2015-07-06

Extended deadlines: CfP for the Research Session and the Research Award during the ENCATC Annual Conference 2015

The ENCATC (European Network of Cultural Administration Training Centers) awaits proposals for the 6th Annual ENCATC Research Session. It will held during the 23rd ENCATC Annual Conference about The Ecology of Culture: Community Engagement, Co-creation, Cross Fertilization in Lecce, Italy, on 21-23 October 2015. Subsmission from any relevant discipline will be considered, provided that they make an original academic contribution to the study of arts management and cultural policy.

RESEARCH SESSION TOPICS OF INTEREST
Papers are welcome on all arts management and cultural policy areas including:

  • Arts and culture education
  • Cultural policy and arts management
  • Culture and local, regional and national development
  • Cultural heritage management
  • Cultural and creative industries
  • Culture in external relations and cultural diplomacy
  • Cultural networking
Research in the following subject areas is particularly welcome:

  • Digital means for audience development
  • Participatory governance of cultural heritage
  • Cultural and creative sector: entrepreneurship and innovation
  • Promotion of cultural diversity: cultural external relations
  • Monitoring culture and creative interventions: urban futures and social engagement
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
All those wishing to present a paper at the ENCATC Annual Conferences Research Session must submit an abstract of 300 words by Monday, 20 July 2015. All abstracts must include a title, author(s) (names, affiliations, e-mails of all authors) and 3-5 key words. Authors are also asked to submit a short biography that includes name, institution, position, publications (if appropriate) and research area (300 words maximum).

The abstract should provide information on:

  • the theme of the paper
  • the theory used
  • the research method
  • a summary of main or expected conclusions
  • main references (not included in the word count)
Abstracts and papers can be submitted in any of the conference official languages: English, French and Italian. However, all oral presentations of accepted papers must be given in English.

PUBLICATION OPPORTUNITIES
All accepted papers will be published in an electronic book of proceedings (with ISBN number), which will be handed to all participants at the conference registration. A selection of the best papers presented at the ENCATC Research Session
will also be considered for publication in the ENCATC Journal of Cultural Management and Policy. These papers will go through a standard double-blind review process. Submission guidelines will be made available on the ENCATC website in July 2016. Only papers in English can be considered for publication.

Authors are notified of their status by Monday, 20 July 2015
Final papers are due (between 5,000 and 9,000 words in length, not including references) by Monday, 14 Sept. 2015

Abstract submissions and other questions about the 6th Annual ENCATC Research Session should be e-mailed to researchsession@encatc.org

RESEARCH AWARD
There is also a call for applications for the 2nd ENCATC Research Award on Cultural Policy and Cultural Management. This award is granted to a recently published PhD thesis exploring, through comparative and cross-cultural research, issues at stake and taking a step from evaluative (descriptive) to comparative applied research, or to a PhD thesis that informs policymaking and benefit practitioners active in the broad field of culture. Granted each year, the ENCATC Award consists of the translation of the winning PhD thesis into English or French and its publication in the Cultural Management and Cultural Policy Education Book Series, a new series of publications specialising in topics related to cultural management and cultural policy headed by ENCATC.

The ENCATC Award targets emerging researchers in the field of cultural policy and cultural management up to 35 years of age from Europe and the rest of the world. An international Jury will select the winner who will be announced at the ENCATC Award Ceremony will be organised in Brussels in November 2015 alongside the European Culture Forum.

The deadline to submit the documents outlined in the call is 15 July 2015. Download the Call for Applications here.

ENCATC is the leading European network on Cultural Management and Cultural Policy education. It is a membership NGO gathering over 100 members in 40 countries. ENCATC is co-funded by the Creative Europe programme of the European Union.
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