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Culture for Societies: Communication - Government Issues

Treasure Hunt as a strategic tool for audience development

“To the Congregation of the Oratory in Naples 250 ducati and for you, Dionisio Lazzari, at completion 1000 ducati as this much you have spent for marbles, mother of pearl, precious stones and more and in labor to build the…

Cultural Market, Entrepreneurship, Economics and Finance

Quantifying Dance in a Capitalist Society

The ongoing debate on the social value of art and culture has been with us for some decades now. In the United States, this debate has taken place mostly within the art world itself, and in related political and administrative…

Culture for Societies: Communication - Government Issues

Museums’ visitors in Italy

In a country where cultural participation generates alarming negative numbers (in 2015, 68.3% of the Italian population has never entered a museum [1] ), it becomes crucial to understand the new public and study suitable strategies for a cultural proposal…

Culture for Societies: Communication - Government Issues

Trust against fear. The Role of Culture and the Future of Europe

In a fragile political and economic framework, the attention to the role that culture can play in creating the bass for the future of Europe is growing rapidly. This paper investigates the impacts that culture create in several aspects of…

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Culture is Changing…Oops: already done!

Since the 90’s, the world looks astonished at the power of culture as a strategical tool for the development of entire economies and territories. However, in last years, culture, and better said, cultural economics in Italy (but not only in…

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Culture and life

Is not possible to start a discussion about culture without mentioning what in these days is scaring Europe: the IS terrorist attack in the heart of Paris is nothing but a menace to all of us. But there is also…

Culture for Societies: Communication - Government Issues

The Governance of Metropolitan Areas in Italy: a Plan to Enhance Competitiveness

This paper aims to underline the need for a “metropolitan governance” in Italy with particular emphasis on the central area of Veneto region. Following on from a recent work by the authors Corò e Dalla Torre (2015) the “metropolitan issue”…

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Culture and the Red Queen

Just at this moment, somehow or other, Alice and the red Queen began to run. They were running hand in hand, and the Queen went so fast that it was all she could do to keep up with her: and…

Cultural Market, Entrepreneurship, Economics and Finance

Made in Italy museums. Some reflections on company heritage networking and communication

Corporate museums arise today as a powerful identity medium for companies and brands representing Made in Italy worldwide. At the beginning of the new millennium, such cultural centers, preserving and communicating the Italian economic history, are extending their presence in…

Cities, Urbanism, Architecture and Citizenship

It happens in Turin. From Cascina Roccafranca to the “Case del Quartiere Network”

In the last 20 years Turin has gone through several radical transformations and changes. When we talk about that we can’t forget its passage from “industrial town” to “post-industrial town”, breaking away from its past. From automotive to baby-parking and…

Culture for humans: education, psychology and health

Does Culture makes us happier – and healthier?

People’s happiness and wellbeing are undoubtedly at the center of today’s modern life – we could even dare to say that our generation is obsessed with the pursuit of happiness, with finding the perfect balance between our inner desires and…

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Libraries and Public Perception

The point of view of the author is to consider how libraries are perceived by national communities, on the background of the economic crisis of the latest year and the internet and social media penetration, in order to point out…

Managing Culture for creating impacts

Measuring Cultures

Introduction The topic of the importance of being able to measure the impact (or better yet, the plural impacts) that cultural heritages and activities have on many different areas is one of the most discussed issues in Contemporary Economic literature.…

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Cultural Heritage and Value Creation. Towards new Pathways

“What do we mean by cultural heritage?” Is it the classical definition of “culture” relating to a purely material dimension still relevant, legitimizing the protection of “cultural heritage” as opposed to protection and enhancement? Is it perhaps time to reconsider…

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Culture Crash. The killing of the creative class

The financial crisis of 2008 and other changes in the economy and culture have had a pervading impact on the creative sector more than on any other field. Using an original style, which combines autobiographical elements with a deep knowledge…

Cultural Market, Entrepreneurship, Economics and Finance

Cultural intelligence and internationalization: An approach to cultural and creative organizations

Cultural intelligence is defined as “a person’s capability for successful adaptation to new cultural settings, including cognitive, motivational and behavioral aspects”. This paper investigates how the adaptation processes recognized and studied in individuals can be applied to cultural and creative…

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Human interaction: the next digital revolution

In the digital age, why should we care about human interaction? The answer is neither simple nor obvious. The rise of new technologies has generated a flourishing debate about the pros and cons of a wide usage of the Internet,…

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China Cultural and Creative Industries Reports 2013

This book represents a very interesting collection of reports about the state of the art of the Cultural and Creative Industries in People’s Republic of China. Globally, in spite of the growing importance it plays in the national economy, the…

Creating Culture

The sound of poetry. The case of “Andata e Ritorno” Festival

We grow up being used to the idea that poetry is something boring. This scenario is luckily changing. There are a lot of poets who want to stay inside the modernity, want to write about it and above all they…

Cultural Market, Entrepreneurship, Economics and Finance

Impact of European-funded programme on London creative micro businesses economic performance and confidence

This paper provides an insight on the profiles of 400 creative businesses in London and the impact that a tailored, ERDF-funded business support programme had on their business performance and their confidence. It aims to provide a reflexion on the…

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Creative challenges

It may sound obvious: in order for creative products to conquer markets we need creativity; business creativity. In the last decade debates and books about creativity were multiplied, in the attempt at answering to crucial questions ranging from the definition…

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The Market. Documents of Contemporary Art

Edited by Natasha Degen, “The Market. Documents of Contemporary Art” is an interesting anthology, which offers an interdisciplinary introduction to the evolution of the contemporary art market, its relation to value and its effect on artistic practice, taking into account…

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The impact of globalization on cultural policy: insights and emerging trends from the International Conference on Cultural Policy Research 2014

This article discusses some thought-provoking papers, presented at the ICCPR2014, on the relationship between cultural policy and globalization. On the one hand, it looks at how globalization has an impact on national cultural policies with reference in particular to tax…

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The role of culture in society

In an age of insecurity and inequality, the capacity of culture to generate positive impacts seems to be a certainty. Over the past years, an increasing number of studies have analysed the cultural and creative industries’ realm with the aim…

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Pioneering Minds Worldwide. On the Entrepreneurial Principles of the Cultural and Creative Industries

More than 30 authors in 17 countries are the “pioneering minds”, who lead readers to the exploration of the “Entrepreneurial Principles of the Cultural and Creative Industries (CCIs)”. Even if CCIs play a key role in the European and global…

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Towards a “Creative Ravenna”. Capitalising on the European Capital of Culture process to build a Culture and Creative Industries’ strategy

Ravenna, with its rich cultural and artistic heritage, its economic and social fabric as well as the political will to invest in culture, has the potential to design its future with the support of art and culture and contribute to…

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European Capitals of Culture: structures and infrastructures

Culture and territory. A pair with an ancient but actual flair. A binomial that a growing number of public managers choose as the asset to economic development and to increase the quality of life, like in Qatar, where culture has…

Cultural Market, Entrepreneurship, Economics and Finance

Price management. Working on the supply could be our chance

It is not easy to establish the admission price to museums and monuments. Different cultures suggest singular methods at this matter. Although the global scenario tends to allocate to goods a specific price which is directly commensurate to its value,…

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Do the arts dream of society? The secret war of languages

Whenever I think, speak or write about the arts the crucial knot of my analysis is knowledge. Of course emotion is important, as well as some intellectual pride, but knowledge gives the flavour to the whole system. It is well…

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Art of the Deal. Contemporary art in a global financial market

The book offers a complete picture of the art market and the growing connection between art and money, becoming an indispensable reading for all students, academics, professional players and passionate who want to know how the art market works.

Cultural Market, Entrepreneurship, Economics and Finance

Contemporary art fairs as new forms of cultural consumption and urban experience

Contemporary art fairs are commercial exhibitions where art dealers meet up over the course of several days at a specific event. Nowadays they are held around the world, offering attendees the opportunity to experience in just a few days what…

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Eventful Cities: the relationship between city development and cultural events

In recent years slogans such as ‘festival city’ or ‘city of festivals’ have become common elements of the brand image of many cities. But why have events become so popular? What are the benefits of being ‘eventful’? What is the…

Calls for papers

Call For Papers on “Crafting international strategies”

SAM - Strategic Arts Management Master Class and Tafter Journal launch a call for papers on culture between site-specific creativity and international markets. Get involved! You'll have the possibility to get 100% off of the SAM registration fee!

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Art as an investment?

Pointing out similarities and differences that exist between art and other kinds of assets, Melanie Gerlis – the Art Market editor of The Art Newspaper – try to figure out an answer to the question whether art is a good…

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What an effort “to enter out”! Closures and resistances in the cultural sector

“It might be easy for you, but you cannot imagine how difficult is for us to enter outside”. Few years ago, walking in the yards of Santa Maria Della Pietà, psychiatric hospital already closed, Thomas Lovanio, Franco Basaglia’s colleague, got…

Managing Culture for creating impacts

The importance of being evaluated. Guidelines and tools to plan a worthy evaluation of cultural projects

Talking about culture production, we need to shift The importance of being Earnest in The importance of being evaluated. The longing of evaluation it is in fact, by now, intrinsic to any cultural project: sponsors, stakeholders, project managers are all…

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The value of culture. Neverending debates need views and tools

Within the rich and complex vocabulary of culture the word value is certainly overused. It is always associated with culture, however we prefer to define it (which is already a challenging task). Even those who hate culture, since they fear…

Cultural Market, Entrepreneurship, Economics and Finance

Collecting Art: the not-for-profit sector and the art market

Give an overview of the art sector through actors involved, missions, roles, ways of operating and relationships among them.

Culture for Societies: Communication - Government Issues

Children and cultural policies in Europe

Today, children are a main target for many cultural institutions. There is no museum that does not devote space and activities for children and, more recently, also concert halls, orchestras and opera houses have opened their doors to the young…

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Does Culture Need New Audiences? Absolutely Yes!

In a time of austerity, audience development represents a fundamental aspect which should be taken into account. In the traditional business sectors, the demand side has always played a key role in order to predict and satisfy a huge range…

Calls for papers

Call For Papers on “Festivals: audience, funding and sustainability”. Deadline extended to 31 March 2014

Tafter Journal and LOOP Studies/University of Barcelona invite paper submissions which offer new and challenging research on trends within the management of cultural festivals. Get Involved! We welcome participants willing to share their research and experiences!

Calls for papers

Tafter Journal is pleased to announce a special Double Call for Papers on Copyright in order to give attention to one of the most current and controversial talking point.

Managing Culture for creating impacts

Development As A Network: A New Perspective To Evaluate Cultural Projects

The paper aims to show how and why network analysis turns to be a precious and complementary tool to evaluate cultural projects for local development. After reviewing the traditional project evaluation techniques, we first discuss how network analysis is able…

Cultural Market, Entrepreneurship, Economics and Finance

Forum D’Avignon 2013: Polyphonic Voice From Avignon

The Forum d’Avignon is a think-tank dedicated to culture and creative industries which organizes an international annual meeting on culture, economics and media in Avignon, France since 2008. More than 450 participants of different sectors arrive from 40 nations. Guaranteeing…

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Future Culture: Back To Normality

Many things are occurring, quite often in the shadow, out of the places and groups where conventions are crafted and consolidated. The only possible reaction to changes and threats is action, not certainly discussion. Action requires thought and interpretation. But…

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Which oil for culture? – Quale olio per la cultura?

Because of the economic crisis that marks not only Italy, but also many of the European countries and not, and that has led and will lead to a drastic reduction in the resources allocated to the cultural system it’s necessary,…