Laboratory : Flinders University

Friday 2 March, 2018. 9.00am-5.00pm Minor Works Building 22 Stamford Court, Adelaide.

A summit on the value of culture and the arts.

The research project "Laboratory Adelaide: The Value of Culture", now in its third and final year, has explored the problem culture faces proving its worth today. The core issue is that the concept of value itself has been distorted and dismembered by political and methodological forces over the last forty years. There is no quick, methodological fix to the problem of value. Instead, there is a need, across many sectors including and beyond culture, for a richer discussion of value.

WHEN DID VALUE BECOME A NUMBER? Friday 2 March, 2018 1 Laboratory Adelaide: Flinders University PROGRAM TIME SESSION 8.30am Registration 9.00 – 9.15 Welcome and acknowledgements Acknowledgment of Country; Opening remarks • Professor Vanessa Lemm, Vice President Executive Dean of the College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, Flinders University • Professor Julian Meyrick, Strategic Professor of Creative Arts, Flinders University

9.15-10.15 Panel 1: Laboratory Adelaide: The Value of Culture

Julian Meyrick, Robert Phiddian, Richard Maltby, Tully Barnett, Heather Robinson

Laboratory Adelaide: The Value of Culture is a three year ARC Linkage project that partners Flinders University with three major South Australian cultural institutions: the State Library of , the State Theatre Company of South Australia and the Adelaide Festival Corporation. The project is nearing completion; here, we talk about some of the key results of the project, and point to the next stage of research for our team. • No methodology is a silver bullet • Language and qualitative data are crucial in understanding and communicating the value of arts and culture • The value of culture is conferred at least in part through formal and informal reporting mechanisms • The problem of value in culture is tied to the interdisciplinary problem of value

10.15-10.45 Morning tea

10.45-12.45 Panel 2: We’re Not Alone: The Problem of Value in Other Domains

What does value mean now? We bring together speakers from the domains of philosophy, economics, science, ethics, volunteering and the environment to explore how the very concept of value is under pressure beyond the Arts.

Speakers: • Heather Smith (Changing Weather) • Mark Taylor (Quantitative Sociologist, University of Sheffield) • Kristin Alford (MOD UniSA) • Aaron Hill (Deloitte) • John Long (Strategic Professor of Palaeontology, Flinders University) • Jane Mummery (Human-Animal relations; Federation University, Ballarat) • Craig Wilkins (ConservationSA) • Mark Dean (Australian Industrial Transformation Institute) • Craig Taylor (Philosophy, Flinders University)

Chaired by Robert Phiddian

12.45-1.30 Lunch

1.30-1.45 “Art on a Large Scale” Airan Berg

Chaired by Julian Meyrick

WHEN DID VALUE BECOME A NUMBER? Friday 2 March, 2018 2 Laboratory Adelaide: Flinders University 1.45-3.45 Panel 3: When Did Culture Become a Number and What Can Be Done About it?

How can the cultural sector adapt and survive these changing times? Representatives from across the Australian cultural sector respond to the day’s topics and collaboratively develop insights into how we can move forward while retaining our passion, commitment and belief in the arts sector in our own terms.

Speakers: • Christie Anthoney (CEO Festivals Adelaide) • Vicki Sowry (Australian Network for Art and Technology) • Vincent Ciccarello (Adelaide Symphony Orchestra) • Airan Berg (Creative Producer) • Emma Fey (Guildhouse) • Susan Luckman (Professor of Cultural Studies, UniSA) • Justin O’Connor (Professor of Communications and Cultural Economy, ) • Julianne Schultz (Professor Griffith Centre for Creative Arts Research ; Editor of Griffith Review)

Chaired by Richard Maltby

3.45-4.15 Afternoon tea 4.15-4.45 Where to From Here? Julian Meyrick and Tully Barnett 4.45 Finishing up

SPEAKERS Kristin Alford Director of MOD., University of South Australia Dr Kristin Alford is a futurist and the Director of MOD. at the University of South Australia. MOD. is an immersive museum of discovery, a place to be and be inspired. Kristin leads a team dedicated to creating dynamic, changing exhibitions showcasing the edge of knowledge and emerging technologies. MOD. will open in 2018 and aims to surprise and delight young adults, opening new possibilities and pathways so that we can all live prosperously and sustainably. Prior to this role, Kristin was the founding director of foresight agency Bridge8, facilitating futures and engagement on water sustainability, nanotechnology, health, advanced manufacturing, clean technologies and climate futures for government, corporates and not-for-profits. She is a member of the Board of the Australian Institute of Urban Studies, the Inspiring South Australia Steering Group, and the Annesley College Council. She was the inaugural licensee and host of TEDxAdelaide.

Christie Anthoney Chief Executive Officer, Festivals Adelaide Christie Anthoney is CEO for Festivals Adelaide. She is an experienced arts leader who has worked in the festivals, education and arts sector for over 20 years. She has experience in senior management, artistic direction, public policy development, event delivery and strategic solutions. She has a strong commitment to social outcomes that progress creativity, support artists and generate wealth. Through years of working around the world with experienced professionals in many fields, Christie has built a vast network and is always just degrees away from the right person for the job. She is a well- regarded ‘connector’. She sits on the boards of CHASS, Country Arts SA, and Brand South Australia.

WHEN DID VALUE BECOME A NUMBER? Friday 2 March, 2018 3 Laboratory Adelaide: Flinders University Tully Barnett Lecturer, English, Flinders University; Research Fellow, Laboratory Adelaide Dr Tully Barnett is a Lecturer in English in the College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences at Flinders University, and Research Fellow with the ARC Linkage project Laboratory Adelaide: The Value of Culture. Dr Barnett publishes across cultural policy, digital humanities, and reading as a practice in and out of the tertiary classroom. She is the co-author of “Counting culture to death: an Australian perspective on culture counts and quality metrics” (2017). She serves on the boards of the Australasian Association of Digital Humanities and the Australasian Consortium of Humanities Research Centres. Airan Berg Creative Producer Airan Berg is an artistic director and theatre maker. He has worked in both large theatres and small companies. Together with Martina Winkel he co-founded Theater ohne Grenzen, a visual theatre company, and the international puppetry festival for adults DIE MACHT DES STAUNENS in Vienna in 1993. During his tenure as artistic director of Vienna’s Schauspielhaus, he initiated Hunger for Arts and Culture, a program that enables people living below the poverty line to participate in the cultural life of the city. Airan was the artistic director for performing arts of the European Capital of Culture Linz 2009. He developed the Urban Inquiries project of the Burgtheater – National Theatre of Australia. Currently, he is working on a large scale participatory music theatre project for La Monnaie/DeMunt Opera (Brussels), Festival Aix (Aix-en- Provence), Valletta2018, and four other European cities. He also serves as the international artistic advisor for Valletta2018 and is the designated artistic director of Festival der Regionen in Upper Austria. Vincent Ciccarello Managing Director, Adelaide Symphony Orchestra Vincent Ciccarello is Managing Director, Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, and has been actively involved in classical music for almost 30 years. He studied piano and musicology at the Elder Conservatorium of Music at the and became active in arts administration as manager of Elder Hall, the Adelaide Chamber Singers and Elder Conservatorium Youth Orchestra, before taking up the role of Orchestra Resources Manager of the Symphony Orchestra. He left the QSO in 1994 and was appointed Head of Opera and Classical Music at the -based theatrical agency, Performers Management. He became a Trustee of the Brian Stacey Memorial Trust in 1996. Vincent subsequently owned and operated Fanfare Artist Management, representing classical music and music theatre artists across Australia and New Zealand (1994–2004). Vincent was Chairman of the Australasian Classical Music Managers’ Association from 2010 to 2014, when he resigned to accept the position of CEO, and subsequently Managing Director, of the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra. He is the convenor of the Music Education Roundtable and Deputy Chair of the Adelaide UNESCO City of Music Advisory Committee.

Mark Dean Australian Industrial Transformation Institute, Flinders University Mark is a Research Associate at the Australian Industrial Transformation Institute at Flinders University. Mark completed his PhD in political economy at The University of Adelaide in 2017 with a thesis that critically analysed the policy responses of Australian governments to manufacturing deindustrialisation, questioning historic and contemporary choices and proposing possible alternatives for sustainable social and economic development.

WHEN DID VALUE BECOME A NUMBER? Friday 2 March, 2018 4 Laboratory Adelaide: Flinders University Emma Fey Executive Director, Guildhouse Emma Fey’s experience in the arts, education, not-for-profit and manufacturing sectors lends itself to a strategic approach to partnerships, funding stream development and marketing. Over the last decade Emma has brought her corporate experience to bear in the visual and performing arts, driving an ambitious development agenda for the Art Gallery of South Australia and as a Board Member for No Strings Attached Theatre of Disability. Now, as Executive Director at Guildhouse, Emma is leading South Australia’s peak organisation representing South Australian artists and creative practitioners, supporting, professionalising and creating industry pathways to develop a vibrant and sustainable artistic community. Emma has a strong reputation as a change agent, using her skills in marketing strategy, communications and stakeholder relationship management to swiftly realise opportunities for growth. Emma holds a Graduate Diploma in Art History from the University of Adelaide and a Bachelor of Management (Marketing) from the University of South Australia. Aaron Hill Lead Director, Deloitte Access Economics Aaron Hill is the lead director of Deloitte Access Economics in Adelaide. He delivers economic and public policy analysis around Australia for public sector and corporate clients, using tools like economic modelling and cost-benefit analysis. Aaron is an expert on the effects of the sharing economy, and also focuses on transport, infrastructure, tourism and cities policy, education, health and social services, regulatory reform, economic development – and his great passion: the South Australian economy.

John Long Strategic Professor in Palaeontology at Flinders University John Long is Strategic Professor in Palaeontology at Flinders University; previously, he was a Vice President of the LA County Museum and Head of Sciences at Museums . He researches the early evolution of the vertebrate body plan using fossil fishes. He is winner of the Eureka Prize for Promotion of Science, The Australasian Science Prize, The Royal Society of Victoria Research Medal, and The Verco Medal. Author of some 180 research papers and 120 popular articles, John has also published 26 books for adults and children, including 3 novels. His articles for “The Conversation” have engaged nearly 1.5 million readers.

Susan Luckman Professor of Cultural Studies, The University of South Australia Susan Luckman is Professor: Cultural Studies in the School of Creative Industries and Associate Director of the Hawke EU Centre at the University of South Australia. She is also Cheney Senior Fellow at the University of Leeds, 2017-2018. She is currently Chief Investigator on a 4 year Australian Research Council Discovery Project “Promoting the Making Self in the Creative Micro-economy”, and leader of the Erasmus+ Jean Monnet Project “Creative Industries and the Digital Economy as Drivers of EU Integration and Innovation”. Susan is the author of Craft and the Creative Economy (Palgrave Macmillan 2015), Locating Cultural Work (Palgrave Macmillan 2012), co-editor of The ‘New Normal’ of Working Lives (Palgrave 2018), Craft Economies (Bloomsbury 2018), Craft Communities (Bloomsbury 2018), and Sonic Synergies (Ashgate 2008), and author of numerous book chapters, peer-reviewed journal articles and government reports on cultural work, creative industries and creative micro-entrepreneurialism.

WHEN DID VALUE BECOME A NUMBER? Friday 2 March, 2018 5 Laboratory Adelaide: Flinders University Richard Maltby Distinguished Professor of Screen Studies, Flinders University Richard Maltby is the Matthew Flinders Distinguished Professor of Screen Studies, and former Executive Dean of the Faculty of Education, Humanities and Law at Flinders University. His publications include Hollywood Cinema, Explorations in New Cinema History,,Cinema, Audiences and Modernity and Going to the Movies: Hollywood and the Social Experience of Cinema. He is Series Editor of Exeter Studies in Film History, and is currently writing a history of Warner Bros. for the Routledge Hollywood Centenary series. He is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities.

Julian Meyrick Professor of Creative Arts, Flinders University; Lead Chief Investigator, Laboratory Adelaide Julian Meyrick is Strategic Professor of Creative Arts at Flinders University, Artistic Counsel of the State Theatre Company of South Australia, and a member of both the Currency House editorial and CHASS boards. He has directed many award-winning theatre productions, and is Chief Investigator on two ARC projects: and Laboratory Adelaide. He has written extensively on Australian theatre and cultural policy. His book Australian Theatre after the New Wave has recently been published by Brill.

Jane Mummery Federation University Australia Dr. Jane Mummery is a Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at Federation University Australia. She is the author of The Post to Come: An Outline of Post-Metaphysical Ethics (Peter Lang, 2005), of Understanding Feminism (with Peta Bowden, Acumen, 2009), Radicalizing Democracy for the Twenty-first Century (Routledge, 2017), and Digital Culture and Activism in Australia (with Debbie Rodan, Rowman & Littlefield, 2018). Her research explores the ethical and political dimensions of post-Heideggerian philosophy and everyday life. Her current work revolves around challenging neoliberal and anthropocentric assumptions to reorient value as it is played out in radical democracy, activist action and human-animal-environmental relations.

Justin O’Connor Professor of Communications and Cultural Economy, Monash University Justin O’Connor is Professor of Communications and Cultural Economy at Monash University. He is also visiting Professor in the School of Media and Design, Shanghai Jiaotong University, where he jointly runs a Global Cultural Economy research hub. He heads the new MFJ research unit Culture Media Economy and is program leader for the Master of Cultural Economy. He is part of the UNESCO ‘Expert Facility’, supporting the 2005 Convention on the Protection and Promotion of Cultural Diversity, a board member of Renew Australia and convenes the Global Cultural Economy Network. Justin produced a research paper on the cultural economy for ACOLA’s Australian Comparative Advantage program. Previously he helped set up Manchester’s Creative Industries Development Service (CIDS) and Forum on Creative Industries (FOCI), a national advocacy group on behalf of local and regional authorities. He has recently produced a report of the creative industries for the Tasmanian State Government. Under the UNESCO/EU Technical Assistance Programme he worked with the Ministry of Culture in Mauritius to develop a national cultural industries strategy, and the Ministry of Education, Sport and Culture, Samoa, to link their cultural industries strategy to the 2005 Convention.

WHEN DID VALUE BECOME A NUMBER? Friday 2 March, 2018 6 Laboratory Adelaide: Flinders University Robert Phiddian Professor in English, Flinders University; Chief Investigator, Laboratory Adelaide Robert Phiddian is a professor of English at Flinders University. His particular interest is political satire, both in 18th century Britain and contemporary Australia, publishing on topics from Jonathan Swift to John Clarke, and in media from university presses to the Conversation and radio. He has been involved on the organizing committees of the Adelaide Festival of Ideas since the event’s inception in 1999, and was thrice chair of the programming committee.

Heather Robinson Laboratory Adelaide, Flinders University Heather Robinson has extensive experience in the arts and cultural industries across Australia, specialising in cultural project management, strategic communications and communities of knowledge exchange. Since 2015 she has been a board member of Adelaide Festival of Ideas Association Inc., and in 2016 was Executive Producer of the Adelaide Festival of Ideas. Heather is undertaking a PhD at Flinders University, as part of the Laboratory Adelaide Project, exploring the value and meaning created by cultural institutions, focusing on the State Library of South Australia.

Julianne Schultz Professor, Griffith University Professor Julianne Schultz AM FAHA is the founding editor of Griffith Review, the award-winning literary and current affairs quarterly established by Griffith University in 2003 to provide public intellectual leadership and a platform for long-form essays addressing topical issues beyond the daily news agenda. She is a professor at Griffith’s Griffith Centre for Creative Arts Research, and a member of the advisory boards of the Centre for Creativity Research, Engaging the Arts and Transforming Education at the University of , the Queensland College of Arts, Policy Hub at Griffith University, and the Centre for Advancing Journalism at the .

Heather Smith Heather is an electrical engineer with a passion for community energy. In 2016 she was awarded a Churchill Fellowship to travel and investigate the energy transitions of various countries who are also leading the way in renewable energy. Heather has been both an energy consultant and a climate change policy maker in her career. She’s now focused on helping South Australia get to 100% renewable energy but in ways that will build locally and efficiently in order to put energy back into service for our communities. Heather volunteers with Citizens Own Renewable Energy Network Australia, the for Community Energy and she is thrilled to have done a TEDx Adelaide talk. Vicky Sowry Director, Australian Network for Art & Technology (ANAT) For close to 30 years Vicki has initiated and delivered programs for artists in partnership with industry and academia, giving rise to interdisciplinary research outcomes and innovative creative practice. She is a peer and industry advisor to the Australia Council for the Arts, and has contributed to sector capability and policy development through the governance roles she has held over the past 25 years. She joined the Australian Network for Art and Technology in 2007 and, since 2012, has held the role of Director, providing leadership, expanding professional opportunities for artists, and championing the value of the arts in science and technology settings.

WHEN DID VALUE BECOME A NUMBER? Friday 2 March, 2018 7 Laboratory Adelaide: Flinders University Craig Taylor Associate Professor, Philosophy, Flinders University Craig Taylor is Associate Professor in Philosophy at Flinders University of South Australia and has published broadly in the area of moral philosophy. He is the author of Sympathy: A Philosophical Analysis, Moralism: A Study of a Vice and numerous scholarly articles. He is a co-editor of Hume and The Enlightenment and A Sense for Humanity: The Ethical Thought of Raimond Gaita.

Mark Taylor Sheffield University, UK Dr Mark Taylor is Q-Step Lecturer in Quantitative Methods (Sociology) at the Sheffield Methods Institute, University of Sheffield. His research interests are in the sociology of culture, in consumption, production, and education, and its relationship to inequality. He is currently working on AHRC-funded projects on social mobility into cultural and creative work, and on data, diversity, and inequality in the creative industries.

Craig Wilkins

Craig has worked in the areas of public health, social services, environmental change and politics for the last 25 years in a variety of not for profit and government organisations, as well as in Parliament House. For the last 3 years he has been the Chief Executive of the state's peak environment body, the Conservation Council of SA. As well as chairing the SA Nature Alliance, he is active on a range of working groups and committees, including the Grote Street Business Precinct and the Adelaide International Bird Sanctuary Collective. Craig is a passionate believer in collective altruism - the act of people generously working together on behalf of others and the planet we call home.

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