Course overview
This course provides students with a critical and historical understanding of cultural policy in Australia, different models of funding and government intervention through a series of national and global case studies. Students will learn how to evaluate cultural policy, question what constitutes an 'Australian Story' and who gets to tell them, and develop an understanding of the policy ecosystem surrounding them. Finally, students will develop an awareness of the relationship between policy and social change, examining various forms of activism and advocacy in the arts and cultural landscape.
- Critical approaches to cultural policy: who gets to tell Australian stories?
- Advocacy, activism and change
- What is cultural policy?
Course learning outcomes
- Discuss the field and history of cultural and creative policy in Australia
- Analyse cultural and creative policies in relation to the contexts of their emergence
- Interpret and critique cultural and creative policy and its impacts
- Discuss the relationships between policy, equity, diversity and social change
Availability
Class details
Adelaide City Campus East
Class number 53747
Section FR01
Size 200
Available 200
Class number 56906
Section SE01
Size 25
Available 25
Class number 53668
Section SE02
Size 25
Available 25
Class number 53669
Section SE03
Size 25
Available 25
Magill
Class number 56907
Section SE01
Size 25
Available 24
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