Art studies and university policies

Just as concepts of cultural and educational policy are located within the charged field of socio-political trends, every individual who either teaches or studies at a university also moves within the complex relations of such concepts, on the one hand, and organizational and administrative authorities for education, training, and instruction, on the other.

The seminar aims to elucidate what is politically prescribed to students at a department of an Austrian university of the arts in terms of laws, regulations, guidelines, etc., from ‘outside’; the authorities and factors that influence educational/training decisions; and in which ways it is possible to influence existing situations and regulations with the goal of supporting, reinforcing or changing them from ‘within’.

Final Qualification: The so-called scientifically-oriented seminar paper will be the exception with the rule being a mixed form of creating texts, interpretational work, taking on diverse roles in discursive processes, evaluation of selected seminar contents, and drafts of alternative concepts on existing programs and regulations.
It is also possible to attend the course out of personal interest, without the intention of earning a qualification, as part of a quasi-‘political team’.

Basic Reading

Kunsthochschul-Studiengesetz (KHStG) 1991. Österreichische Studienvorschriften, Textedition Volume 15. Ed.: Bundesministerium für Wissenschaft und Forschung. Vienna 1991
Kunsthochschul-Organisationsgesetz (KHOG) 1991. Organisationsrecht der österreichischen Hochschulen, Textedition Volume 1. Ed.: Bundesministerium für Wissenschaft und Forschung. Vienna 1991