Farewell to Marcin

During this autumn the Centre was fortunate to be visited by Dr Marcin Poprawski (ROK AMU Culture Observatory, Institute of Cultural Studies Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland). We all enjoyed his visit immensely. Articulate and academically knowledgeable about a wide range of subjects, Marcin is also the producer of Poland’s largest guitar festival, and many music CDs.

During his time here we had many discussions on many subjects, particularly the practice of cultural policy pedagogy, and the future of teaching cultural policy (and integrating it with new research in the management and organisation of the creative industries).

While attending numerous seminars (if not all scheduled seminars for all three MA programs) Marcin delivered an excellent extended lecturer-seminar, called ‘Deficits and potentials of public, private and civic management models for local Cultural Activism’. His immediate reference points were Poland and its cultural history, but his theoretical framework was relevant to all of us, and the European Union in general.

Throughout our discussion we mooted the possibility of collaborations, and set down the research and teaching areas in which we overlapped: they are….

> European culture, European cultural policy, EU, the future of European cultural democracy.

> The role of Eastern Europe in the above, and in pioneering different forms of cultural-democratic development.

> Cultural policy in cities (urban cultural policy).

> The development of cultural entrepreneurship; the relation between the cultural sector and creative industries in cultural policy.

> New forms of management and organisation of creative enterprises (arts, design, media, music, communications, internet), and how they should impact the formation of cultural policy.

> The politics of cultural policy.

Here below is Marcin receiving a small gift from the Centre Director, Dr Chris Bilton. We were all sorry to see him go, and hope we can continue a dialogue on the above.

Jonathan Vickery : 09 Nov 2012 13:22 |  Comments (0) |  Report a problem