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Laboratory Adelaide: 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 South Australia, 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, Monash University) • Julianne Schultz (Professor Griffith Centre for Creative Arts Research Griffith University; 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 University of Adelaide 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 Queensland Symphony Orchestra. He left the QSO in 1994 and was appointed Head of Opera and Classical Music at the Melbourne-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