Spring 2010 Workshops
Blogging on the (Virtual) Island: Internet Policy and Citizen Networking in Contemporary Cuba
Ellery Biddle, master's student in the Center for Latin American Studies and the Harris School of Public Policy Studies
This talk considered questions regarding information control, policies on expression, and the technological, economic, and political challenges faced by bloggers in Cuba. It was part of a new initiative presenting ongoing cultural policy-related research by graduate students.
April 6, 2010, noon-1:20 pm
Woodlawn Room, Harris School of Public Policy Studies
The Rebirth of Classical Music
Presented by Greg Sandow, a veteran critic, composer, and consultant whose specialty is now the future of classical music; a member of the Graduate Studies faculty at Juilliard; and artist-in-residence at the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Maryland, where he’s working with students at the School of Music to help them find an audience of their own age.
Classical music is at a scary but exciting crossroads. Scary, because many things need to change if classical music is going to survive. But exciting, because the changes are already happening, and they open up stunning new possibilities. Classical music can be reborn. It can rejoin the culture around it and become a truly contemporary art.
Read more about Prof. Sandow's visit in this Chicago Tribune article.
April 20, 2010, noon-1:20 pm
Fulton Recital Hall, 4th floor of Goodspeed Hall, 5845 S. Ellis Ave.
Arts Marketing 2010
Kevin Giglinto, Vice President for Sales and Marketing, Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association
The role of the Arts Marketer has changed dramatically over the past decade. While the core elements of promotion and driving audience attendance remain, there is a new focus on patron research and data analysis to help guide strategic decisions as arts organizations navigate through a shifting landscape.
While the focus will be on practical examples from the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Symphony Center Presents series, the talk will also include some examples from the New York Philharmonic, the MCA, Lyric Opera, Steppenwolf Theatre, The Boston Symphony and others. The talk will feature data from a national study of the top nine orchestras related to patron relationship management that is applicable across the board.
May 4, 2010, noon-1:20 p.m.
Student Quiet Study Area, Harris School of Public Policy Studies
Cultural Institutions in a Postmodern Key
Peter Linett, partner at the audience research firm Slover Linett Strategies
This speculative talk will explore how cultural production and consumption are changing as Modernist assumptions give way to Postmodern ones. Join us to discuss the shifting roles of objectivity and subjectivity, directness and irony, knowing and believing, and seriousness and play; and to think how these changes may reshape museums and arts organizations.
May 11, 2010, noon-1:20 p.m.
Woodlawn Room, Harris School of Public Policy Studies
The Fragmented City: Politics of Urban Preservation in Beijing, Paris, and Chicago
Yue Zhang, Assistant Professor of Political Science, UIC
The research examines the policy processes of urban preservation in Beijing, Paris, and Chicago from the 1950s to the present. It demonstrates that urban preservation has drifted away from a cultural concern, but has become a strategic device employed by different political, social, and market actors to fulfill their distinct and occasionally contradictory goals. The fragmented political structure in cities further shapes the interactions of different actors and creates various patterns of urban preservation.
May 18, 2010, noon-1:20 p.m.
Woodlawn Room, Harris School of Public Policy Studies