Culture shaped our studies - or could it be the other way round? Five decades of ZfKf action research: a personal account

Andreas Joh. Wiesand

Economia della Cultura, 2024, issue 2-3, 299-309

Abstract: The Centre for Cultural Research ("Zentrum für Kulturforschung" - abbreviated ZfKf) and its predecessor "Institut für Projektstudien", originally part of the German news magazine DER SPIEGEL, dates back over 50 years. A quick look at the history of this independent institute with its focus on culture-related policies - a field of research that is not much older - could be interesting. However, an attempt to describe the ZfKf's complex research profile as well as its governance, partners and financing of its projects and publications in a reasonably complete way, on just a few pages, would clearly excessive here. Therefore, this article deals only with main aspects, including early flagship projects such as the "Authors' Report" and the "Artists' Enquiry" (1971-75). While its name has changed from time to time, I will use mainly the best-known acronym ZfKf in this short tour d'horizon.

Keywords: Cultural Policy (Research and Monitoring); Status of Artists; Comparative Heritage Studies; Arts Administration; Cultural Rights; Creative Industries Development; Gender Studies; Cultural Anthropology (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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