Goldsmiths Institute for Creative & Cultural Entrepreneurship (ICCE) What makes us special is that we work in a transdisciplinary way. Our learners have different backgrounds, experience and expertise, through which we develop new creative alliances and approaches to enterprise and culture
******* Key features We answer the need for business, management and entrepreneurial skills in the creative industries We offer a place for experimentation, where music, drama, dance, fine art, design, communications, media and technology can learn from each other We engage directly with external partners from the creative industries and other HE institutions 2 www.gold.ac.uk/icce
Entrepreneurship at Goldsmiths The Institute for Creative and Cultural Entrepreneurship (ICCE) delivers a range of academic programmes, and presents activities and events to promote an environment in which cultural, creative and social entrepreneurship can flourish. Our approach is to integrate entrepreneurship within the development of practice, and to take a creative approach to the development of new types of businesses and the infrastructure that supports them while raising awareness about the wider contexts in which these activities are developed. Reflecting on cultural organisations, we encourage you to critically analyse current management and policy practice at both micro and macro levels, and recognise your potential to create new models and practice for both. We create the conditions for you to understand and challenge your own world views, and to make informed decisions about your professional life by studying cultural policy and practice transdisciplinarily, in connection with international cultural relations and cultural tourism. We take the view that entrepreneurship is the creation of value this value could be social, aesthetic or financial and that when entrepreneurial activity is strong the three strands are interwoven. Therefore we are also committed to promoting conscious forms of social entrepreneurship and innovation whereby creativity and culture are harnessed to bring about positive change at the local and global levels. As well as offering postgraduate taught and research degrees, we run training for people who are developing businesses around a creative practice or an area of expertise, and for local or national policy makers who want to understand how to create the infrastructure needed to support an environment of creative entrepreneurship. We offer engagement activities that enable students and academics to work with industry partners to develop and explore new enterprises, and events to encourage debate and networking between all involved in the sector. In 2010, ICCE launched the SYNAPSE programme. This programme is available to all departments in the College, and offers Goldsmiths students the opportunity to develop entrepreneurial thinking and tools to map their future. This is not the same as the tools for an enterprise start up, but a means for students to think about their future and the impact they would like to make. Our innovative research ICCE is both research and pedagogically led. We are aware that our students are part of the research culture undertaking innovative research and practice work that will shape our understanding of, and potential to contribute to the creative, cultural and social economies. As can be seen from our staff research profiles (page 7), there is a diversity and interconnecting richness in both subjects and methodologies. These come together to inform our postgraduate taught and research programmes. Visit icce for full details of our degrees 3
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Our degrees MA in Arts Administration & Cultural Policy ma-arts-admin-cultural-policy This Masters offers you the chance to engage with the key issues in the formulation of arts and cultural policy and the administration of the arts, in particular those relating to the performing arts. It will enable you to develop an awareness of and a critical approach to the discipline, by studying arts policy and practice in Europe, audience development, fundraising, arts education, cultural tourism, regeneration through arts, arts diversity and social inclusion, copyright and the role of the arts in cultural relations and diplomacy as well as national and cultural identity. Through individual research and a placement with an arts company or management organisation you will develop essential practical skills to enhance your potential and your employability as an arts administrator. MA in Cultural Policy & Tourism ma-cultural-policy-tourism Designed for students from around the world, and different academic/professional backgrounds, this MA will help you understand, apply and critically evaluate the changing and diverse relationships between culture, arts, politics and tourism. Studying the role of culture in tourism in London is a unique opportunity to observe policies and practices that connect with a wide range of relevant issues such as regeneration and development, project management, cultural diversity, heritage and the arts, and place branding. The course also addresses policy, professional and practitioner concerns and issues in those sectors through practical examples at local, national and global dimensions involving a wide range of organisations (governments, corporations, NGOs and individuals). MA in Creative & Cultural Entrepreneurship ma-creative-cultural-entrepreneurship This programme will be attractive to those who either wish to develop a business arising from an existing creative practice or to understand how to create the infrastructure and environment for new creative businesses in the fields of Computing, Design, Fashion, Media and Communications, Music or Theatre and Performance. The programme is designed to allow you to continue to innovate, but also to provide the business/entrepreneurial skills and attributes to commercialise your creative and cultural practices and/or knowledge. The degree is taught across departments, and our collective approach is designed to integrate entrepreneurship within the development of creative practices and to take a creative approach to the development of businesses and the infrastructure that supports them. Student insight Tsu-Chi, MA in Creative & Cultural Entrepreneurship My MA life at Goldsmiths is quite demanding but it s worthwhile because I can meet so many amazing people and experience the life in London. In addition, the lectures and workshops are beyond your imagination, and the awesome classmates and teachers are the soul of this school. I believe my course has brought me closer to achieving my career aims. Visit icce for full details of our degrees 5
Our degrees continued MA in Cultural Policy, Relations & Diplomacy ma-cultural-policy-relations This transdisciplinary Masters addresses the theory and practice of cultural policy, cultural relations, and cultural and public diplomacy. Having culture as the underlying thread, the programme explores areas such as: arts policy and management; globalisation; cultural relations; public diplomacy; cultural and arts diplomacy; external communications; and place branding. It will provide a unique perspective into this field of study, examining topics such as mobility of cultural practitioners, cultural identity, intercultural dialogue, mutuality, propaganda, soft power, hegemony, influence and perceptions. Studying in London gives you an excellent experience of living in a multicultural world city, ideal for the study of cultural policy, relations and diplomacy. MA in Social Entrepreneurship ma-social-entrepreneurship There is a growth in entrepreneurs starting businesses with social and environmental purposes at their heart. This exciting MA will enable you to develop a critical understanding of and practical insights into modes of social enterprise. We will encourage you to continue to innovate, and provide you with the requisite business/entrepreneurial skills and attributes to create a strong social and, where appropriate, financial return on your social, creative and cultural practices and/or knowledge. You ll study in the interdisciplinary environment of Goldsmiths, and will also benefit from being in London, a city where creative and cultural industries play a key part in the economy, and where organisations such as UnLtd and Innovation Unit which support social enterprise and innovation are based. MPhil/PhD in Creative & Cultural Entrepreneurship 3-4 years full-time or 4-6 years part-time mphil-phd-creative-cultural-entrepreneurship ICCE provides a unique environment in which to study and research creative and cultural entrepreneurship, creative industries and allied areas such as cultural regeneration in cities, models of musical theatre production or new applications of design or creative thinking. We welcome proposals from people who wish to investigate, interrogate or create new types or approaches to business models appropriate for the creative economy. We re particularly interested in people wanting to carrying out research into: entrepreneurship, social entrepreneurship, tourism, cultural relations and diplomacy, and/or cultural policy. You will be supervised by a full-time member of staff, generally agreed during preliminary discussions with the ICCE Director. Programmes taught in partnership with other departments at Goldsmiths As well as these degrees, ICCE contributes teaching and expertise to other programmes across the College, including: MA in Fashion (Department of Design) New Masters for designers, writers, thinkers and curators who actively seek to challenge traditional boundaries. ma-fashion Creative industry short courses The Skillset Media Academy based at Goldsmiths offers a range of short courses aimed at media professionals. Courses can be taken alone, or you can build up credits from a few courses to qualify for a PG Certificate, PG Diploma or MA in Professional Media Practice. www.gold.ac.uk/build-your-own-ma 6 www.gold.ac.uk/icce
Staff research interests Dr Paul Clements Paul s research interests cover areas of cultural policy, theory and practice. This includes public and outsider art, popular and resistant culture, the cultural periphery and the sociology of culture. He also brings a wealth of practical experience in the cultural sector to his research and teaching. Adrian De La Court Adrian researches application of processes, of creative play and developing new models of education in entrepreneurial thinking and development. Also how the creative process has application for adaptation into a tool to develop entrepreneurial processes in creative and educational contexts. Recent projects include research for mentoring systems in the creative and cultural sectors across different cultures. Dr Carla Figueira Researches international cultural and political relations; public and cultural diplomacy; international and national cultural and language policies; culture for development and international cooperation; national identity; cultural and linguistic diversity; hegemony/influence/soft power. Particularly the EU and Portuguese-speaking countries. Dr Sylvia Lehav Sylvia s key interest is in museum education, interpretation and communication specifically how text in art museums is used as explanation of visual imagery and how text has changed the experience of looking. Also how writing text for museums, specifically paintings, has no history of literary theory or agreed evaluation structure. Gerald Lidstone Gerald, who is Director of ICCE, has undertaken research projects in innovative arts management in post-communist economies, specialising in Vietnam and Central/Eastern Europe. This encompasses cultural policy, cultural education, identity, audiences, diplomacy and funding. He is also currently engaged in the long-term analysis of the health and wellbeing benefits of public engagement with arts practice. Siân Prime The Deputy Director of ICCE is engaged with developing and researching new business models for cultural, creative and social enterprises. Siân is interested in how the values of founding entrepreneurs impact on business and financial models. She also engages with exploring the potential of new financial tools for the cultural sector. Dr Tuukka Toivenen Tuukka has developed a research specialism in social innovation communities in and around large global cities. In particular, how new cultures of changemaking are spreading within offline and online architectures advanced by young (institutional) entrepreneurs. Also the social construction of youth problems and social inclusion policy, as well as creative varieties of social entrepreneurship. He has a special interest in Japan, South Korea, China, the UK, and Nordic countries. Rod Fisher (Intelligence on Culture, based in ICCE) Rod s publications and reports on cultural systems are standard texts worldwide. He specialises in international relations/cultural diplomacy; comparative cultural policy (especially Europe and Asia); and the evolution of the cultural action and policy of the European Union and the Council of Europe. Visit icce for full details of our degrees 7
Contact us See icce for full details of our degrees. If you still need further information, please email course-info@gold.ac.uk To find out more about us, go to www.gold.ac.uk/icce or email icce@gold.ac.uk Find us on Facebook by searching for Goldsmiths ICCE Graduate insight Kate graduated in 2011 with an MA in Arts Administration & Cultural Policy. She is now Marketing Manager at the British Museum The course was academically stimulating and useful in preparing us for employment. I found the courses in marketing theory and business planning particularly helpful. Whilst studying I undertook a six-month internship with an arts marketing agency and this was invaluable in developing practical skills and experience, as well as making vital contacts. 2013. Printed on 100% recycled paper