Cultural policy frameworks and trends

Day 1

Introduction. Lecture by Dr. Violeta Simjanovska. Why Cultural Policy? Models of Cultural Policy trough the history.

Introduction of the Historic perspective of Cultural Policy:

• Nation state
• French model
• UK model
• USA model
• Other nonwestern models

Readings:

• Pyykkönen M., Simanainen N.and Sokka S. (eds.) (2009) What about Cultural Policy? Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Culture and Politics. Jyväskylä: Paino Kopijuvvd (Available at: https://jyx.jyu.fi/bitstream/handle/123456789/41953/978-952-492-320-0.pdf(Opens in a new tab))
• Simjanovska V. (ed) (2011) Re-thinking local cultural policy: new identity and new paradigm, “Concept and Models of Cultural Policy: State versus City”, Skopje: PAC Multimedia
• Simjanovska, V. (2025). Cultural and creative industries in the Western Balkans. Routledge.

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Day 2

Lecture by Dr. Violeta Simjanovska. Cultural Policy Instruments and Strategic Dilemmas of Cultural Policy.

• Presenting the main dilemmas in cultural policy discourse (21 strategic dilemmas from the Balancing Act from the Council of Europe)
• Presenting the global tendencies in the Cultural Policy domain: UN, UNESCO, UNICEF, Council of Europe
• Responses of the governments in the field of culture, during the COVID 19 crises

Readings:

• Matarasso F. and Landry C. (2000), The Balancing Act: 21 Strategic Dilemmas in Cultural Policy, Strasbourg: Council of Europe.

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Day 3

Lecture by Pyykkönen, Miikka miikka.m.pyykkonen(at)jyu.fi. Finnish nominal cultural policy.

• The basics of the history and the current of the Finnish cultural policy system
• linkages to the “Nordic cultural model”),
• funding mechanisms and the main stakeholders and their relations.

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Day 4

Lecture by Laura Valoma. Cultural Policy and Participation, Equity, Equality and Diversity.

• The relation between culture and well being
• Arts and well being as a social movement
• Challenges

Readings:

• Aldrin Salskov, S. (2020). A critique of our own? On intersectionality and “epistemic habits” in a study of racialization and homonationalism in a Nordic context. NORANordic Journal of Feminist and Gender Research, 28(3), (pp. 251-265). https://doi/pdf/10.1080/08038740.2020.1789218(Opens in a new tab)
• Balta Portoles, J., & Dragićević Šešic, M. (2017). Cultural rights and their contribution to sustainable development: Implications for cultural policy. International journal of cultural policy: CP, 23(2), (pp. 159-173).
  https://doi.org/10.1080/10286632.2017.1280787(Opens in a new tab)
• Belfiore, E., Hadley, S., Heidelberg, B. M., & Rosenstein, C. (2023). Cultural Democracy, Cultural Equity, and Cultural Policy: Perspectives from the UK and USA. The Journal of Arts Management, Law, and Society, 53(3), (pp. 157-168).
  https://doi/pdf/10.1080/10632921.2023.2223537(Opens in a new tab)
• Canyürek, .. (2022). Cultural Diversity in Motion: Rethinking Cultural Policy and Performing Arts in an Intercultural Society (Vol. 144). transcript Verlag.
• Collins, P. H., & Bilge, S. (2020). Intersectionality. John Wiley & Sons.
• Ghani, A. M., & Read, T. (2024). From equality to equity: A case study of Creative Shift’s ‘the leader within Women+ of Colour Leadership Programme’. Industry and Higher Education. https://doi/10.1177/09504222231224086(Opens in a new tab)

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Day 5

Lecture by Dr. Violeta Simjanovska. Cultural Policy Current Discourse and Trends.

• Digital communication, media and cultural policy
• Algorithmic platforms
• the current dilemmas in cultural policy related to digitalization
• New challenges with the concept of “Creative economy” and economic value of arts

Readings:

• Polivtseva, E., Montalto, V., & Kirjazovaite, L. (2025). Cultural policy in 2025: Pressures and promises in a divided world. Culture Policy Room. Retrieved February 23, 2026, from https://www.culturepolicyroom.eu/insights/cultural-policy-in-2025-pressures-and-promises-in-a-divided-world(Opens in a new tab)
• Digital Cultural Policies: Challenges and Contexts" by Ole Marius Hylland and Jaka Primorac (2024)
• O’Connor J. (2024) After the Creative Industries: Cultural Policy in Crisis"
• Valtysson B. (2020) Digital Cultural Politics, From Policy to Practice, Loughborough: Palgrave Macmillan

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Day 6

Lecturer: Prof. Franco Bianchini.Cultural Planning and Urban regeneration.

• Cultural Planning concepts
• Urban regeneration polices

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Day 7

Lecturer: Jenni Pekkarinen. Local cultural Polices; European Capital of Culture.

• Local Cultural Policies framework
• ECoC

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Day 8

Guest Lecture Jenni Pekkarinen. Cultural Policy and Sustainability.

• Concept of Sustainable development
• Greening cultural policy
• Cultural sustainability as a strategy

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Day 9

Lecture by Dr. Violeta Simjanovska. Ethics of Cultural Policy.

• “who owns culture”-colonialization and decolonization
• Virtue etic (freedom)
• Responsibility ethic (identities, minorities)
• Corollary ethic (economic side, intellectual property, digitalization, sustainability)

Readings:

• Owen-Vandersluis, S. (2005) Ethics and Cultural Policy in Global Economy, Palgrave Macmillan
• Matthes, Erich Hatala, (2023) "The Ethics of Cultural Heritage", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Fall 2023 Edition), Edward N. Zalta & Uri Nodelman (eds.), URL =<https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/fall2023/entries/ethics-cultural-heritage(Opens in a new tab)
• Kawashima, N. (2004) ‘Planning for equality?: Decentrali¬sation in cultural policy’. Research papers, Vol.1. 2004. Coventry: University of Warwick. Centre for Cultural Policy Studies.

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Day 10

Lecture by Dr. Violeta Simjanovska.

FINAL PRESENTATIONS

VISITING KUVI 14.00- 15.30 Emilie Gardberg