DDML103 Cultural Policy Introduction

Theatre Faculty
Summer 2025
Extent and Intensity
1/1/4. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: graded credit.
Teacher(s)
prof. MgA. Blanka Kolegar (lecturer)
doc. MgA. BcA. Petra Vodičková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. MgA. Blanka Kolegar
Theatre Management and Stage Technology Department – Dean’s Office – Theatre Faculty – Janáček Academy of Performing Arts
Supplier department: Theatre Management and Stage Technology Department – Dean’s Office – Theatre Faculty – Janáček Academy of Performing Arts
Prerequisites
Completion of economics and social sciences at secondary school, completion of Introduction to Culture Policy - winter semester part.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Revise and unify high school level knowledge in the social sciences, provide students with clear information and social sciences base that would help them to understand the cultural policy in the country.
Provide students with the first methodological guidance for seminar paper and presentation.
Student knows the current structure of Czech theater network, distinguishes different legal status/legal bodies of institutions, understands the issues of subsidized theaters in details.
Student understands the context of cultural policy in terms of issues of public sector and public economics, understands the level of state and local governments and their responsibility for culture and arts..
Learning outcomes
After completing the subject, student will be able to:
- define functions and principles of culture and cultural policy;
- define the planning process and strategy of cultural policy;
- compare the models of cultural policy;
- describe administrative and economical aspects of culture in the Czech Republic;
- describe the development of cultural policy through the history in the Czech Republic; - define the main goals of current cultural strategies on the national and local level;
- name the key participants in the field of culture and cultural policy in the Czech Republic
Syllabus
  • - Theory of cultural policy
    - Cultural policy and art management
    - Tasks and principles of the cultural policy
    - Planning strategies of cultural policy
    - Cultural policy and financing of culture in the Czech Republic
    - Cultural statistics and documentation of the cultural and theatrical politics in the Czech Republic
    - Examples of cultural policies in selected European countries
    - Essay and its defense on a given cultural-political topic
Literature
    required literature
  • Platná legislativa související se státní správavou a samosprávou, Zákon o státním rozpočtu, Zákon o majetku ČR
  • NEKOLNÝ, Bohumil. Divadlo a kreativní sektor. 1. vyd. Praha: NAMU - Nakladatelství AMU, 2013, 110 pp. Management umění - umění managementu. info
  • ERTÜRK, Eylem. LOCAL CULTURAL POLICIES HANDBOOK: Steps, Tools And Case Studıes. Istanbul: İstanbul Bilgi Univeristy, 2011. info
  • Ministerstvo kultury České republiky and Ministerstvo kultury České republiky. Koncepce účinnější podpory umění na léta 2007-2013. Praha, 2006, 82 pp. ISBN 80-86310-62-0. info
    recommended literature
  • HEŘMANOVÁ, Eva; CHROMÝ, Pavel. Kulturní regiony a geografie kultury : Kulturní reálie a kultura v regionech Česka. 1. Prah : ASPI-Wolters Kluwer, 2009. 348 s. ISBN 978-80-7357-339-3. info
  • SEDLÁČEK, Tomáš. Ekonomie dobra a zla : Po stopáchlidského tázání od Gilgameše po finanční krizi. 1. vydání. Praha : 65.pole, 2009. 270 s. ISBN 978-80-903944-3-8. info
  • KOLEKTIV AUTORŮ. Definice, historie, transformace, reflexe, vzdělávání a výchova. 1. vydání. Praha: Institut umění - Divadelní ústav, 2009, 213 pp. Svazek I. ISBN 978-80-7008-235-5. info
  • JIŘÍ PATOČKA and EVA HEŘMANOVÁ. Lokální a regionální kultura v České republice: kulturní prostor, kulturní politika a kulturní dědictví. Online. 1st ed. 2008, 199 pp. ISBN 978-80-7357-347-8. info
  • VOJÍK, Vladimír. Podnikání v kultuře a umění - Arts management. Praha: ASPI, 2008. ISBN 978-80-7357-356-0. info
  • ŠKARABELOVÁ, Simona, Jarmila NESHYBOVÁ and Jaroslav REKTOŘÍK. Ekonomika kultury a masmédií. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2007. info
  • NEKOLNÝ, Bohumil. Divadelní systémy a kulturní politika. 1. vyd. Praha: Divadelní ústav, 2006, 152 pp. ISBN 978-80-7008-197-6. info
  • KESNER, Ladislav. Marketing a management muzeí a památek. Grada, 2005. ISBN 80-247-1104-4. info
  • SCRUTON, Roger. Průvodce inteligentního člověka po moderní kultuře. 1. vyd. Praha: Academia, 2003, 210 pp. ISBN 80-200-1076-9. info
  • REKTOŘÍK, Jaroslav. Ekonomika veřejného sektoru. 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 1999, 219 pp. ISBN 80-210-2045-8. info
  • Bílá kniha: Vztah státu ke kultuře, kulturní politika evropských zemí. 1. vydání. MINISTERSTVO KULTURY ČR, 1996. info
  • HAMERNÍKOVÁ, Bojka. Kultura a masmédia v tržních podmínkách: Veřejná podpora a alternativní zdroje financování. 1. vyd. Praha: VŠE, 1996, 207 pp. ISBN 80-7079-857-2. info
  • SOURIAU, Étienne. Encyklopedie estetiky. 1. vyd. Praha: Victoria Publishing, 1994, 939 pp. info
  • DRUCKER, PF. Řízení neziskových organizac. Praha: Management Press, 1994, 76 pp. ISBN 80-85603-38-1. info
  • SCRUTON, R. Slovník politického myšlení. Brno: Atlantis, 1989. info
Teaching methods
Regular tuition * Number of contact hours per week: 2 * Number of hours independent student work per week: 2 Lectures, work with text, discussion methods, individual work of students.
Assessment methods
Final assessment is the sum of four values​​: assessment of your seminar paper: 40% evaluation of your oral presentation of the essay: 40% Expert/discussion opinion of other seminary work: 20% The condition for graded credit is permanent participation in the seminar and submission of work in pre-agreed time.
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further Comments
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Summer 2015, Summer 2016, Summer 2017, Summer 2018, Summer 2019, Summer 2020, Summer 2021, Summer 2022, Summer 2023, Summer 2024.
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