The Search for Organization: Art’s Entry into the Public Sphere from Impressionism to Modernism Presenter: Gordon Shockley The search for organization begins with the rise of dealer-critic system and anti-salon alternative exhibitions of Impressionism through the institutional forms of Modernism, thus introducing art into the Habermasian lifeworld.
Revisiting Intellectual Property Rights in African Contexts: A Cultural Democracy Imperative Presenter: Kennedy Chinyowa The paper argues that current intellectual property rights on so called 'digital piracy' needs to be revisited inline with cultural democracy imperatives
Relative Peace: Museum policy and Practice a Northern Ireland perspective Presenter: Oonagh Murphy This paper argues that sectarian agendas by two successive government Ministers, at the Department of Culture Arts and Leisure (DCAL) undermines the curatorial autonomy of museums in Northern Ireland.
