The nonprofit arts organization concept and its transformation in Korea

Datos Bibliográficos

ID12340362
AutoresWoongJo Chang (0000-0001-5143-0623, Hongik University, autor de correspondencia), Dahyun Lee (Hongik University)
Año2019
Volumen25
Número1
Páginas75-92
Fecha de publicación2019-01-02
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaInternational Journal of Cultural Policy (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1028-6632 • E-ISSN: 1477-2833
EditorialRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/10286632.2018.1557647
OpenAlexW2912048783
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2
Referencias citadas19

After the Korean War, both the autocratic and later democratic South Korean governments actively fostered the development of Korea’s arts sector, in part by emulating the organizational and legal structures of U.S. nonprofits. Yet, in this policy transfer, Korea has taken a different path, notably rearticulating the U.S.-style hands-off facilitation model to reflect and accommodate Korean political, institutional, and cultural exigencies. We analyze the effects of the resulting cultural policy on Korean public arts institutions, using documentary evidence and narratives from our case studies of two national arts organizations restructured by the government: The National Theater Company of Korea and the Seoul Arts Center. We employ the concept of cultural statism, conditioned by "culture as glorification," resource dependence, and path dependence, to understand the development of Korea’s public arts sector. Specifically, we consider: the government’s desire to use the arts to enhance its image on an international stage shaped by western liberal democratic values; arts leaders’ desire for reliable support (resource dependence); and the tendancy of Koreans to want to be associated with the stability and prestige of the government (path dependence)

Creative industries · Nonprofit organization · Political science · Public relations · Sociology · The arts · Transformation (genetics · Cultural Industries and Urban Development · Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering · Policy Transfer and Learning · Public Administration