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ABSTRACT
The author posits that, in North America and Europe, four major paradigm shifts are taking place which produce systemic change in the cultural sector. These paradigm shifts are the world system, the arts system, the cultural policy system and the arts funding system. The author proposes that five change management capacities may be required to proactively respond to systemic change, and discusses the extent to which current training in arts administration is equipped to address the shift from arts management to cultural administration.
KEYWORDS
Change management, cultural policy, arts administration education
RESUME
L'auteure pose comme postulat qu'en Amerique du Nord et en Europe quatre paradigmes connaissent des transformations majeures qui entrainent un changement systemique dans le secteur culturel : l'environnement mondial, les arts, les politiques culturelles et le financement des arts. Selon l'auteure, il faudrait cinq habiletes de gestion du changement pour repondre proactivement a ce changement systemique. Elle discute de la capacite de la formation actuelle en administration des arts de s'adapter au passage de la gestion des arts a l'administration de la culture.
MOTS CLES
Gestion du changement, politique culturelle, formation en administration culturelle
RESUMEN
La autora plantea que se estan produciendo, en Norte America y Europa, cuatro cambios mayores de paradigma que acarrearan cambios sistemicos en el sector de la cultura. Estos cambios de paradigma abarcan el sistema mundial, el sistema de las artes, el sistema de la politica cultural y el sistema de financiacion del sector de las artes. Segun la autora, se requeriran cinco capacidades de gestion del cambio para poder confrontar, de manera proactiva, los cambios sistemicos anunciados. En el presente articulo, se plantea hasta que punto la formacion en administracion de las artes esta equipada para adecuarse al cambio y pasar de gestion de las artes al concepto de administracion cultural.
PALABRAS CLAVE
Gestion del cambio, politico cultural, educacion en administracion de las artes
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