Cultural Policy and Arts Education
Cultural Policy and Arts Education
A first African-European Exchange
Arts Education is a public undertaking and major political task for local authority institutions. It is the basis of cultural diversity (as articulated in the 2005 UNESCO Convention). Therefore, Arts Education requires cultural policy!
Arts Education is the right of public access to culture for all audiences; the aim is to involve artists from varied cultural backgrounds; and the aim is respect for indigenous culture and tolerance toward the cultures of minorities. What is the role of Arts Education in Africa and in Europe? Is it part of the arts system or the educational program or something in-between? Who are the actors, where are the stages, what are the projects about?
It is the task of cultural policy to develop an advocacy position that forms a framework for the formulation, strengthening and harmonizing of Arts Education. This process is understood as a strategic intervention and contribution to regional integration, social cohesion and sustainable development. The observation of the different landscapes in arts and education in African and European countries founded with great experiences for the development aims, used by cultural policy as best practice models to be established in processes for capacity building and realized in sustainable structures.
The research atelier is hosted by the UNESCO Chair in Cultural Policy for the Arts in Development at the Department of cultural policy of the University of Hildesheim/Germany in cooperation with the Bundesakademie für Kulturelle Bildung Wolfenbüttel/Germany and EDUCULT (Vienna/Austria).
Program
Thursday, February 1 2018
2.30 pm opening and welcome
by Prof. Dr. Vanessa-Isabelle Reinwand-Weiss, Director of the Federal Academy for Arts Education Wolfenbüttel
and Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Schneider und Dr. Daniel Gad, UNESCO Chair in Cultural Policy for the Arts in Development at the University of Hildesheim
3.00 pm keynote
Prof. Dr. Mzobanzi Mboya, Advisor in Education Training Youth of the NEPAD (New Partnership for Africa's Development) Planning and Coordinating Agency of the African Union, Johannesburg, South Africa
Africa´s Development Agenda needs to focus on Arts Education. Processes, Procedures, Perspectives
3.45 pm feedback & debate
Prof. Dr. Vanessa-Isabelle Reinwand-Weiss, Professor for Arts Education at University of Hildesheim
Prof. Dr. Kennedy Chinyowa, UNESCO Chair in Cultural Policy at Tshwane University of Technology, Pretoria, South Africa
Rolf Witte, Bundesvereinigung Kulturelle Kinder- und Jugendbildung, Speaker for Arts Education International, Remscheid
4.30 pm coffee break
5.00 pm panel
What, How and for Whom? Guidelines, Governance Concepts and Capacity Building for Cultural Policy
Prof. Dr. Benon Kigozi, Makerere University Kampala, Uganda
Dr. Donald Otoyo, The Technical University of Kenya, Nairobi. Kenya
Beate Kegler, Department of Cultural Policy, Bildungsintegration, University of Hildesheim
6.30 pm dinner
8.00 pm evening reception
Friday, February 2 2018
08.00 am breakfast
09.00 am keynote
Yvette Hardie, President of ASSITEJ, International Association of Theatre for Children and Young People, Cape Town, South Africa
Theatre Arts and Arts Education. Needs and benefits to become an integral part in the School System of African countries
09.45 am feedback & debate
Dr. Ogboro-Cole Oluwagbemja, Scholar of the SDG-Graduate School “Performing Sustainability. Cultures and Development in Western Africa”
Prof. Dr. Raimund Vogels, Director of the Center for World Music, University of Hildesheim
Dr. Aron Weigl, Managing Director of EDUCULT, Vienna, Austria
10.30 am coffee break
11.00 am panel
Cultural Policy for Arts Education. From Cartography to Strategy
Prof. Dr. Janine Lewis, Tshwane University of Technology, Pretoria, South Africa
Prof. Dr. Kedmon Mapana, University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
PD Dr. Michael Wimmer, Director of EDUCULT, Vienna, Austria
12.30 am conclusion and farewell
by Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Schneider and Dr. Daniel Gad
INFORMATION
Partner: Bundesakademie für Kulturelle Bildung WolfenbüttelUNESCO Chair 'Cultural Policy for the Arts in Development'
Contact: aron.weigl(at)educult.at
