International Conference organised by ICARE – International Center for Art Economics – University Ca’ Foscari of Venice in collaboration with ENCATC - European Network of Cultural Administration Training Centres, St. Thomas University and Istanbul Bilgi University with the support of Fondazione di Venezia.

The upcoming conference will focus on the consumption of culture and cultural markets as the site of social and economic behaviour relating to. It will offer a platform for academics and researchers to present and debate the state-of-the-art of the research on the importance of cultural consumption, which is deemed to play a significant role in our society, more and more immaterial and knowledge based.

The conference aims to encourage discussion of the demand and supply side of cultural consumption: which features does have the modern cultural consumer? What with culture of consumption he/she is concerned with? Which are the relevant determinants in his/her choice to consume? Which is the role of management and organizations in society, especially in terms of production, consumption?

The conference, structured in 3 main sessions (economics, marketing and management, and sociology) provides researchers from different disciplines the opportunity to create interdisciplinary networks and to take part in inquiring and construction the material conditions and meanings of consumption of culture.