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Post Graduate Diploma in Cultural Management and Sustainability

General Objectives of the Course

Assuming that the modi operandi of the artistic and cultural field are currently interrogated by ecological issues, this advanced training program aims to relate the demands of environmental and social sustainability — as well as the political, ethical and practical challenges they pose — with the management models applied to cultural and artistic projects and institutions. Based on an exploratory and critical approach, the course serves two correlated purposes: to update thinking around discourses and practices of cultural policy, and suggest an initial, experimental approach to sustainability, translated into the exploration of concepts and into the analysis of practices in the field of eco-dramaturgy, environmental justice, eco-ethical management, eco-producing, among others.
Intersecting the fields of artistic studies, creative production and ecology, it is a unique and rather ground-breaking capacity-building programme, seeking to respond to an emerging set of reflective needs and competencies of the cultural sector.

Admission Requirements

Anyone with a degree in the arts, humanities and social sciences can apply.
It is also possible to apply if:
— you hold a foreign higher academic degree awarded following a first cycle of studies, organised in accordance with the principles of the Bologna Process by a participating State;
— you hold a foreign higher academic degree that is recognised as meeting the objectives of the degree;
— you hold a educational, scientific or professional curriculum that is recognised as attesting ability to carry out this cycle of studies.

Candidates should check the admission requirements available on this site, in addition to the information provided here.

Mode of Study

B-learning

Teaching / Evaluation language(s)

Portuguese, English, Spanish

Examination Regulations, Assessment and Grading

The final grade is 0 to 20 points.

Learning Objectives and Intended Skills

By the end of the course, participants are expected to be able to:
— establish links between the multiple contemporary challenges of sustainability, the design of cultural policies and projects, and the evolving roles of cultural management;
— develop analytical and experimental capacities around the possibilities of reconfiguring the arts and culture' modi operandi in the face of environmental challenges and social-economic inequalities;
— distinguish different forms of creative production and arts management, and their implications for internal collaboration, leadership and governance
— acknowledge and discuss the potentiality and applicability of the concepts and practices of eco-dramaturgy, eco-performance and eco-production in the processes of creation, production and touring of performing arts
— develop micro research projects or organisational change plans in the field of eco-production.

Course Coordinator(s)

Fernando Matos de Oliveira
fmatos@fl.uc.pt

Vânia Maria da Silva Rodrigues
uc47298@uc.pt

Qualification Requirements and Regulations

Rules of creation and operation of non-degree courses at the University of Coimbra.

Study Programme

Gestão Cultural e Sustentabilidade
Academic year
2024-2025

Course Type
Non Degree Course

Qualification Awarded: Diploma/Certificate

Duration: 1 Semester(s)

ECTS Credits: 30.0

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