2016-05-16

Call for Abstracts: 7th Annual ENCATC Research Session on arts management and cultural policy

The 7th Annual ENCATC Research Session will be held on October 6-7 during the 24th ENCATC Annual Conference in Spain, in the city of Valencia. Proposals from any relevant discipline will be considered, provided that they make an original academic contribution to the study of arts management and cultural policy. Deadline is 20 June 2016.

Topics of Interest

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 June 2016. 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 can only be submitted in English. All oral presentations of accepted papers must be given in English.

Dates

Preparations for the ENCATC Research Session will take place in 3 phases:

Phase I.: Submission of abstracts for selection by the Scientific Committee until monday, 20 June 2016

Phase II.: Authors are notified of their status by friday; 15 July 2016

Phase III.: Final papers are due (between 5,000 and 9,000 words in length, not including references) to monday, 12 Sept. 2016

Publication Opportunities

All accepted papers will be published in an electronic book of proceedings (with ISBN number), which will be made public at the time of the conference. In case you prefer not to have your paper included in the book of proceedings, the conference organisers kindly ask you to let them know when submitting your proposal. The electronic book of proceedings may include papers in English, French and Spanish.

Papers presented at the ENCATC Research Session may also be considered for publication in the ENCATC Journal of Cultural Management and Policy. The Journal works independently from the Research Session, what means that Research Session panelists are invited to re-submit their papers for the Journal when the call for its 7th volume will be launched (after the conference), but their papers will only be consider for the Journal upon resubmission in response to the call. It must be noted that only papers in English could be considered for publication in the ENCATC Journal.

Important: The first day of the ENCATC conference, 5 October is open to ENCATC members ONLY for the General Assembly and Members Forum. October 6 and 7 are open to everyone!

Abstract submissions and other questions about the 7th Annual ENCATC Research Session should be e-mailed to researchsession@encatc.org

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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