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New Research

OK, computer: file sharing, the music industry, and why we need the pirate party

OK, computer: file sharing, the music industry, and why we need the pirate party

05 March 2010This essay examines the central issues raised by illegal file sharing and the future for record companies in an environment that increasingly demands flexibility.

Culture in small and rural communities

05 March 2010The Creative City Network of Canada commissioned a series of reports on developing and revitalizing rural communities through arts and creativity.
More than bums on seats: Australian participation in the arts

More than bums on seats: Australian participation in the arts

03 March 2010This research identifies the key factors which will impact Australians’ future participation in the arts. It also identifies barriers and incentives which impact our participation.

Digital marketing outlook

16 February 2010This annual survey polled in excess of a thousand executives from major global brands, traditional and Digital agencies, vendor and service providers that operate in the Digital space, as well as freelance and independent Digital practitioners. The research has confirmed that many believe the future of Digital Marketing is exceptionally bright.

interACT resource kit

  • Claudia Chidiac, Eleanor Winkler
  • interACT
27 January 2010The interACT Resource Kit has been designed to assist those who want to work in integrated performance settings.

Achieving intercultural dialogue through the arts and culture?

27 January 2010Survey results in this paper indicate that it may be unrealistic to expect that a single arts strategy or cultural policy can address the diversity of challenges facing the promotion of intercultural dialogue through the arts.
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Arts, music & design

Cultural policy & law

National broadband plan: connecting America

18 March 2010Broadband networks only create value to consumers and businesses when they are used in conjunction with broadband-capable devices to deliver useful applications and content. The plan seeks to ensure that the entire broadband ecosystem - networks, devices, content and applications - is healthy.

Mass localism: A way to help small communities solve big social challenges

17 March 2010  Localism presents a dilemma. Government has traditionally found it difficult to support genuine local solutions while achieving national impact and scale. This UK report offers a solution

Commentary

Supporting culture when everyone's on YouTube

12 March 2010  What role can government play in assisting Australian creative talent to catch some of dynamism of emerging markets for culture asks Stuart Cunningham in The Punch.

The hole in their bucket

12 February 2010The copyright wars are more than just a matter for the courts, write Julian Thomas and Ramon Lobato in Inside Story

Is the carnival over?

14 December 2009What is it that makes festivals such a compelling proposition for audiences asks Ben Eltham in Meanjin
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Audio

Artists working with children

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22 February 2010 The Australia Council is reviewing the protocols developed last year for artists working with children. One of the interested parties is the National Association for the Visual Arts, NAVA, who thinks the protocols are unnecessary.

Internet piracy

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13 January 2010Copyright began 300 years ago, but now laws can't cope with the anarchy of new technologies.

Cultural institutions

Literature working group policy

12 March 2010This report provides practical and realistic recommendations to ensure literature in Scotland is able to thrive and is supported in the most appropriate way.

Video

Charter for innovation, creativity and access to knowledge

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27 November 2009Citizens, artists and consumers are no longer powerless and isolated in the face of the content-providing industries: now individuals across many different spheres collaborate, participate and decide.

The arts don't deserve a place here

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19 November 2009The question of what makes good art is something that has been debated long before the invention of the crayon.

Creative industries

Websites

Creative innovation: Supporting the business of creative enterprise

18 March 2010Creative innovation is a website dedicated to growing the potential of Australia's creative enterprises, big and small.

The Program

05 March 2010The Program is a nationwide what's on guide, providing the latest info on events, festivals, gigs, performances, theatre shows, exhibitions and loads more

Expressive life: Do we need a new framework for culture?

08 February 2010From 25-29 January 2010 a conversation took place between 18 bloggers asking whether the terms 'Art' and 'Culture' are tough enough to frame a public policy carve-out for the 21st century?

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Books

TV drama in China

  • Edited by Ying Zhu, Michael Keane, and Ruoydon Bai
  • University of Washington Press
This collection of essays brings together the first comprehensive study of TV drama in China. Examining in depth the production, distribution, and consumption of TV drama, an international team of experts demonstrate why it remains the pre-eminent media form in China. The collection explores industry dynamics, how TV dramas are marketed and consumed on DVD, and China's aspirations to export its television drama rights.
Outrageous! Moral panics in Australia

Outrageous! Moral panics in Australia

  • Edited by Scott Poynting and George Morgan
  • ACYS Publishing
In this detailed examination of case studies, a distinguished group of experts demystifies the social processes of moral panic in Australia.

Noticeboard

Nominate for Regional Arts Victoria's RAVE Awards
28 May 2009

Regional Arts Victoria RAVE Awards acknowledge the phenomenal work of regional artists, arts workers, organisations and volunteers in creating, delivering and presenting cultural activity in regional Victoria.  Nominations close Friday 14 August 2009.

Policy Guides

Arts for all: opening doors to people with a disability

This guide provides practical and long-term ways for artists and arts organisations to enhance their access, market their events to the disabled community and build new audiences.

15-02-10

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