Assignment 3 Final Essay 40 % 2000 words due 10th November Choose an issue or controversy in cultural policy studies and write a 2000 word essay on it incorporating some of the readings provided for the topic and some of your own research. Sample essay questions are below but you can also develop your own question in consultation with one of the lecturers. Essay questions All essay questions must be researched with references to the scholarly literature of cultural policy. Public art is an important component of the remit of city councils. What work does public art do in the community? Why do councils invest in public art commissioning and public art strategies? Answer with reference to scholarly readings (peer reviewed journal articles, books or book chapters), as well as grey literature (reports), and the material generated by the cultural sector (annual reports, speeches, programming). How does the cultural sector work to mitigate climate disaster? What kinds of cultural policy, formal or informal, local, state or federal (or even international), might support climate action? Answer with reference to scholarly readings (peer reviewed journal articles, books or book chapters), as well as grey literature (reports), and the material generated by the cultural sector (annual reports, speeches, programming). What role do the arts play in First Nations communities, Reconciliation strategies, or the Closing the Gap initiatives? Answer with reference to scholarly readings (peer reviewed journal articles, books or book chapters), as well as grey literature (reports), and the material generated by the cultural sector (annual reports, speeches, programming) The new national cultural policy Revive (2023) comes a decade after Creative Australia (2013). What policy initiatives has continued between the two and what new directions have been formed? Answer with reference to scholarly readings (peer reviewed journal articles, books or book chapters), as well as grey literature (reports), and the material generated by the cultural sector (annual reports, speeches, programming). What does the South Australian state government’s Arts Plan reveal as the priorities for the local cultural sector? Answer with reference to scholarly readings (peer reviewed journal articles, books or book chapters), as well as grey literature (reports), and the material generated by the cultural sector (annual reports, speeches, programming). Choose an area of the cultural sector that is most relevant to you (theatre, television, radio, publishing, live music, zine making, social media, news media) and consider how the formal and informal policies of local or state governments and arts organisations feed into this. How do we assess the value of arts and culture? What problems, tensions or opportunities are there in evaluating the cultural sector? Answer with reference to scholarly readings (peer reviewed journal articles, books or book chapters), as well as grey literature (reports), and the material generated by the cultural sector (annual reports, speeches, programming). South Australia is home to the nation’s best children’s and youth arts organisations, events and professionals. How does cultural policy past and present speak to this? Answer with reference to scholarly readings (peer reviewed journal articles, books or book chapters), as well as grey literature (reports), and the material generated by the cultural sector (annual reports, speeches, programming). Live music and its venues play a role in creating desirable and liveable cultural residential spaces and yet there is tension between those venues and the residents around them. What does role policy play in this? Answer with reference to scholarly readings (peer reviewed journal articles, books or book chapters), as well as grey literature (reports), and the material generated by the cultural sector (annual reports, speeches, programming).