Studien zur Kulturpolitik / Cultural Policy

Arts Education institutions and programs create an excellent framework for personality development: learning knowledge, learning skills and learning life. Their attainment requires education to be a holistic concept of advancement that includes aesthetic practice and involvement with the arts. It challenges them to use their actions to think about the meaning of life, in as much as everyone can use artistic experiences to affirm and interrogate their self-image. The Research Program of the UNESCO Chair in Cultural Policy for the Arts in Development at the University of Hildesheim in Germany brought together experts from the Universities in Dar Es Salam, Kampala, Nairobi, Pretoria, Johannesburg, Casablanca and Tunis and further independent researchers to exchange concepts in Cultural Policy for Arts Education.

The Cultural Policy Yearbook is an international, peer-reviewed publication, producing high-quality, original research published by Istanbul Bilgi University. The 2022–2023 edition is published in English, with a Turkish version available exclusively as an e-book, supported by the University of Hildesheim. The "Focus" theme for 2022–2023 is "New Perspectives for the Independent Performing Arts."
Independent theatre is essential, vibrant, and invigorating; through its cross-border co-productions, festivals, and networks, it allows us to continually re-discover our lives through dialogue and exchange. Despite language differences, there is a high level of geographical mobility among artists. Festivals serve as important points of contact, with mobility and flexibility facilitated by numerous organizing groups, alliances, and networks recognized and supported by cultural policymakers. Articles from the West, South, and East discuss the resilience of the independent performing arts post-Covid and the challenges of a transforming world.