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The Centre for Cultural Policy Studies, established
at the Royal School of Library and
Information Science in 1998, operates as from 1 Januar 1998 for the purpose
of strengthening basic as well as applied research in the field of Cultural Policy in
Denmark.
The Royal School of Library and Information Science has for
many years maintained a tradition of cultural and library policy-related research
activities and the establishment of this new centre marks a significant new step towards
enhancing the quality of research in the cultural policy area by concentrating resources
and encouraging continuity of the research being conducted.
Dorte Skot-Hansen
works as Head of the Centre and jointly with the School's own research academics, research
workers undertaking ad hoc assignments and project work as well as students she intends to
further develop an inhouse research competence which can be instrumental in developing new
knowledge on the prerequisites and results of cultural policy programmes and initiatives.
To achieve this, the following goals and tasks have been defined for the Centre:
- to undertake theoretical as well as empirical research
assignments on its own initiative;
- to undertake evaluation tasks and to conduct
state-of-the-art reviews - on specific issues or surveying and mapping developments in
pre-defined areas - commissioned by public sector authorities and institutions or private
sector businesses, organizations, etc.;
- to undertake consultancy work related to cultural policy
research & development projects;
- to expand and consolidate networking activities and to
support co-operation involving Danish, Nordic and international cultural policy research;
- to contribute actively to disseminating research findings
and to the current debate on cultural policy themes in the news media as well as in
relevant academic journals;
- to provide a stimulating and productive research environment
to attract younger research scholars to the Centre.
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Defining cultural policy research
Research that aims to examine the interaction between developments in society, the
cultural sector and decision-makers.
Research areas
The aim of the Centre is to implement research activities of its own and to undertake
commissioned research and surveying and mapping studies together with evaluation of
projects and experiments in the following fields:
- Cultural policy on a national scale, i.e. State level, on a
regional level, i.e. county-based, and in municipalities. The interaction between the
different levels are included as well.
- Paradigm shifts in cultural policy
- Historical and present condition
- Legitimizing efforts, finance, allocation of
responsibilities
- Planning and development
- Development and institutionalization processes as regards
- Organizing and financing
- Relations with national government, market and civil society
- Dissemination and mediation strategies and target groups
- IT as a vehicle for dissemination and mediation
- Surveys of clienteles and user studies with regard to
- Patterns of cultural consumption and cultural practice
- Cultural capital and competence development
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Last update: 05-Mar-2007 dsh@db.dk
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