Cultural Markets

Code:

LEC505

Acronym:

MC

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Social Science

Instance: 2006/2007 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Grupo de Ciências Sociais
Course/CS Responsible:	ECONOMICS

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
ECO	57	Official Curricular Structure since 2004	4	2	4	-
GES	36	Official Curricular Structure since 2004	4	2	4	-

Objectives

The main objective of Cultural Markets is to draw a pluridisciplinar perspective of the connections between economics and culture in west societies, for both Economics and Management students. Several contemporary issues will be discussed, such as: changes in contemporary cultural production (cultural industries, artistic creation and multiple producers with ambiguous status); public and private subsidizing of "creative industries" and the arts (cultural policies, organisation and management models of cultural institutions, non-profit organizations and "creative firms"); cultural labour markets; cultural consumption and audiences. Theoretical issues will be applied to specific cases.

Program

1. Introduction
1.1. Economics and culture. The emergency of cultural economics.
1.2. Contemporary cultural production models.
2. "Markets for culture": characteristics and specificities.
3. Cultural industries.
4. Cultural labour markets and new occupations.
5. Cultural organisations and management models.
6. Cultural publics and audiences.
7. Cultural policies

Main Bibliography

Benhamou, Françoise, 2000: L'Économie de la Culture, Paris, La Découverte.
Selected texts

Complementary Bibliography

Bourdieu, Pierre, 1974: A economia das trocas simbólicas, S. Paulo, Perspectiva.
Greffe, Xavier (2002), Arts et Artistes au Miroir de l'Économie, Paris, UNESCO/Economica.
Hesmondhalgh, David (2002), The Cultural Industries, Sage.
Zukin, Sharon; DiMaggio, Paul (eds.), 1990: Structures of Capital. The social organization of the economy, Cambridge University Press.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam