Cultural and Media Policy Studies News and Events
Jonathan Vickery gives European Capital of Culture keynote address
On the first weekend of November I gave an opening address at an event that marked the start of the last stage of a main strand at the European Capital of Culture in Guimarães, northern Portugal. It's not an easy time for Portugal, and the actual capital investment and budgetary levels of this ECoC is lower than many past events. And yet, Portugal has demonstrated enormous creative energy. The year long event was, of course, quite complex: the strand I participated in was the Curators' Lab, which was for artists, designers, architects, urbanists and curators, as well as many others. My paper addressed the new art spaces emerging all over Europe, each playing a role in the creative economy. My paper will soon be available through the ECoC website.
See more on: http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/theatre_s/cp/blog/
New book chapter: Literary taste and 'list culture'
David Wright has written a book chapter now published in From Codex to Hypertext: Reading at the Turn of the Twenty-First Century from University of Massachusetts Press. The book, edited by Anouk Lang and featuring contributions from Janice Radway, Danielle Fuller and DeNel Rehberg Sedo amongst others, offers a range of perspectives on how readers interact with texts, with one another and with the technologies that shape the contemporary reading experience.
David’s chapter, ‘Literary taste and List Culture in a Time of “Endless Choice”’, considers the cultural list in its various forms - guide, bestseller chart, poll – as a means of shaping reading choices. The chapter reflects on how new kinds of lists - the customer or algorithm determined lists of on-line retail – reflect new forms of authority in directing readers to books.
You can read a review of the book in the Columbia Journalism Review here, and follow David’s research on academia.edu.
MA Scholarships for 2013
The Centre for Cultural Policy Studies is pleased to be able to offer a limited number part-fees bursaries for its taught postgraduate programmes; MA in International Cultural Policy and Management, MA in Creative and Media Enterprises and MA in Global Media and Communication.
Regional Scholarships
We are particularly keen to encourage MA applicants from the following regions: North America and the Caribbean, Latin America, the Middle East, Africa, Russia and Eastern Europe and there is one award available on each MA programme for an exceptional applicant who meets the specified criteria.
Home (UK) Scholarship
In addition we are pleased to offer one award of £5,000 for a Home applicant (i.e. a British citizen and resident in the UK) for study on one of our three MA programmes
More Details
You'll find further information about all of these bursary awards by following the links to Fees and Funding for your chosen MA programme:
MA in International Cultural Policy and Management (Fees and Funding)
MA in Creative and Media Enterprises (Fees and Funding)
MA in Global Media and Communication (Fees and Funding)