Interdisciplinary conference «The Contours of Post-Fordism in Contemporary Russia: Between Uncertainty and Stable Institutions»
Ekaterinburg Academy of Contemporary Art Ural Federal University, the Institute of Social and Political Science Russian Academy of Sciences (the Ural Branch), the Institute of Philosophy and Law
Invite submissions for the interdisciplinary conference, "The Contours of Post-Fordism in Contemporary Russia: Between Uncertainty and Stable Institutions"
Ekaterinburg, May 31 – June 1, 2012.
EACA Alumni and Students Learn How to Let a Pink Giraffe into the Museum
On January 20, 2012, the EACA organized a digital video conference (DVC) with Trevor Smith, the inaugural Curator of Contemporary Art at the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, MA. The DVC was part of the project “Cultural Entrepreneurship in the US,” which the EACA runs in partnership with the US Consulate in Ekaterinburg. CEOs and staff members of Ekaterinburg museums, museum experts, the EACA students and alumni of the Academy’s post-diploma programs took part in the DVC.
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The Ekaterinburg Academy of Contemporary Art became a member of the All-Russian Association of Cultural Managers
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The Association of Cultural Managers (hereafter the ACM) is the only professional organization and cultural network of national scale, which unites experts, consultants and managers of socio-cultural projects working at governmental, non-profit and commercial institutions.
(In)visible cities: visual practices of modern megalopolises
The city in its multiple dimensions has long attracted artists, writers, filmmakers, architects and scholars, as an object of observation and inquiry. Strategies of urban development, politics of diverse social agents and histories of urban communities and individuals leave traces, both visible and invisible, on urban landscapes. Citizens of modern post-industrial cities often question the quality of urban environment, demanding that urban centers provide them with environmentally safe and aesthetically appealing milieu. Modern megalopolis is rife with communications, rivaling emotions and contesting artistic reflections.
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Politics of Literary Awards in Russia: Lecture by Mark Lipovetsky
On May 26, the Ekaterinburg Academy of Contemporary Art hosted a public lecture by Mark Lipovetsky, a renowned literary scholar, a critic and a chairperson of the NOS Literary Prize. His lecture, “The Politics of Literary Awards in Russia” discussed the effects that modern literary prizes have on contemporary literary process, on the market success of a book and on the national literary canon. Lipovetsky has started his lecture with a startling fact: there are almost 300 literary awards in Russia today, more than in any other national literature. Most of the literary awards appeared in the 1990s, when the formerly monolithic edifice of the Soviet literature collapsed, and multiple new literatures emerged on its ruins. Literary prizes, which arose during this time period – the Russian Booker Prize, the Anti-Booker Prize, the National Bestseller Prize, the Debut Prize, etc. – helped to shape the new vectors of literary development and to map the new readership.
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