ARTS ECONOMICS I

The course ARTS ECONOMICS (12 credits) aims to introduce and acquaint students with fundamental concepts, issues, tools and recent trends of economics applied to the arts, culture and creative industries, to help students to develop and adapt an economic reasoning to their related research and professional interests and activities.

The course ARTS ECONOMICS is composed of two modules, ARTS ECONOMICS I (6 credits) and ARTS ECONOMICS II (6 credits), that ideally complement each other, where ARTS ECONOMICS I is propaedeutic to ARTS ECONOMICS II.

In particular, the first module ARTS ECONOMICS I aims to provide students with an overview on cultural economics, including its main theoretical concepts of the economic theory applied to various aspects of cultural production, consumption and financing in the various fields of the arts, culture and the creative industries.

On successful completion of this course, students should be able to:

- Understand, apply and deal with fundamental concepts, issues and recent trends of economics applied to the arts, culture and creative industries.

- Develop and adapt an economic reasoning and practice to their applied research and professional interests and activities in the arts and cultural sector in both for-profit and nonprofit settings.

A fair background in economic sciences and/or arts-related and and creative disciplines (art history, music, etc.).

Main topics include:

- The arts and the market, supply and demand.
- Financing the arts, public subsidies and private support.
- Cultural and creative sectors, including: cultural heritage, the art market, creative industries, etc.
- Cultural firms, the artist, and labour market in the cultural and creative sector.
- The role of art, culture and creative industries in the local economy.
- Etc.

Texts, lectures slides, assigned papers and other course material will be distributed and referred to in moodle.

Group+individual written assignment and an individual oral presentation (videoconference or live). Please refer to moodle for full details.

Lectures, class discussions, individual readings and real case studies (in English).

Inglese

Course language: English.

scritto e orale

Questo insegnamento tratta argomenti connessi alla macroarea "Economia circolare, innovazione, lavoro" e concorre alla realizzazione dei relativi obiettivi ONU dell'Agenda 2030 per lo Sviluppo Sostenibile