IICPR 2008

5th International Conference on Cultural Policy Research

20-24 August 2008, Istanbul, Turkey

 

Call for Papers, deadline November 15 2007

 

The 5th Internation Conference on Cultural Policy Research will be organised by Yeditepe University, Istanbul in co-operation with the International Journal of Cultural Policy in August 2008. ICCPR 2008 aims to provide an outlet for an interdisciplinary and international exploration of the meaning, function and impact of cultural policies. Cultural policy is understood as the promotion or prohibition of cultural practices and values by governments, corporations, other institutions and individuals.

 

Researchers are invited to submit proposals for paper presentations. Proposals from any relevant discipline will be considered, provided they make an original academic contribution to the study of cultural policy and its effects. Deadline for the submission of abstracts is November 15 2007.

 

Although ICCPR 2008 will consider proposals for the investigation of any aspect of cultural policy, it particularly seeks proposals for research papers on the following topics:

 

• Cultural policy and globalisation
• Cultural policy, religion and secularism
• Intellectuals and cultural policy
• Politics of cultural policy
• Cultural policy and values
• Historiographies of cultural policy
• Cultural policy in Mediterranean countries
• Comparative cultural policy
• Cultural policy and cultural industries
• Artist policy
• Creativity and the city
• Cultural policy and development policy
• Cultural policy as welfare policy
• Culture and economy
• Cultural policy, cultural diplomacy and international relations
• Cultural Participation

 

For more informtion, including Call for Papers, see ICCPR2008 webpage.

 

 

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