Markets for Culture

Code:

1EC512

Acronym:

MC

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Social Science

Instance: 2012/2013 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Secção Autónoma de Ciências Sociais
Course/CS Responsible:	Bachelor in Economics

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
LECO	18	Bologna Syllabus since 2012	3	-	3	42	81
LGES	77	Bologna Syllabus since 2012	3	-	3	42	81

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

Cultural Markets unit addresses students in Economics and Management courses. The program is anchored in a sociological and economic approach of culture in contemporary societies, privileging the discussion of core cultural subjects and concepts, and empirical illustrations with specific cases and the invitation of selected experts.

Learning outcomes and competences

Vd. objectives.

Working method

Presencial

Program

1. Introduction: Sociology and Economy of Culture: 1.1. Perspectives, concepts and relationships between sociology and economy 1.2. Approaching culture: characteristics and specificities 1.3. Contemporary cultural production 2. Cultural "markets": 2.1. Arts, industries and heritage 2.2. Labour market and cultural work 2.3. Management in cultural organisations 2.4. Cultural participation, consumption and audiences 2.5. Public vs. private: 2.5.1.Cultural policies

Mandatory literature

Bourdieu, Pierre; Les règles de l’art : genèse et structure du champ littéraire , Éditions du Seuil, 1992. ISBN: 2-02-018159-2
Crane, Diana; The production of culture : media and the urban arts, Sage, 1992. ISBN: 0-8039-3693-1
Crane, Diana (Ed.); The Sociology of Culture, Blackwell Publishers, 1994
Heilbrun, James & Gray, Charles M.; The economics of art and culture : an American perspective, 978-0-521-63712-1, 2001. ISBN: Cambridge University Press
Helmut, Anheier & Isar, Yudhishthir Raj (Eds); The cultural economy, Sage, 2007. ISBN: 978-1-4129-3474-9
Throsby, David; Economics and Culture, Cambridge University Press, 2001
Towse, Ruth (Ed.); Cultural economics : the arts, the heritage and the media industries, Edward Elgar , 1997. ISBN: 1-85898-383-5
Towse, Towse; A textbook of cultural economics, Cambridge University Press, 2010. ISBN: 978-0-521-88872-1

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theoritical presentations and discussions with empirical illustrations and the presence of selected experts.

keywords

Social sciences > Sociology
Social sciences > Economics

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
	Trabalho escrito		40,00
	Teste		60,00
	Total:	-	100,00

Eligibility for exams

Distribution assessment with final exam (DAFE) requires a minimum attendance in classes corresponding to 75% of the total actually taught.

Calculation formula of final grade

Components of DAFE: - individual or group case study (maximum two students per group) - a written exam to be held at the end of the semester. The final mak will be the weighted average of marks obtained in both components, as follows: Case study: 40% (15% correspond to the presentation in class) Written exam: 60%. Minimum required in the written exam: 7.5

Observations

See bibliography in Portuguese version.