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Forms of Cultural Policy in Newfoundland and Labrador

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Grant Patten, MI, CXD
Grant Patten, MI, CXD

Forms of Cultural Policy in Newfoundland and Labrador created for master's course at University of Toronto - "Issues in Cultural Policy and Contemporary Culture" www.grpatten.com

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Framework of paper ? McGuigan's 3 forms of cultural policy discourse: state, market, civil/communicative ? Will not take ideological stance. Will attempt to reveal pros/cons of each form ? Better understanding of cultural policy might lead to better voting decisions 2
High culture/state discourse ? Joey Smallwood, Premier from 1949-1972 ? Barrelman ¨C 1930s radio show ? Memorial University of Newfoundland (MUN) ? John Perlin - Director of Cultural Affairs 3
High culture - advantages/disadvantages? ? MUN visual arts professor Edythe Goodridge said, ¡°[Perlin's] idea of culture perpetuated the worst of colonialization.¡± ? Belfiore and Bennett write, ¡°the rhetoric of the civilising powers of the arts was systematically employed, in nineteenth-century Europe, to provide a moral justification for the colonial enterprise.¡± 4
Civil/communicative discourse ? Brian Peckford, Premier from 1979-1989 ? Rompkey writes, ¡°Peckford was the first to openly embrace the arts as an expression of provincial culture.¡± ? Advantages/disadvantages? 5
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But... ? Civil/communicative discourse sometimes too inward-looking? ? Rompkey writes, ¡°Peckford deflected a proposal for a cultural and educational broadcasting authority on the model of Radio-Quebec and TVOntario in 1983 when cabinet rejected a draft for a white paper on communications.¡± 7
Market discourse ? Clyde Wells, Premier from 1989-1996 ? Tends to encourage the development of major, high profile festivals and events ? Can bring lots of money into the local economy, e.g. Toronto's Luminato (Levin & Solga) 8
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Ephemerality... ? Garcia: these ephemeral cultural events are often ¡°not framed in an assessment of long term cultural legacies or coherent strategies that seeks to secure a balanced spatial and social distribution of benefits.¡± ? Cabot 500 project was very ephemeral 10
Neglected self-expression... ? What about the Newfoundland and Labradorians who were not necessarily all that interested in celebrating John Cabot? ? His expedition was financed by the notoriously greedy and corrupt Henry VII ? Any room for alternate remembrances? 11
Market discourse cont'd... ? Brian Tobin, Premier from 1996-2000 12
The Rooms ? The museum's newest exhibit, Fantastic Sea Monsters, is fairly typical of its programming. ? Levin and Solga: this move toward the general and mainstream often results in ¡°a coercive, if often unintentional, censorship of those individuals and practices that could not easily be integrated into the community¡¯s sense of itself and its public goals.¡± 13
Market discourse still cont'd... ? Danny Williams, Premier from 2003-2010 ? 2006 policy document: ¡°[it is the] government¡¯s belief that investment in culture makes sound business sense¡± 14
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Forms of Cultural Policy in Newfoundland and Labrador

  • 1. Forms of Cultural Policy in Newfoundland and Labrador 1
  • 2. Framework of paper ? McGuigan's 3 forms of cultural policy discourse: state, market, civil/communicative ? Will not take ideological stance. Will attempt to reveal pros/cons of each form ? Better understanding of cultural policy might lead to better voting decisions 2
  • 3. High culture/state discourse ? Joey Smallwood, Premier from 1949-1972 ? Barrelman ¨C 1930s radio show ? Memorial University of Newfoundland (MUN) ? John Perlin - Director of Cultural Affairs 3
  • 4. High culture - advantages/disadvantages? ? MUN visual arts professor Edythe Goodridge said, ¡°[Perlin's] idea of culture perpetuated the worst of colonialization.¡± ? Belfiore and Bennett write, ¡°the rhetoric of the civilising powers of the arts was systematically employed, in nineteenth-century Europe, to provide a moral justification for the colonial enterprise.¡± 4
  • 5. Civil/communicative discourse ? Brian Peckford, Premier from 1979-1989 ? Rompkey writes, ¡°Peckford was the first to openly embrace the arts as an expression of provincial culture.¡± ? Advantages/disadvantages? 5
  • 6. 6
  • 7. But... ? Civil/communicative discourse sometimes too inward-looking? ? Rompkey writes, ¡°Peckford deflected a proposal for a cultural and educational broadcasting authority on the model of Radio-Quebec and TVOntario in 1983 when cabinet rejected a draft for a white paper on communications.¡± 7
  • 8. Market discourse ? Clyde Wells, Premier from 1989-1996 ? Tends to encourage the development of major, high profile festivals and events ? Can bring lots of money into the local economy, e.g. Toronto's Luminato (Levin & Solga) 8
  • 9. 9
  • 10. Ephemerality... ? Garcia: these ephemeral cultural events are often ¡°not framed in an assessment of long term cultural legacies or coherent strategies that seeks to secure a balanced spatial and social distribution of benefits.¡± ? Cabot 500 project was very ephemeral 10
  • 11. Neglected self-expression... ? What about the Newfoundland and Labradorians who were not necessarily all that interested in celebrating John Cabot? ? His expedition was financed by the notoriously greedy and corrupt Henry VII ? Any room for alternate remembrances? 11
  • 12. Market discourse cont'd... ? Brian Tobin, Premier from 1996-2000 12
  • 13. The Rooms ? The museum's newest exhibit, Fantastic Sea Monsters, is fairly typical of its programming. ? Levin and Solga: this move toward the general and mainstream often results in ¡°a coercive, if often unintentional, censorship of those individuals and practices that could not easily be integrated into the community¡¯s sense of itself and its public goals.¡± 13
  • 14. Market discourse still cont'd... ? Danny Williams, Premier from 2003-2010 ? 2006 policy document: ¡°[it is the] government¡¯s belief that investment in culture makes sound business sense¡± 14