2007-03-19

Comparing Music Networks and Cultural Policy Relationships in United States and Japan

The special interest relationships characterized by the influence on cultural policy of music service networks are the focus of our analysis, as evidenced not only in the United States, but also in contemporary Japan. This paper will describe the activities of significant music networks in Japan and the United States and demonstrate that todays music-related service networks in Japan and the United States appear to have learned the lessons of the 1980s and 1990s challenges to arts and cultural policy.

Effectively, arts and music networks are more likely to have a more inclusive focus on community-based values and benefits, engaging in mutually supportive alliances with other non-profit sector interests especially in community development, immigration, education, ethnic traditions, crime prevention, the environment, and healthcare.

Further reading: http://neumann.hec.ca/iccpr/PDF_Texts/SmithA_OkiY.pdf

Authors:
1. Anne W. Smith
Director of the Arts Administration Program at Golden Gate University, USA.
2. Yuko Oki
Professor of School of business administration, Kyoto Sangyo University, Japan