Call for abstracts and teaching demonstrations

The 2022 ENCATC Congress will be organised from 17-19 October 2022 as a face-to-face event in Antwerp and Brussels, Belgium. Alongside this major international event, ENCATC will organise the 2022 Education and Research Session on Monday, 17 October 2022 in Antwerp.

You are invited to submit an abstract and/or teaching demonstration proposal. Proposals from any relevant discipline will be considered, provided that they make an original academic and professional contribution to the study and practice of cultural management and cultural policy.

This year, the opportunity to present online will be offered.

Contributions could be related, but not limited to the following tracks:

1. General track: Internationalization of cultural management and policy
   
2. The Role Cultural networks in Cultural Management
   
3. International and local practices in cultural tourism: the role of cultural and creative organizations
   
4. Global Conversations on Cultural Management and Policy Education
   
5. Some specificities of Cultural Management Processes in Latin America
   
6. Sustainable business models for cultural and creative sectors
   
7. Is data used by policymakers?

All accepted papers will be published in an electronic book of proceedings (with ISBN number), which will be made public at the time of the Congress. In case you prefer not to have your paper included in the book of proceedings, we kindly ask you to let us know when submitting your proposal. The electronic book of proceedings may include papers in English only.

1. ABSTRACT (1 page, max 500 words). The completed online form must include:

• Title
  
• Author(s) details (names, affiliations, e-mails of all authors)
  
• 3-5 key words
  
• Aim, context and objectives of the research
  
• Theoretical framework informing the research
  
• Methodological approach
  
• Summary of the main or expected results and conclusions
  
• Main references (not included in the word count)
  

Please use the online Abstract form to make your submission.  

Please consider that presentations will be no longer than 20 min. Further information will be provided in due course.

2. TEACHING DEMONSTRATION: Teaching demonstrations are intended to provide innovative teaching methods, exchange of curricula, and e-learning interactive tools for the improvement of conventional teaching, as well as project methodology for student-oriented learning,  and pedagogical tools to be applied within cultural management and policy. Innovative presentation formats – e.g. case studies, videos, interviews with experts and leading thinkers in the field, artistic works, etc. - are strongly encouraged. Educational and training materials developed in the framework of EU projects are particularly welcome. All proposals for teaching demonstration (max 300 words) must include:

• Title
  
• Author(s) details (names, affiliations, e-mails of all authors)
  
• Topic of the teaching demonstration
  
• Main content of the teaching demonstration (incl. learning objectives)
  
• Format of the teaching demonstration
  
• The new and innovative angle of the teaching method
  
• Applicability of the teaching method to different course contexts and educational levels
  

Please use the online teaching demonstration form to make your submission. 

Please consider that teaching demonstrations will be no longer than 20min. Further information will be provided in due course.

All abstracts will be assessed by at least two members of the Scientific Committee, based on the following selection criteria:

•  Consistency of the objectives, approach and argumentation structure
  
• Consistency of the objectives, approach and argumentation structure
  
• Methodological rigor
  
• Theoretical framework and use of the appropriate literature
  
• Relevance to the field of Cultural Management and Policy, and connection to the main theme of the Congress
  
• Contribution to knowledge
  
• Soundness of the conclusions
  

All teaching demonstrations will be assessed by at least two members of the Scientific Committee, based on the following selection criteria:

• Consistency of the objectives, approach and argumentation structure
  
• Relevance to the field of Cultural Management and Policy
  
• Connection to the main theme of the Congress
  
• Contribution to knowledge
  
• Innovative characted of the proposal
  

The proposals for abstracts and teaching demonstrations can be submitted in English. All oral presentations of accepted papers and teaching demonstrations must be delivered in English.

Please consider that approved works can only be presented if an author or a co-author is registered to the Congress’ main programme.

Each author may submit one proposal only as the main author. There is no limitation for the participation as a co-author.

• Wednesday, 15 June 2022: Deadline for abstracts and teachings demonstration proposals.
  
• Monday, 11 July 2022: Authors are communicated the selection.
  
• Monday, 5 September 2022: Deadline for participation confirmation.
  
• Tuesday, 20 September 2022: Final papers are due (5,000-7,000 words, only for abstract sessions; further guidelines will be provided in due course).
  

All proposals should be completed through their respective online forms. Any questions regarding the Education and Research Session of the ENCATC Annual Congress should be e-mailed to Ms Isabel Verdet (i.verdet@encatc.org).

Papers presented at the Education and Research Session may also be considered for publication in the European Journal of Cultural Management and Policy. The Journal works independently from the Education and Research Session, which means that panelists are invited to re-submit their papers for the Journal, but their papers will only be consider for the Journal upon resubmission – i.e. full papers submitted for the e-book of proceedings will not be automatically considered for the Journal. It must be noted that only papers in English could be considered for publication in the Journal.