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ACEI
Newsletter
Volume 19 Number 1
February 2012
Association for Cultural Economics International
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Table of Contents
1. Matters of the ACEI
From the President
From the President-Elect
From the local-organizer of the forthcoming Kyoto Conference 2012
Report on the 2011 Workshops
2. Academic Interests
Conferences Scheduled and Calls for Papers
Publications by members
3. Other Information
Venue: Doshisha University
The 17th
International Conference of ACEI, Kyoto, 2012
4. Editor's Corner
From the Editor
Call for Information
Addresses of ACEI Officers
Quotations on Art and Culture
From Adam Smith: The Essays of Adam Smith
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1. Matters of the ACEI
◈ From the President of the ACEI
ACEI Backward and Forward
This June my presidential term of office will be over. Let us use this occasion to reflect on the past
as we move ACEI into the future. Through reflections we are able to “evaluate experience, learn
from mistakes, repeat successes, revise, and plan” (Sherry Swain). With that thought in mind, let us
reflect on ACEI’s progress in 2011 and look ahead to what ACEI may anticipate in the year to come.
ACEI’s progress in 2011:
ACEI membership has grown significantly
Communication on Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter was launched.
Jointly with the Southern Economic Association, ACEI organized the first North
American Workshop on Cultural Economics.
ACEI has become an active member of the International Economic Association
ACEI sponsored the fifth European Workshop on Applied Cultural Economics and the
first Asian Workshop on Cultural Economics
ACEI communicates with members through e-Bytes, the e-Newsletter and JCE.
ACEI has launched the Working Paper series
New membership fees were lowered to encourage less developed countries and
students to join ACEI
Talks were initiated with the executive board to establish partnerships with known
national cultural associations.
So what might be anticipated for ACEI in 2012? Below is the forecast:
ACEI executive board will discuss strategic planning which will help to align the
association for growth.
Pre-Conference Young Researcher’s Workshop in Kyoto, June 21.
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Prepare for an outstanding ACEI International Conference in Kyoto, June 21-24.
Continue to develop web site presence to improve ACEI visibility.
Continued partnerships with IEA and SEA as well as other organizations when
opportunities arise.
Increased number of members of ACEI.
Prepare the election of the new board members and president elect.
A SHORT NOTE ON ACEI ELECTION
As usual, an electoral committee of three members has been nominated to choose the two
candidates that will be voted for the position of the president elect. For the position of board
member, I INVITE ALL MEMBERS who may be interested, to send a short CV to the Secretary,
Prof. Juan Prieto-Rodriguez ([email protected]).
Roberto Zanola
University of Torino, Italy
◈ From the President-Elect
The ACEI holds an international conference every two years. The next Conference will take place
in Doshisha University, Kyoto, Japan, 21-24 June 2012. The program is almost finalized. There will
be three keynote speakers, Pr Fujita, Konan University, Stan Liebowitz, Ashbel Smith Professor of
Economics, and Roberto Zanola, Università del Piemonte Orientale, Italy.
Stan Liebowitz will present a paper on Internet: “What has the Internet Wrought for the
Production of Entertainment and Culture?”, and Pr Fujita a paper on “Diversity and Culture in
Knowledge Creation: The Story of the Tower of Babel Revisited”.
The Scientific Committee received more than 300 abstracts and selected 259 papers.
Researchers will come from 62 countries. It is a strong signal of the importance and concern for
culture and the arts among economists all over the world. Papers will be presented in 64 sessions.
Special sessions will also be dedicated to other crucial questions: the future of books in the digitized
world, the industry of video games, intangible heritage, and cultural diversity.
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A Young scholar workshop is organized 21 June. The social program includes a visit and
conference at the Manga Museum, a performance, and other activities. For more details, see:
http://www.jace.gr.jp/ACEI2012/
Françoise Benhamou
Université Paris13, France
◈ From the Local-Organizer of the Forthcoming Kyoto Conference
Welcome to Kyoto!
As the local organizer and the president of the Japan Association for Cultural Economics, I
welcome you to ACEI 2012 Kyoto. Out of 319 proposals from 62 countries, the scientific
committee selected 263 papers for the presentation. The list of accepted papers can be found at
http://www.jace.gr.jp/ACEI2012/
Japan association will take care of a part of cost of the conference and we will try to make
a conference fee as lower as possible. Registration fee will include a dinner, three lunches, drinks
and social programs. You can register to the conference online from mid February.
Prof, Stan J. Liebowitz and Prof. Masahisa Fujita are the invited keynote speakers. Details
are to be found at http://www.jace.gr.jp/ACEI2012/main_program/ and
http://www.jace.gr.jp/ACEI2012/main_program/keynote_speakers/
The local organizer will organize attractive social programs without additional payment if
you are registered. For example, Prof. Tetsuo Yamaori who is a famous theologian will give a
welcome speech. He will explain the formation of Kyoto city from the point of view of traditional
religion.
Mr. Ryuho Sasaoka who is a young leader of an Ikebana branch will perform Ikebana
(flower arrangement) performance. You can visit a Manga museum near the conference venue
where Prof. Jaqueline Berndt will give a short lecture on Japanese manga with a critical point of
view. Rokusai-nenbutsu which is a traditional Kyoto folk performance will be performed at the
banquet dinner.
The ministry of culture and the ministry of industry, economy and trade in Japan will
strongly support the conference.
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Local organizer and all the member of the association for cultural economics in Japan are
looking forward to welcoming you all in Kyoto.
More detailed information on travel, accommodation, attractive restaurants, and cafés will
be available at http://www.jace.gr.jp/ACEI2012/.
Kazuko Goto
Saitama University, Japan
◈ 2011 Workshops in 3 Areas
For the first time in ACEI history, workshops are held in the non-conference year in three areas:
Europe, America and Asia. For the European workshop it was a part of the Fifth European
Workshop on Applied Cultural Economics (EWACE: September 2-4, 2011, Trinity College of
Dublin, Ireland). For the American workshop, it was a part of Southern Economic Association
conference (SEA: November 19-21, Washington, U.S.A.). For the Asian workshop it was sponsored
by Japan Association for Cultural Economics (JACE: November, 27-28, Kyoto, Japan). Below you
will find a brief summary of each workshop.
1) European Workshop
On September 1 – 3, 2011 at the Trinity College of Dublin, the Fifth European Workshop on
Applied Cultural Economics was held. Scholars from Belgium, Canada, Croatia, Germany, Ireland,
Italy, Spain, and Turkey have presented and discussed their papers in a friendly and participatory
atmosphere. The EWACE 2011 Scientific Committee (C. Hellmanzik, J. O'Hagan, A.E.Scorcu and
R. Zanola) would like to thank K. Borowiecki for the perfect organization of this successful
workshop. You can find some photographs of the Workshop at:
http://www.facebook.com/events/231962456845414/ and at
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=pu.240677299300348&type=1#!/photo.php?fbid=255119
807856097&set=pu.240677299300348&type=1&theater
Reported by "Antonello Eugenio Scorcu" <[email protected]>
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2) American Workshop
The First Biennial North American Workshop on Cultural Economics was a complete success. The
conference was sponsored jointly by the Association of Cultural Economics International and the
Southern Economic Association and was held in Washington DC at the Washington Marriott
Wardman Park during November 19-21 of 2011. Researchers presented eighteen papers over the
course of two days. Each session lasted 1 hour and 45 minutes, and contained 3 papers, each with a
discussant. Each session had a significant audience with many economists in attendance who were
not specifically working on Cultural Issues in Economics, but were attending the larger Southern
Economic Association conference. The visibility was good for the discipline of Cultural Economics.
The six sessions covered a number of different topics within the study of the Economics of
Culture. We started at 8:00 a.m. on Saturday morning with a session on the Economics of
Movies, then moved on to the Economics of Books and Music, then to Artists’ Careers, and we
ended the Saturday session with a session on Public Policy and the Arts. Sunday morning
included two sessions on Art Auctions. The participants presented on subjects ranging from The
Effect of Academy Award Competition on Market Share, (presented by Melissa Boyle, and
coauthored by Leslie Choi, who also attended) to "Who Benefits from the Long Tail? Evidence
from the French Book Market", (presented by Stephanie Peltier and coauthored by Francoise
Benhamou, who also attended) to Investment in Visual Arts: Evidence from International
Transactions, presented by Benjamin Mandel. Participants were from home institutions located
from the East to the West Coast of the US, Europe and Australia.
On the Saturday night of the conference, a dinner was held at Zaytinya, co-sponsored by
the ACEI and The Art Economist. Good food and conversation were enjoyed by all. The workshop
was co-organized by Kathryn Graddy (Brandeis University) and Douglas Hodgson (University of
Quebec at Montreal). We plan to hold these workshops every other year. The Second Biennial
North American Workshop will be held once again in conjunction with the Southern Economic
Association Conference on November 23-25, 2013 at the Tampa Waterside Marriott in Tampa, FL.
Reported by Kathryn Graddy [email protected]
3) Asian Workshop
The first ACEI Asian workshop for young researchers was held on 27-28 November in Kyoto
sponsored by Japan Foundation. Nine young researchers who came from Australia, Hong Kong,
Singapore, Japan, South Korea, Belgium Taiwan and China presented their papers. Japanese
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researchers together with the invited nine researchers contributed to discussions and exchange of
ideas in the field of cultural economics as widely defined on broad topics related to creative
industries and creative cities. The title and theme of nine papers which was presented at the
workshop were diverse related to the interests on Creative city, Creative industries, Migration of
artists, effect of privatization, user creativity and community of internet, museums, intangible
cultural heritage.
Prof. ByungHee Soh(South Korea), Prof. David Throsby(Australia) and Prof. Lily
Kong(Singapore, geography) were invited and contributed as the workshop leaders to give their
comments on the presentation of young researchers. Throsby gave his lecture on Creative economy
and cultural policy, Lily Kong gave her lecture on Creative urban space for cultural heritage and the
arts in Singapore and ByungHee Soh gave his lecture on intangible cultural heritage and cultural
innovation.
The work shop was fruitful to make a network of cultural economics in Asia and Oceania
and was a stepping stone to the ACEI Conference 2012 in Kyoto.. Moreover the back grounds of
attendees were not only economics but also sociology, humanity and law. Therefore, the discussion
was among multidiscipline. Prof. Tadashi Yagi, Nobuko Kawashima and Kazuko Goto contributed
as the organizers and the moderators.
Reported by Kazuko Goto
2. Academic Interests
◈ Conferences Scheduled and Calls for Papers
(1) Conscilience Conference April 26-28 2012, St. Louis. MO, USA
Website: http://consilienceconference.com/
Keynote speaker: E.O. Wilson
(2) 10th World Media Economics & Management Conference, Thessaloniki 2012
May 23-27, 2012, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Website: http://www.worldmediaxconf.com
Paper submission is now closed.
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(3) ARWTE 2012 - Advanced Research Workshop in Tourism Economics
June 11 – 12, 2012, Coimbra, Portugal
Website: http://arwte2012.apidt.com
Deadline for paper submissions: 30 April 2012
(4) Globalizing cultures and identities: Sport, lifestyle, heritage
July 5-7, 2012, Manchester, United Kingdom
Website: http://www.globalstudiesassociation.org/11th-gsa-conference-2012/
Deadline for abstracts: March 31, 2012.
(5) International Conference on Cultural Policy Research 2012
July 9-12, Barcelona, Spain
Website: http://www.iccpr2012.org/index.php?lang=eng
Deadline for abstracts: December 31, 2011.
(6) The Asian Conference on Arts and Cultures 2012
August 9-10, 2012, Bangkok, Thailand
Srinakharinwirot University is holding an international conference on arts and culture and Asian
indigenous knowledge.
(7) ‘Materialities: Economies, Empiricism, & Things’ December 4-6, 2012, Sydney, Australia
Cultural Studies Association of Australasia Annual Conference 2012
Deadline for abstracts/proposals: August 24, 2012
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MARK SCHUSTER PRIZE
ON COMPARATIVE CULTURAL POLICY
The 2011 CPRA and Mark Schuster Prize Ceremony took place in Helsinki, Finland on 12 October
2011 at the outset of the ENCATC 19th Annual Conference. It was awarded to Thomas Perrin
(France) from PACTE-Grenoble University and IUEE-Barcelona. The Mark Schuster Prize is a part
of the Program package including the Cultural Policy Research Award and the Young Cultural
Policy Researchers Forum, developed in partnership among the European Cultural Foundation,
Riksbankens Jubileumsfond and ENCATC. The amount of the 2011 prize was 1000 EUR,
contributed by Prof. Lluís Bonet (University of Barcelona) and Mark Schuster’s family. For
further information, contact Joaquim Rius ([email protected]).
Mark Schuster (1951‐2008)
Mark Schuster was a very distinguished researcher and Professor of Urban Cultural Policy at the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology and was a public policy analyst who specialized in the
analysis of government policies and programs with respect to the arts, culture and urban design. He
served as a co-editor of the Journal of Cultural Economics.
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◈ Publications by ACEI Members
(1) Published Papers
Francis Bacon Ye Chen, “The Financial Perspective of Domestics Artworks Investment,” Shanghai Finance,
Volume 21 No.4, 2011, p17-27. (Written in Chinese with English abstract )
3. Other Information
☆ Doshisha University, Kyoto, the venue of 2012 ACEI Conference (June 21-24)
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4. Editor's Corner
◈ From the Editor
I hope the New Year (the year of dragon in the Chinese Calendar) finds you well despite the
turbulence in European finance.
ACEI working paper series has started. Professor Katy Graddy (quantitative methods
submissions) and Professor Antonello Scorcu (policy issues and analysis submissions) will be the
editors, working together with a small editorial board. ([email protected] and
Professor Juan Prieto-Rodriguez is working on the update of the internet site of ACEI
(www.culturaleconomics.org) including, for instance, the new ACEI working paper series.
Professors Anna Mignosa and Victoria Ateca-Amestoy are trying to make the ACEI information
on the Internet more user friendly with a new Facebook link, etc. Any suggestion is welcome
Your contribution to this newsletter will make it interesting and worth keeping. So, please
send me information on you and on topics of interest to ACEI. Please read the Call for
Information at the end of this newsletter.
Looking forward to seeing you in Kyoto,
ByungHee Soh
Kookmin University, Korea
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◈ Call for Information
Please share information that may be useful or of interest to other members:
Information on conferences.
Information on books and papers you have written.
Information on personal achievement and changes.
(affiliations, positions, promotions, honors, etc.)
Information on cultural events in your country.
Country report on the status of arts and culture or relevant policies.
A short account of a unique customs and cultural aspects of your country
that may enlighten Easterners or Westerners as the case may be.
Submit quotable quotations on arts or culture.
(Please be specific about the reference so that the editors can verify the quotations)
Submit short and semi-academic article on arts and culture
Submit short and succinct account of data on arts and culture
All the information should reach the editor by 20 July 2012
to be considered for the August 2012 issue.
Where to send: Professor BH. Soh
Editor, ACEI Newsletter
e-mail: [email protected]
FAX: +82-2-910-4519
Mailing address: Department of Economics
Kookmin University
861-1 Jungreung-Dong, Sungbook-Gu,
Seoul, 136-702, Korea
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◈ Addresses of ACEI Officers
President
Roberto Zanola
University of Torino, Italy
President-Elect
Françoise Benhamou,
Paris I University, France
Past-President
Gillian Doyle
University of Glasgow, U.K.
Honorary President
William Hendon
Professor Emeritus
University of Akron, U.S.A.
Executive Secretary
Treasurer/ Webmaster
Juan Prieto Rodriguez
Departamento de Economía
Universidad de Oviedo
33006 Oviedo, Spain
Tlf. + 34 985103768
SNS Account
Juan Prieto Rodriguez
Anna Mignosa
V. Ateca-Amestoy
Executive Board
V. Ateca-Amestoy, Universidad del País Vasco, Spain
Arthur Brooks, Syracuse University, U.S.A.
Allen Collins, University of Portsmouth, U.K.
Kazuko Goto, Saitama University, Japan
Douglas Hodgson, UQAM, Canada
Anna Mignosa, University of Catania, Italy
Ilde Rizzo, University of Catania, Italy
Jen Snowball, Rhodes University, South Africa
ByungHee Soh, Kookmin University, South Korea
Juan Prieto Rodriguez, Executive Secretary, Spain
Françoise Benhamou, President-Elect, France
Roberto Zanola, President, Italy
Gillian Doyle, Past President, U.K.
Journal of Cultural Economics
Co-Editors
Michael Rushton, Indiana University, U.S.A.
Sam Cameron, University of Bradford, U.K.
Book Review Editor:
Jeanette Snowball, Rhodes University,
South Africa [email protected]
ACEI Newsletter
Editor
ByungHee Soh, Department of Economics,
Kookmin University, Seoul, Korea,
Fax: +82-2-910-4519
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⊙ Quotations on Art and Culture:
It is not the want of colouring which hinders many things from pleasing in Statuary which please in
Painting; it is the want of that degree of disparity between the imitating and the imitated object,
which is necessary, in order to render interesting the imitation of an object which is itself not
interesting.
---Adam Smith (1723-1790), "Of the Nature of That Imitation which takes place
in what are called The Imitative Arts," The Essays of Adam Smith, p.409, Queen Square, W.C.:
Alex Murry & Co., 1872.