ACEI
Newsletter Volume 19 Number 1
February 2012
Association for Cultural Economics International
Table of Contents
1. Matters of the ACEI From the President From the President-Elect From the local-organizer of the forthcoming Kyoto Conference 2012 Report on the 2011 Workshops 2. Academic Interests Conferences Scheduled and Calls for Papers Publications by members 3. Other Information Venue: Doshisha University The 17th International Conference of ACEI, Kyoto, 2012 4. Editor's Corner From the Editor Call for Information Addresses of ACEI Officers Quotations on Art and Culture From Adam Smith: The Essays of Adam Smith
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1. Matters of the ACEI
◈ From the President of the ACEI ACEI Backward and Forward This June my presidential term of office will be over. Let us use this occasion to reflect on the past as we move ACEI into the future. Through reflections we are able to “evaluate experience, learn from mistakes, repeat successes, revise, and plan” (Sherry Swain). With that thought in mind, let us reflect on ACEI’s progress in 2011 and look ahead to what ACEI may anticipate in the year to come. ACEI’s progress in 2011:
ACEI membership has grown significantly
Communication on Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter was launched.
Jointly with the Southern Economic Association, ACEI organized the first North American Workshop on Cultural Economics.
ACEI has become an active member of the International Economic Association
ACEI sponsored the fifth European Workshop on Applied Cultural Economics and the first Asian Workshop on Cultural Economics
ACEI communicates with members through e-Bytes, the e-Newsletter and JCE.
ACEI has launched the Working Paper series
New membership fees were lowered to encourage less developed countries and students to join ACEI
Talks were initiated with the executive board to establish partnerships with known national cultural associations.
So what might be anticipated for ACEI in 2012? Below is the forecast:
ACEI executive board will discuss strategic planning which will help to align the association for growth.
Pre-Conference Young Researcher’s Workshop in Kyoto, June 21.
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Prepare for an outstanding ACEI International Conference in Kyoto, June 21-24.
Continue to develop web site presence to improve ACEI visibility.
Continued partnerships with IEA and SEA as well as other organizations when opportunities arise.
Increased number of members of ACEI.
Prepare the election of the new board members and president elect.
A SHORT NOTE ON ACEI ELECTION As usual, an electoral committee of three members has been nominated to choose the two candidates that will be voted for the position of the president elect.
For the position of board
member, I INVITE ALL MEMBERS who may be interested, to send a short CV to the Secretary, Prof. Juan Prieto-Rodriguez (juanprieto@uniovi.es). Roberto Zanola University of Torino, Italy
◈ From the President-Elect The ACEI holds an international conference every two years. The next Conference will take place in Doshisha University, Kyoto, Japan, 21-24 June 2012. The program is almost finalized. There will be three keynote speakers, Pr Fujita, Konan University, Stan Liebowitz, Ashbel Smith Professor of Economics, and Roberto Zanola, Università del Piemonte Orientale, Italy. Stan Liebowitz will present a paper on Internet: “What has the Internet Wrought for the Production of Entertainment and Culture?”, and Pr Fujita a paper on “Diversity and Culture in Knowledge Creation: The Story of the Tower of Babel Revisited”. The Scientific Committee received more than 300 abstracts and selected 259 papers. Researchers will come from 62 countries. It is a strong signal of the importance and concern for culture and the arts among economists all over the world. Papers will be presented in 64 sessions. Special sessions will also be dedicated to other crucial questions: the future of books in the digitized world, the industry of video games, intangible heritage, and cultural diversity.
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A Young scholar workshop is organized 21 June. The social program includes a visit and conference at the Manga Museum, a performance, and other activities. For more details, see: http://www.jace.gr.jp/ACEI2012/ Françoise Benhamou Université Paris13, France
◈ From the Local-Organizer of the Forthcoming Kyoto Conference Welcome to Kyoto! As the local organizer and the president of the Japan Association for Cultural Economics, I welcome you to ACEI 2012 Kyoto. Out of 319 proposals from 62 countries, the scientific committee selected 263 papers for the presentation. The list of accepted papers can be found at http://www.jace.gr.jp/ACEI2012/ Japan association will take care of a part of cost of the conference and we will try to make a conference fee as lower as possible. Registration fee will include a dinner, three lunches, drinks and social programs. You can register to the conference online from mid February. Prof, Stan J. Liebowitz and Prof. Masahisa Fujita are the invited keynote speakers. Details are
to
be
found
at
http://www.jace.gr.jp/ACEI2012/main_program/
and
http://www.jace.gr.jp/ACEI2012/main_program/keynote_speakers/ The local organizer will organize attractive social programs without additional payment if you are registered. For example, Prof. Tetsuo Yamaori who is a famous theologian will give a welcome speech. He will explain the formation of Kyoto city from the point of view of traditional religion. Mr. Ryuho Sasaoka who is a young leader of an Ikebana branch will perform Ikebana (flower arrangement) performance. You can visit a Manga museum near the conference venue where Prof. Jaqueline Berndt will give a short lecture on Japanese manga with a critical point of view. Rokusai-nenbutsu which is a traditional Kyoto folk performance will be performed at the banquet dinner. The ministry of culture and the ministry of industry, economy and trade in Japan will strongly support the conference.
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Local organizer and all the member of the association for cultural economics in Japan are looking forward to welcoming you all in Kyoto. More detailed information on travel, accommodation, attractive restaurants, and cafés will be available at http://www.jace.gr.jp/ACEI2012/. Kazuko Goto Saitama University, Japan
◈ 2011 Workshops in 3 Areas
For the first time in ACEI history, workshops are held in the non-conference year in three areas: Europe, America and Asia. For the European workshop it was a part of the Fifth European Workshop on Applied Cultural Economics (EWACE: September 2-4, 2011, Trinity College of Dublin, Ireland). For the American workshop, it was a part of Southern Economic Association conference (SEA: November 19-21, Washington, U.S.A.). For the Asian workshop it was sponsored by Japan Association for Cultural Economics (JACE: November, 27-28, Kyoto, Japan). Below you will find a brief summary of each workshop. 1) European Workshop On September 1 – 3, 2011 at the Trinity College of Dublin, the Fifth European Workshop on Applied Cultural Economics was held. Scholars from Belgium, Canada, Croatia, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Spain, and Turkey have presented and discussed their papers in a friendly and participatory atmosphere. The EWACE 2011 Scientific Committee (C. Hellmanzik, J. O'Hagan, A.E.Scorcu and R. Zanola) would like to thank K. Borowiecki for the perfect organization of this successful workshop.
You
can
find
some
photographs
http://www.facebook.com/events/231962456845414/
of
the
Workshop
and
at: at
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=pu.240677299300348&type=1#!/photo.php?fbid=255119 807856097&set=pu.240677299300348&type=1&theater Reported by "Antonello Eugenio Scorcu" <antonello.scorcu@unibo.it>
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2) American Workshop The First Biennial North American Workshop on Cultural Economics was a complete success. The conference was sponsored jointly by the Association of Cultural Economics International and the Southern Economic Association and was held in Washington DC at the Washington Marriott Wardman Park during November 19-21 of 2011. Researchers presented eighteen papers over the course of two days. Each session lasted 1 hour and 45 minutes, and contained 3 papers, each with a discussant. Each session had a significant audience with many economists in attendance who were not specifically working on Cultural Issues in Economics, but were attending the larger Southern Economic Association conference. The visibility was good for the discipline of Cultural Economics. The six sessions covered a number of different topics within the study of the Economics of Culture.
We started at 8:00 a.m. on Saturday morning with a session on the Economics of
Movies, then moved on to the Economics of Books and Music, then to Artistsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Careers, and we ended the Saturday session with a session on Public Policy and the Arts.
Sunday morning
included two sessions on Art Auctions. The participants presented on subjects ranging from The Effect of Academy Award Competition on Market Share, (presented by Melissa Boyle, and coauthored by Leslie Choi, who also attended) to "Who Benefits from the Long Tail? Evidence from the French Book Market", (presented by Stephanie Peltier and coauthored by Francoise Benhamou, who also attended) to Investment in Visual Arts: Evidence from International Transactions, presented by Benjamin Mandel. Participants were from home institutions located from the East to the West Coast of the US, Europe and Australia. On the Saturday night of the conference, a dinner was held at Zaytinya, co-sponsored by the ACEI and The Art Economist. Good food and conversation were enjoyed by all. The workshop was co-organized by Kathryn Graddy (Brandeis University) and Douglas Hodgson (University of Quebec at Montreal). We plan to hold these workshops every other year. The Second Biennial North American Workshop will be held once again in conjunction with the Southern Economic Association Conference on November 23-25, 2013 at the Tampa Waterside Marriott in Tampa, FL. Reported by Kathryn Graddy kgraddy@brandeis.edu
3) Asian Workshop The first ACEI Asian workshop for young researchers was held on 27-28 November in Kyoto sponsored by Japan Foundation. Nine young researchers who came from Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan, South Korea, Belgium Taiwan and China presented their papers. Japanese
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researchers together with the invited nine researchers contributed to discussions and exchange of ideas in the field of cultural economics as widely defined on broad topics related to creative industries and creative cities. The title and theme of nine papers which was presented at the workshop were diverse related to the interests on Creative city, Creative industries, Migration of artists, effect of privatization, user creativity and community of internet, museums, intangible cultural heritage. Prof. ByungHee Soh(South Korea), Prof. David Throsby(Australia) and Prof. Lily Kong(Singapore, geography) were invited and contributed as the workshop leaders to give their comments on the presentation of young researchers. Throsby gave his lecture on Creative economy and cultural policy, Lily Kong gave her lecture on Creative urban space for cultural heritage and the arts in Singapore and ByungHee Soh gave his lecture on intangible cultural heritage and cultural innovation. The work shop was fruitful to make a network of cultural economics in Asia and Oceania and was a stepping stone to the ACEI Conference 2012 in Kyoto.. Moreover the back grounds of attendees were not only economics but also sociology, humanity and law. Therefore, the discussion was among multidiscipline. Prof. Tadashi Yagi, Nobuko Kawashima and Kazuko Goto contributed as the organizers and the moderators. Reported by Kazuko Goto
2. Academic Interests â&#x2014;&#x2C6; Conferences Scheduled and Calls for Papers (1) Conscilience Conference
April 26-28 2012, St. Louis. MO, USA
Website: http://consilienceconference.com/ Keynote speaker: E.O. Wilson (2) 10th World Media Economics & Management Conference, Thessaloniki 2012 May 23-27, 2012, Thessaloniki, Greece. Website: http://www.worldmediaxconf.com Paper submission is now closed.
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(3) ARWTE 2012 - Advanced Research Workshop in Tourism Economics June 11 – 12, 2012, Coimbra, Portugal Website: http://arwte2012.apidt.com Deadline for paper submissions: 30 April 2012 (4) Globalizing cultures and identities: Sport, lifestyle, heritage July 5-7, 2012, Manchester, United Kingdom Website: http://www.globalstudiesassociation.org/11th-gsa-conference-2012/ Deadline for abstracts: March 31, 2012. (5) International Conference on Cultural Policy Research 2012 July 9-12, Barcelona, Spain Website: http://www.iccpr2012.org/index.php?lang=eng Deadline for abstracts: December 31, 2011. (6) The Asian Conference on Arts and Cultures 2012 August 9-10, 2012, Bangkok, Thailand Srinakharinwirot University is holding an international conference on arts and culture and Asian indigenous knowledge. (7) ‘Materialities: Economies, Empiricism, & Things’ December 4-6, 2012, Sydney, Australia Cultural Studies Association of Australasia Annual Conference 2012 Deadline for abstracts/proposals: August 24, 2012
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MARK
SCHUSTER PRIZE
ON COMPARATIVE CULTURAL POLICY The 2011 CPRA and Mark Schuster Prize Ceremony took place in Helsinki, Finland on 12 October 2011 at the outset of the ENCATC 19th Annual Conference. It was awarded to Thomas Perrin (France) from PACTE-Grenoble University and IUEE-Barcelona. The Mark Schuster Prize is a part of the Program package including the Cultural Policy Research Award and the Young Cultural Policy Researchers Forum, developed in partnership among the European Cultural Foundation, Riksbankens Jubileumsfond and ENCATC. The amount of the 2011 prize was 1000 EUR, contributed by Prof. Lluís Bonet (University of Barcelona) and Mark Schuster’s family. For further information, contact Joaquim Rius (joaquim.rius@ub.edu).
Mark Schuster (1951‐2008) Mark Schuster was a very distinguished researcher and Professor of Urban Cultural Policy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and was a public policy analyst who specialized in the analysis of government policies and programs with respect to the arts, culture and urban design. He served as a co-editor of the Journal of Cultural Economics.
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◈ Publications by ACEI Members (1) Published Papers Francis Bacon Ye Chen, “The Financial Perspective of Domestics Artworks Investment,” Shanghai Finance, Volume 21 No.4, 2011, p17-27. (Written in Chinese with English abstract )
3. Other Information ☆ Doshisha University, Kyoto, the venue of 2012 ACEI Conference (June 21-24)
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4. Editor's Corner â&#x2014;&#x2C6; From the Editor I hope the New Year (the year of dragon in the Chinese Calendar) finds you well despite the turbulence in European finance. ACEI working paper series has started. Professor Katy Graddy (quantitative methods submissions) and Professor Antonello Scorcu (policy issues and analysis submissions) will be the editors,
working
together
with
a
small
editorial
board.
(kgraddy@brandeis.edu
and
antonello.scorcu@unibo.it) Professor Juan Prieto-Rodriguez is working on the update of the internet site of ACEI (www.culturaleconomics.org) including, for instance, the new ACEI working paper series. Professors Anna Mignosa and Victoria Ateca-Amestoy are trying to make the ACEI information on the Internet more user friendly with a new Facebook link, etc. Any suggestion is welcome (a.mignosa@unict.it). Your contribution to this newsletter will make it interesting and worth keeping. So, please send me information on you and on topics of interest to ACEI.
Please read the Call for
Information at the end of this newsletter. Looking forward to seeing you in Kyoto,
ByungHee Soh Kookmin University, Korea
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â&#x2014;&#x2C6; Call for Information Please share information that may be useful or of interest to other members: Information on conferences. Information on books and papers you have written. Information on personal achievement and changes. (affiliations, positions, promotions, honors, etc.) Information on cultural events in your country. Country report on the status of arts and culture or relevant policies. A short account of a unique customs and cultural aspects of your country that may enlighten Easterners or Westerners as the case may be. Submit quotable quotations on arts or culture. (Please be specific about the reference so that the editors can verify the quotations) Submit short and semi-academic article on arts and culture Submit short and succinct account of data on arts and culture All the information should reach the editor by 20 July 2012 to be considered for the August 2012 issue. Where to send:
Professor BH. Soh Editor, ACEI Newsletter
e-mail:
bhsoh.art@gmail.com FAX: +82-2-910-4519
Mailing address: Department of Economics Kookmin University 861-1 Jungreung-Dong, Sungbook-Gu, Seoul, 136-702, Korea
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◈ Addresses of ACEI Officers
President Roberto Zanola University of Torino, Italy roberto.zanola@sp.unipmn.it President-Elect Françoise Benhamou, Paris I University, France francoise.benhamou@univ-paris13.fr Past-President Gillian Doyle University of Glasgow, U.K. Gillian.Doyle@Glasgow.ac.uk Honorary President William Hendon Professor Emeritus University of Akron, U.S.A. Executive Secretary Treasurer/ Webmaster Juan Prieto Rodriguez Departamento de Economía Universidad de Oviedo 33006 Oviedo, Spain Tlf. + 34 985103768 juanprieto@uniovi.es SNS Account Juan Prieto Rodriguez Anna Mignosa V. Ateca-Amestoy
Executive Board V. Ateca-Amestoy, Universidad del País Vasco, Spain Arthur Brooks, Syracuse University, U.S.A. Allen Collins, University of Portsmouth, U.K. Kazuko Goto, Saitama University, Japan Douglas Hodgson, UQAM, Canada Anna Mignosa, University of Catania, Italy Ilde Rizzo, University of Catania, Italy Jen Snowball, Rhodes University, South Africa ByungHee Soh, Kookmin University, South Korea Juan Prieto Rodriguez, Executive Secretary, Spain Françoise Benhamou, President-Elect, France Roberto Zanola, President, Italy Gillian Doyle, Past President, U.K. Journal of Cultural Economics Co-Editors Michael Rushton, Indiana University, U.S.A. mirushto@indiana.edu Sam Cameron, University of Bradford, U.K. samcameron@lineone.net Book Review Editor: Jeanette Snowball, Rhodes University, South Africa J.Snowball@ru.ac.za ACEI Newsletter Editor ByungHee Soh, Department of Economics, Kookmin University, Seoul, Korea, Fax: +82-2-910-4519 bhsoh.art@gmail.com
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â&#x20AC;ť For a membership application form, see the ACEI homepage at <http://www.culturaleconomics.org/index.html>
â&#x160;&#x2122; Quotations on Art and Culture: It is not the want of colouring which hinders many things from pleasing in Statuary which please in Painting; it is the want of that degree of disparity between the imitating and the imitated object, which is necessary, in order to render interesting the imitation of an object which is itself not interesting. ---Adam Smith (1723-1790), "Of the Nature of That Imitation which takes place in what are called The Imitative Arts," The Essays of Adam Smith, p.409, Queen Square, W.C.: Alex Murry & Co., 1872.
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