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INSTRUMENTAL CULTURAL POLICIES: CAUSES, CONSEQUENCES AND MUSEUMS. Clive Gray Reader in Cultural Policy De Montfort University. Instrumentality in the Museums and Galleries Sector. MLA – ‘Strategic Priorities’ Local Government – KLOE. Defining Instrumentality.
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INSTRUMENTAL CULTURAL POLICIES: CAUSES,CONSEQUENCES AND MUSEUMS Clive Gray Reader in Cultural Policy De Montfort University
Instrumentality in the Museums and Galleries Sector • MLA – ‘Strategic Priorities’ • Local Government – KLOE
Defining Instrumentality • Using culture as a means or instrument for attaining goals in non-cultural areas • What sort of instrumentality?
Sources of Instrumentalisation • Privatisation/Commodification • State Change – NPM • Intended/Unintended consequences • Performance Measurement
Problems of Managing Cultural Policy • Definition • Causality • Measurement • Attribution • Sectoral
Sector Specificity • Governmental Action – • Hands-On • Arm’s-Length • Disengaged • Political Support – or the Lack of it • Organisational Fragmentation; Geographic Scale; Reactive; Lack of Definition
Explaining Instrumentality • Exogenous Factors: • Effects of Commodification • Effects of State Change • Endogenous Factors: • Attachment Strategies • Internal Change • Policy Choice and Management
And the answer is … • Instrumentality as conscious policy? • Instrumentality as consequential effect? • Managing the process • Assessing the results