Art and Politics : Government and the Arts in Australia: A Historical and Critical Analysis

著者名：Caust, Josephine

Routledge（2023/11/03発売）

• 言語：ENG
• ISBN：9781032040721
• eISBN：9781000989908

Description

Australian governments at all levels have been engaged with arts and culture in many different forms since the beginning of European settlement. The way this has occurred is documented and analysed here, both from an historical and critical perspective.

Changing understandings of culture and the significance of Indigenous Culture to Australia receive special attention. While the focus is primarily directed to Federal Government engagement, there is also consideration paid to both state and local government involvement. There is attention paid to the censorship of arts practice by governments as well as the direct interventions by politicians in arts practice. Different approaches to the arts by governments are also considered, as well as attempts to develop a national cultural policy. The impact of the recent pandemic is addressed and various research reports about the arts sector and its relationship with government are also noted. There is then a final discussion about some issues that governments could address in the future, that might ensure a more sustainable Australian arts sector.

This book will be of particular interest to scholars of contemporary arts, arts management, cultural history, public policy and cultural policy. It may also interest bureaucrats and politicians.

Table of Contents

TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

1. GOVERNMENTS AND THE ARTS
2. THE USES AND CONTROL OF ARTS AND CULTURAL PRACTICES BY GOVERNMENTS
3. ARTS AND CULTURE AND THEIR APPLICATION IN AN AUSTRALIAN SETTING
4. AUSTRALIAN FEDERAL GOVERNMENTS AND ARTS AND CULTURE
5. NATIONAL CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS
6. STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND THE ARTS
7. CENSORSHIP AND POLITICAL INTERVENTIONS
8. CULTURAL POLICY
9. CHANGING APPROACHES TO THE ARTS SECTOR AND THE IMPACT OF THE PANDEMIC
10. POSSIBLE FUTURES FOR THE ARTS AND GOVERNMENTS