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Podcast: New Books in Art
Episode: Simone Wesner, āArtistsā Voices in Cultural Policy: Careers, Myths and the Creative Profession after German Unificationā (Palgrave MacMillan, 2018)
Description: Why is the artistās voice missing from cultural policy? InĀ Artistsā Voices in Cultural Policy: Careers, Myths and the Creative Profession after German UnificationĀ (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018), Dr. Simone Wesner, a lecturer in arts management at Birkbeck, University of London, explores this question in the context of post-war and post-unification Germany. The book offers a wealth of detail on the German context, comparing two cultural policy regimes across Saxony, through a longitudinal study of a cohort of artists. Published as part of Palgraveās NewĀ Directions In Cultural Policy ResearchĀ series, the book offers new theoretical insights to cultural policy, pa...