Journal article
Personalising cultural policy: The influence of Tom O’Regan
Media International Australia, Vol.180(1), pp.47-53
2021
Abstract
This article offers a personal commentary on the influence of Tom O’Regan, my Honours supervisor in the 1990s. Among many other things, he was a major contributor to the ‘cultural policy debate’ in Australia. More than offering an explanation about the subject, O’Regan had warned of the need to strike a balance when debating culture and critiquing cultural policy, and not fall into polemical traps. Making a case for policy independence, he urged academics to participate collaboratively and cooperatively in cultural policy-making processes, instead of primarily engaging in cultural criticisms. I write as well of my firsthand experience of how his cultural policy writings transcended scholarly rationale into the actual policy domain during my time as a media policy professional in Singapore. His ability to apply policy thinking beyond academia underscores why he was – and will remain – a giant of media and cultural studies in Australia and beyond.
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- Title
- Personalising cultural policy: The influence of Tom O’Regan
- Authors/Creators
- T. Lee (Author/Creator)
- Publication Details
- Media International Australia, Vol.180(1), pp.47-53
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Identifiers
- 991005542127707891
- Copyright
- © 2021 by Media International Australia Editorial Board
- Murdoch Affiliation
- College of Arts, Business, Law and Social Sciences
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
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