Title The history of the Arts Council of Northern Ireland, 1943-2016 : between the state and the arts / Lara Cuny

Published Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, [2022] ©2022

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 307 pages : illustrations (chiefly color)) Contents Introduction -- Part I CEMA, from a Temporary Wartime Measure to a Permanent Institution (1939–1951) -- Arts and Culture in Northern Ireland Before the Second World War -- Creating CEMA -- Establishing CEMA in the Political and Cultural Landscape of Northern Ireland -- Part II The Evolution of CEMA/ACNI: Politics, Culture and the Arts (1950s–1960s) -- The Artistic Policy of CEMA/ACNI: Educating the People -- Politics, Sectarianism and CEMA/ACNI -- A Regionalist Agenda in Northern Ireland? -- 1968–1972, A Transition -- Part III Artistic Policy in a Violent Political Context (1970s–1990s) -- In Times of War: A New Role for the Arts -- Isolationism of ACNI -- Community Arts and Their Development in Northern Ireland -- ACNI and the Peace Process -- Part IV ACNI’s Integration into a Northern Irish Cultural Policy (1998–2016) -- A New Institutional Framework -- The Government and the Economic Potential of the Arts -- ACNI: A Contested Development Agency -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- Index Summary This book presents the history of the Council for the Encouragement of Music and the Arts (CEMA) in Northern Ireland from its conception in 1943, and its successor organisation, the Arts Council of Northern Ireland (ACNI). Exploring the political and social impact of cultural policy in Northern Ireland, the book illustrates how the arts developed during the twentieth century and sheds light on the relationship between politics and culture. The author takes a closer look at the responsibilities of ACNI, and examines its interaction with the unionist government, which sought to influence how the organisation distributed its grants. Spanning the outbreak of the Troubles in the 1960s and the Peace Process in the 1990s, the ACNI evolved through a period of conflict and change, and therefore this book argues that there was an undeniable link between the changing political environment and the management of the arts in Northern Ireland. The arms length principle is analysed in relation to ACNI, examining the influence that the state had upon its management and governance. Offering a unique historical overview of the arts in Northern Ireland, this interdisciplinary book fills a gap in Irish history and presents insights into cultural policy, conflict resolution and political history. Lara Cuny is Associate Professor at Aix-Marseille University, France. Previously she taught classes on Irish and British history at Sorbonne Nouvelle University, Paris Notes Includes index Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed November 2, 2022) Subject Council for the Encouragement of Music and the Arts (Northern Ireland) -- History Arts Council of Northern Ireland -- History SUBJECT Arts Council of Northern Ireland fast Subject Cultural policy SUBJECT Northern Ireland -- Cultural policy Northern Ireland -- History -- 1968-1998. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85092558 Northern Ireland -- History -- 1998- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh95004291 Subject Northern Ireland Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9783031134098 3031134095

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