The End of Multiculturalism?
TUT - Tshwane University of Technology
09/10/2010 11:18:34
Tshwane University of Technology's Faculty of the Arts is proud to invite you to another in the Advanced Research Seminar Series.
The End of Multiculturalism? A Critical Policy Analysis will be presented by Dr Godfrey Brandt, Programme Director Arts Policy and Management, Department of Media and Cultural Studies, School of Arts, Birkbeck University of London.
DATE AND TIME: Thursday, 16 September 2010, at 3pm.
VENUE: Boardroom, Building 5, Room G08, Faculty of the Arts, Arts Campus, 24 Du Toit Street, Pretoria.
TITLE: The End of Multiculturalism? A Critical Policy Analysis.
ABSTRACT:
There are many adherents to the notion of the end of Multiculturalism: some of the right and some of the left, each with different readings, meanings and intentions. However, what we are seeking to explore is whether there is an objective factual position being considered here and if so, what that fact means for artists, theoreticians and policy makers. In doing this we will examine the concepts of ‘culture' and ‘multi-culture' and their relative values in relation to other socio-cultural drivers and what this might mean in contemporary cultural discourse and policy making or for future analysis.
This exploration will draw on the work of a discrete set of contributors to the debate while (hopefully) plugged into the globalised contemporary cultural zeitgeist of mutual engagement, hybridization and ‘mash up'. Are the emerging observations/patterns equally relevant to all diverse societies? What are the correspondences across international boundaries?
This paper will anchor itself in British cultural policy and ‘social evolution' while seeking to engender a broader transnational and essential debate about the nature of cultural development, change, interchange in changing societies.
BIOGRAPHY:
Godfrey Brandt is the founder and Programme Director for Arts Policy and Management at Birkbeck. His professional experience ranges from primary to University level teaching, including the Adult and Continuing and non-formal education sectors. This has included mainly educational establishments in Georgetown and London. His fields of interest include the teaching of Drama and English as well as Social, socio-linguistic and Cultural Theory.
His work experience includes teaching, youth work, university teaching and researcher and Arts/Cultural Management.
His employment has included stints as Head of Education at the Arts Council, Deputy Director General/Director of Education (Arts and Culture) at the Commonwealth Institute. His research interests are education, language, culture and diversity with an emphasis on policy and continuing professional development.
His private passions are the arts in general, and theatre, music and literature in particular.
His writing has included poetry, prose and drama and also a number of academic papers, published articles and books including the academic (sometime) best seller ‘The Realization of Anti-Racist Teaching', published by Falmer Press Ltd. He has had extensive experience of teaching and training arts managers and of supervising research in this field.
As of 1 October Brandt takes on the title of Associate Research Fellow, Birkbeck University of London. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.
INVITATION:
All are welcome to attend, including fourth year students and beyond. If you wish to attend, please supply your name to Runette Kruger at tel. 012 382 6021 (or e-mail krugerr@tut.ac.za) by Wednesday, 15 September, 13:00.
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Tshwane University of Technology
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