ECONOMICS OF CULTURAL AND CREATIVE INDUSTRIES
Academic Year 2026/2027 - Teacher:
ANNA MIGNOSA
Expected Learning Outcomes
The course introduces to the economic approach to
cultural organisations illustrating the forms and strategies that these
organisations can use to realise their objectives considering both the needs of
their users and the budget constraints that can limit their activities.
The course aims to provide:
- Knowledge and analytical skills to
understand the state of the art of the cultural and creative sector.
- The capacity to apply the notions
acquired to analyse national and international case studies.
- The capacity to collect and
interpret cultural data referring also to the debate about the societal role of
culture and its capacity to tackle current challenges.
- The capacity to communicate the
notions learnt and their application to case studies both to experts and non
experts.
The basis to develop further the analytical
skills acquired in future learning trajectories.
Course Structure
The course consists of participative lectures.
Group works will be used to help students to apply the
theoretical notions to case studies that the teacher or the same students will
choose.
Guest
lectures will also be organised to that experts will share their experience in
managing a cultural organisation.
Required Prerequisites
No prerequisites required.
Attendance of Lessons
Attendance is not compulsory.
Detailed Course Content
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The economic analysis of the cultural sector
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The definition of the cultural and creative industries
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The role of the public sector
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The role of the private sector
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Accessibility
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The types of cultural organisations
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The role of culture for local development
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Strategic and operational planning
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The financing of the cultural sector
- Case
studies
Textbook Information
- L. Solima (2018)
“Management per l’impresa culturale”, Carocci Editore, escluso cap 5, pag. 177-
216.
- R. Towse (2012), “A textbook of cultural
economics” chapter 4.
- Additional readings will be provided on STUDIUM.
Please remember that in compliance with art 171 L22.04.1941, n. 633 and its
amendments, it is illegal to copy entire books or journals, only 15% of their
content can be copied.
For further information on sanctions and regulations concerning
photocopying please refer to the regulations on copyright (Linee Guida sulla
Gestione dei Diritti d’Autore) provided by AIDRO - Associazione Italiana per i
Diritti di Riproduzione delle opere dell’ingegno (the Italian Association on
Copyright).
The teachers undertake, within
the limits of the financial resources, to ensure as far as possible that a copy
of the adopted texts is available in the departmental library or (in the case
of hard-to-find texts, articles and essays) to make them available on Studium,
in accordance with the applicable copyright laws.
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