Philanthropy, Development and the Arts: Histories and Theories

Philanthropy, Development and the Arts: Histories and Theories

Veranstalter
ERC Project Developing Theatre; PD Dr. Nic Leonhardt & Prof. Dr. Christopher Balme; LMU Munich, School of Arts, Institute for Theatre Studies
Veranstaltungsort
Carl Friedrich von Siemens Stiftung, Munich
Ort
Munich
Land
Deutschland
Vom - Bis
23.07.2018 - 25.07.2018
Von
Nic Leonhardt

Philanthropic foundations and more broadly non-governmental organizations (NGOS) step in when the state steps back. Since the early 20th century the Rockefeller Foundation (founded in 1913) has invested hugely not only in medicine, local educational establishments or the sciences, but (since the 1930s) also in the arts and humanities, in numerous countries. The Ford Foundation, founded in 1936, still plays an important role in the promotion and sponsoring of the arts and cultural institutions in different parts of the world, as does the MacArthur foundation (est. 1970), to name but a few of the ‘global philanthropic players‘.

Throughout the 20th and 21st centuries researchers, scientists, representatives of the arts, organisations or projects have been subsidized by private as much as by public money. Philanthropic and NGO initiatives played an eminent part in cultural sponsoring in the aftermath of World War II, especially in the so-called emerging countries, where government aid was rare or even non-existent. They contributed to “development”, a core goal of the post-war period and the subject of intense critical interrogation in recent years.

Are philanthropic foundations therefore supporters of “global civil society organizations” trying to “humanize globalization”, (Anheier 2005) or are they driven by political power silently infiltrating the projects, individuals and institutions they support? “It is difficult to believe that philanthropy – literally, “love of all mankind”– could possibly be malignant” notes Inderjeet Parmar, thereby implying the opposite: philanthropy can be a cover for highly political and instrumental agendas (Parmar 2012).

At our conference, Philanthropy, Development and the Arts: Histories and Theories, we seek to interrogate the impact of philanthropy on the field of arts – visual arts, theatre, music, dance, opera, drama education, etc. – between the 19th and 21st centuries. The conference aims at discussing the work, impact, successes and failures of private and corporate philanthropy and NGOs, including semi-statist organizations such as the Goethe Institut, or the British Council, from the perspectives of history, cultural history, political sciences, art and theatre history.

Confirmed keynote speakers:

Prof. Dr. Volker Berghahn Columbia University New York, Department of History

Prof. Dr. Inderjeet Parmar, City University London, Department of International Politics

Programm

Monday, 23 July

from 16:00 registration

17:00 Welcome & Introduction
Nic Leonhardt
Christopher Balme

18–19:30 Keynote I
Volker Berghahn (Columbia University, New York, Department of History): American Foundations, the Arts, and High Politics, 1898-2018

19:30-21:00 Opening Reception

Tuesday, 24 July

9:30–10:30
Policies of Sponsoring and Sponsors (Chair: Andreas Backoefer)

Anthony Cuyler (Florida State University, Department of Art Education): Re-Considering Cultural Funding in the U.S. through the Lens of Culture)

Louis Pahlow (University of Frankfurt, Legal History): Philanthropy between Law and Business: The Way from "Städel" (1815) to „Krupp“ (1967)

11:00–12:30 Keynote II
Inderjeet Parmar (City University of London, Department of International Politics): Foundations of the US-led Liberal International Order: From the ‘Rise to Globalism’ to ‘America First’

12:30–14:00 Lunch

14:00–15:30
Grants in Aid for Theatre in Asia (Chair: Rashna Nicholson)

Jan Creutzenberg (Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea,
Department of German Language and Literature): Contemporary Korean Theatre, Courtesy of Uncle Sam?

Nic Leonhardt (LMU Munich, ERC project Developing Theatre & Centre for Global Theatre History): Grants in Aid for Theatre in the 1950s: Severino Montano's Initiatives at the Philippine Normal College, Manila

Malshani Delgahapitiya (Arts Administrator, Colombo, Sri Lanka): Experiences of Theatre Funding from Development Agencies in Sri Lanka

15:30–16:00 Coffee & Tea

16:00–17:30
Cultural Philanthropy (Chair: Gautam Chakrabarti)

Karolina Prykoska-Michalak (Department of Theater and Drama, University of Łódź, Poland): Private and corporate philanthropy in culture sector during economic and political transformation in Poland

Ajeet Singh ( Bhagat Phool Singh Mahila Vishwavidyalaya, Khanpur Kalan, Haryana, India): Ingenuity in Indian Cultural Philanthropy: A Case Study of Komal Kothari’s Rupayan Sansthan

Gustavo Guenzburger (Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro): Fuel of the Arts: the Public and the Private within the Petrobrás Cultural Program

From 18:00
Exploring Munich: City Walk & Beer Garden (Conference delegates only)

Wednesday, 25 July

09:30–11:00
Patronage (Chair: Rebecca Sturm)

Danijela Weber-Kapusta (LMU, Centre for Global Theatre History): Philanthropy, Bourgeois Society and Cultural Colonialism in the Nineteenth Century

Nadezhda Voronina (LMU Munich, Art History): Marianne von Werefkin: Patron of Russian Art in Munich

Helleke Van den Braber (Radboud University Nijmegen): Negotiating Patronage Exchange in early 20th Century Theatre: The Case of Edward Gordon Craig

11:00–11:30 Coffee & Tea

11:30–13:00
Displaying Philanthropy: Museums and Visual Arts (Chair: Judith Rottenburg)

Morgan Arenson (Whitney Museum of American Art, New York): Redeveloping Manhattan's Meatpacking District: A Case Study on the Whitney Museum of American Art's New Building Project

Andreas Backoefer (epodium, Munich, New York): Cultural Philanthropy and Art Museums

Nizan Shaked (California State University Long Beach, School of Art): Art Museums and Economic Inequality

13–14:00 Lunch

14:00–16:00
Development Matters (Chair: Christoper Balme)

Rashna Darius Nicholson (LMU Munich, ERC project Developing Theatre): On the (Im)Possibilities of a Free Theatre

Clara De Andrade (Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro): Cultural Policies and the Theatre of the Oppressed in France: from institutionalization to transnational expansion)

Maëline Le Lay (CNRS / LAM Bordeaux): Performing for social change in Africa of the Great Lakes

Kennedy Chinyowa (Tshwane University of Technology, Pretoria): Removing the Log in the Other's Eye: Contradictions Affecting Philanthropy based HIV/Aids Applied Theatre Interventions )

16:00–16:30 Coffee & Tea

16:30–17:30 Wrap Up, Conclusion

17:30 End of Conference, Departure

Conference Venue
Carl Friedrich von Siemens-Stiftung, Südliches Schlossrondell 23, 80638 Munich
https://www.carl-friedrich-von-siemens-stiftung.de

Organization
Nic Leonhardt, ERC project Developing Theatre, LMU Munich
www.developingtheatre.theaterwissenschaft.uni-muenchen.de
LMU Munich, School of Arts, Institut for Theatre Studies, Georgenstrasse, 80799 Munich

Organization team
Aydin Alinejad
Gwendolin Lehnerer
Nic Leonhardt
Rebecca Sturm

WWW
Philanthropyconference2018.wordpress.com
Developingtheatre.theaterwissenschaft.uni-muenchen.de
gth.theaterwissenschaft.uni-muenchen.de
gth.hypotheses.org
@nicleonhardt – @balme13
#philanthropyconference2018 – #developingtheatre – #GTHCentre

Kontakt

Nic (Ms/ Frau ) Leonhardt

LMU Munich, Theatre Studies, Georgenstrasse 11, 80799 Munich

nic.leonhardt@gmx.de

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