small-scale temporary projects to large-scale nationally defining institutions. To address this question about which types of organizations that cultural leadership takes place in, we will discuss the terms organic and bureaucratic forms of organizing, raising questions about which organizational culture exists in the organizations that cultural leaders work within.
Uren per week	3
Vaksoort	master jr 1
Coördinator	dr. S.M. Strandvad
Docent(en)	dr. S.M. Strandvad
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Opgenomen in	Opleiding Jaar Periode Type ReMa Kunst- en Cultuurwetenschappen / Arts and Culture  (ReMa Cultural Leadership) 1 semester I verplicht