Managing Utopia in the Arts – Cultural Visions of Sustainable and Other Visionary Lifestyles

Description

Envisioning utopias is pivotal for the management of cultural projects and
enterprises. Therefore, I look at ‘real utopias’ (Erik Olin Wright 2010) and test
his theses at six cultural and creative projects in Hanover, namely a housing coop,
an urban gardening project, a one-world-initiative, a start-up project, a museum
project, and a theatre project. I explore their potential transformations into ‘real
utopias’, including motives and constraints. The results will explain the significance
of utopian thinking for managing cultural and creative initiatives and organizations

Period	20.01.2018
Event title	11th Annual Conference of the Association for Arts Management : Cultural Leadership & Innovation
Event type	Conference
Conference number	11
Organiser	Hamburg University of Music and Theatre
Sponsors	Fachverband für Kulturmanagementforschung e.V., ZEIT-Stiftung Ebelin und Gerd Bucerius, Goethe-Institut München, KAOSPILOT, Kulturpolitische Gesellschaft e.V.
Location	Hamburg, GermanyShow on map
Degree of Recognition	International