2025 marks the tenth year of Cultural Policy Observatory Ireland and what better way to celebrate than a new identity and membership refresh for the network and a new book to announce.
On 10 November, an array of scholars, policymakers, artists and cultural organisations will gather at the TUD GrangeGorman campus in the Black Box Theatre to mark the publication of Cultural Policy: Perspectives on the island of Ireland.
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This new collection, draws together a wide range of academic perspectives and disciplines that relate to cultural policy in the context of Ireland and Northern Ireland. Through the study of the unique context of this intertwined two-polity island, this collection examines the “situated” nature of cultural policy amongst people and place. It features contributions on media, European integration, festivals, arts and education, sustainable development and cultural participation, the book opens up an interdisciplinary dialogue on cultural policy studies in shared, local, regional and international contexts.
A first of its kind in gathering together the richness and disciplinary diversity of cultural policy research on and about the island, its introductory chapter traces some of the history of this discipline on the island while also connecting it to the range of practices and scholarship that shapes cultural policy research globally.
“A particularly thoughtful and reflexive collection of contemporary cultural policy issues which, while rooted in a specific context, speak to a range of concerns being faced in very different global contexts. Highly recommended.”
Kate Oakley, Professor of Cultural Policy, School of Culture & Creative Arts, University of Glasgow, UK.
The collection is edited by Victoria Durrer (University College Dublin), Ali FitzGibbon (Queen’s University Belfast) and Kerry McCall Magan (British Council). Contributors include: Ruth Barton (Trinity College Dublin); Delia Ferri (Maynooth University); Maria O’Brien and Patrick Collins (University of Galway); Aoife McGrath, Kim-Marie Spence (Queen’s University Belfast); Peter Campbell (University of Liverpool); Ailbhe Kenny and Dorothy Morrissey (Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick); Danielle Lynch (Technological University Dublin); Ann Leahy (Family Carers Ireland); Phil Ramsey (Ulster University).
“A timely and fascinating book on contemporary Ireland Cultural Policy studies, addressing pivotal issues ranging from working conditions of artists, ecologies of cultural production, disabilities and cultural participation, arts festivals, cultural events, cultural and audiovisual industries, to that of sustainability in arts. This is tremendously helpful for cross-cultural understanding and dialogues among local and international cultural policy scholars as well as practitioners in policy, arts, culture, and creativity.”
Jerry C. Y. Liu, Professor at Graduate School of Arts Management and Cultural Policy, and Dean of Humanities, National Taiwan University of Arts.
