CULTMED – Interdisciplinary Research on Cultural and Media Policies and Practices: Developmental and Democratic Potentials
About project
Abbreviation: CULTMED
Project Coordinator: IRMO
Funding: NPOO, NextGenEU
Duration: 31.12.2023. – 31.12.2027.
Project web page: https://kultura.irmo.hr/cultmed
CroRIS web page: https://www.croris.hr/projekti/projekt/9314
Project collaborators
Aleksandra Uzelac, PhD, project coordinator
Jaka Primorac, PhD
Paško Bilić, PhD
Ana Žuvela, PhD
Barbara Lovrinić Higgins
Sunčana Franić
Lucija Gegić
The CULTMED project focuses on research related to the development of culture and cultural policy, media and media policy in Croatia and defines the local, regional, national, European and global environment of culture and media in Croatia. This includes the analysis of: cultural and media policies and strategies in Croatia and the EU; cultural and creative industries; cultural heritage as a developmental resource; and the economy of culture and decision-making processes that determine the direction of the overall cultural development. Special attention will be paid to the origins and causes of changes in cultural and media policy, including changes related to the concepts, orientations and paradigms of cultural and media policy that interact with other public policies and have a transversal impact on them. Attention will also be paid to the democratization of cultural policy with a focus on accessibility, sustainability and pluralism in the management of the cultural sector, public resources in culture and the creation of new forms of management of organizations and institutions. Political, economic and social changes in the media will be investigated, especially in the areas of digital infrastructures, new business models and public services, and citizens’ digital skills. By analyzing the cultural, media and communication environment in the international, European and national context and by defining the socio-technological foundations and institutional frameworks of cultural and media policy, the project aims to contribute to the strengthening of the democratic principles of responsibility, representation and participation in the Republic of Croatia and to provide scientific bases for the informed creation of cultural and media policies. The project will establish two research centers through which project activities will be carried out: CULTURELINK and CEMEDIG.
News
In anticipation of the 77th Cannes Film Festival – the new CresCine newsletter
The new edition of the Cannes Film Festival has arrived, and with it, the new CresCine newsletter. The CresCine newsletter is published as part of the Horizon Europe project " Increasing the International Competitiveness of the Film Industry in Small European...
IRMO researcher participated at the ‘Media Industries 2024’ conference at King’s College London
From April 16-29, 2024, IRMO researcher and CULTMED project collaborator Jaka Primorac, PhD participated at the Media Industries 2024 conference, held at King’s College London, United Kingdom. Dr Primorac participated in the conference as part of the panel titled...
Double special issue of ‘Critical Sociology’ (WoS, Scopus, Q1) published
Paško Bilić (CEMEDIG, IRMO) and Thomas Allmer (Paderborn University, Germany) are editors of a special issue of the journal Critical Sociology (SAGE) entitled ‘Critical Sociology of Media and Communication: Theoretical Contributions to a Disconnected Field‘. The idea...
Guest lecture held by Professor Linnet Taylor from Tilburg University
On the occasion of the launch of the Centre for Sociology of Media and Digital Society (CEMEDIG) at the Department of Culture and Communications, Institute for Development and International Relations, Professor Linnet Taylor from Tilburg University in the Netherlands...
IRMO representative at the 9th Croatian ICARUS Days
The international conference ‘9th ICARUS Croatia Days’ was held at the Academy of Arts and Culture in Osijek from March 13 to 15, 2024, on the topic of „Heritage Beyond Borders: Cultural and Educational Practices and New Perspectives“. The meeting was attended by the...
Center for Media Sociology and Digital Society launch – guest lecture by Professor Linnet Taylor
On the occasion of the launch of the Center for Sociology of Media and Digital Society (CEMEDIG) at the Department of Culture and Communication, Institute for Development and International Relations (IRMO), Professor Linnet Taylor from Tilburg University in the...
IRMO Scientific Council accepted the establishment of Centers of excellence CULTURELINK and CEMEDIG
The Scientific Council of the Institute for Development and International Relations, at its meeting on February 27, 2024, accepted the foundation of two Centers of Excellence, CULTURELINK and CEMEDIG, which are being established as part of the CULTMED project -...
New project CULTMED – Interdisciplinary Research on Cultural and Media Policies and Practices: Developmental and Democratic Potentials has started
CULTMED – Interdisciplinary Research on Cultural and Media Policies and Practices: Developmental and Democratic Potentials is a new project of the Department of Culture and Communication at the Institute for Development and International Relations, which commenced on...