1st Edition

Cultural Management A Research Overview

By Chris Bilton Copyright 2023
108 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

108 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

108 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This shortform book tells the research story of cultural management, helping scholars to analyse and combine theoretical models into an approach of their own. Cultural management emerged and developed out of the field of arts management in the 1980s, which imported managerial techniques and assumptions from mainstream commercial business into the arts. In the late 1990s, the field integrated... Read more

1. A Very Short History of Cultural Management 2. Cultural Management 1.0: managing creativity through freedom and control 3. Cultural Management 2.0: managing change through cultural entrepreneurship 4. Cultural Management 3.0: managing co-creation through vulnerable leadership 5. Leading for Innovation: connecting theories to practice

Biography

Chris Bilton is Reader in Creative Industries at the Centre for Cultural and Media Policy Studies at the University of Warwick, UK.

"A skilful and highly readable analysis of how cultural management has emerged is an indispensable resource for anyone wanting to understand the distinctive assumptions, dilemmas and conceptual models that, at each key stage, have contributed to the development of this fascinating evolving field." Gillian Doyle, Professor of Media Economics, University of Glasgow, UK

"Chris Bilton has undertaken a forensic approach to understanding the complexity of cultural management in all its forms. It is a significant contribution to the theoretical framework and will be much appreciated by those in the field." Jo CaustUniversity of Melbourne, Australia

"This accessible and reflexive story of cultural management insightfully weaves the theories of creativity, management, innovation and leadership. It tells us that cultural management is an ever-evolving, paradoxical practice that is centred on constructively reconciliating tensions across cultural production, distribution and consumption. A great resource for cultural managers, scholars and students." Hye-Kyung LeeProfessor of Cultural Policy, King's College London, UK