1st Edition
Arts Administration, Arts Management, and Cultural Policy Assemblage, Structure, and Maturity of the U.S. Field
Introduction: Understand the Field’s Maturity: Why this Understanding is Needed, and Why Now is the Time
Jennifer Novak-Leonard and Rachel Skaggs
Section 1: Looking Back
Chapter 1 - The Origins of Brigadoon: A History of the Social Theory, Politics & the Arts Conference
Robert D. Leighninger Jr.
Chapter 2 - Sustaining Brigadoon: The Evolution of Social Theory, Politics & the Arts
Jay Pension and Logan Thomas
Chapter 3 - Foundations of a Field: STP&A, JAMLS, and the Making of Arts Administration Scholarship
Rachel Shane
Chapter 4 - Chutes, Ladders, and the Ivory Tower: Locating Arts Management in the Academy
Brea M. Heidelberg
Section 2: Interdisciplinarity & Heterogeneity in Disciplinary Perspectives
Chapter 5 - Sociology and the Arts
Rachel Skaggs
Chapter 6 - Where Do We Go from Here? Bridging the Gap Between Cultural Policy and Public Policy Studies
Wen Guo and Trevor Meagher
Chapter 7 - Reclaiming the Legal in Arts and Cultural Management: Integrating Law into the Field’s Foundations
Yuha Jung, Jaleesa R. Wells, Rebecca A. Ferrell, and Heather McDonald
Chapter 8 - Interdisciplinary Foundations of Arts Administration: Loci of Power in the Sub-Disciplines of the Field
Amy Whitaker
Section 3: Structures, Policies, and Practices
Chapter 9 - Mapping Policy Foundations in Arts and Culture
Johanna K. Taylor
Chapter 10 - Managing Arts Latino Style: Puerto Rican Perspectives on Arts and Cultural Policy
Javier J. Hernández Acosta
Chapter 11 - Historic Preservation Fund as Policy Instrument Shaping U.S. Preservation Governance
Hyojung Cho
Chapter 12 - Interpreting Culture Through Bureaucracy: A Public Administration Approach to Arts, Humanities, and Historic Preservation
Eleonora Redaelli
Section 4: Practice and Public Value
Chapter 13 - Creative Placemaking and Implications for Field Building
Kara Elliott-Ortega and Marian Taylor Brown
Chapter 14 - Mapping State Cultural Policy: A Case Study of Ohio
Youngaah Koh
Chapter 15 - How 2 + 2 = 5: Embracing a cultural policy of abundance to promote equitable flourishing
Vaughn Schmutz and Priya Sircar
Chapter 16 - Arts Administration as Community Practice: Redefining Academic-Community Partnerships Through Care, Culture, and Justice
Terron Banner and Iyana Hill
Section 5: Looking Forward
Chapter 17 - Futures and Potentials across the Field
Dr. Maria Rosario Jackson
Conclusion and Proposed Research Agenda
Jennifer Novak-Leonard
Biography
Jennifer Novak-Leonard serves as President of the Board of Directors of Social Theory, Politics and the Arts (STP&A). Her influential work has advanced conceptual and analytical frameworks for understanding the diverse ways individuals participate in the arts and creative expression, and the value those experiences create for individuals and communities. Her interdisciplinary work links culture and creativity, social impact, and public policy.
Rachel Skaggs is a sociologist who conducts research about artistic careers and arts ecosystems. Rachel holds the Lawrence and Isabel Barnett Professorship in Arts Management at The Ohio State University, where she teaches about arts entrepreneurship, the social world of the arts, and empirical research methods.
