The Scottish Arts Council 1967 - 2007: arts governance and national identity. A historical analysis of cultural policymaking.

通过对1967 - 2007年期间苏格兰艺术理事会（SAC）的历史考察，研究探讨了文化和民族认同之间的关系，以及如何理解，表达和反映在苏格兰艺术政策中。其目的是为当前围绕艺术和文化的学术和政策辩论提供有关艺术治理的历史证据：关于创意产业和文化政策以及它们之间的紧张关系的辩论;武器长度原则的变化性质;以及文化与民族认同的关系。这项研究是在艺术治理的过渡时期进行的，在这一时期，这些问题得到了尖锐的关注，一个新的机构“创意苏格兰”被提议取代苏格兰艺术理事会和苏格兰屏幕。研究期间涵盖了根据《皇家宪章》成立的苏格兰艺术委员会，1994年该委员会从大不列颠艺术理事会移交给苏格兰办事处，1999年后移交给苏格兰政府。这些宪法上的分离为研究政策变化提供了一个结构化的时间框架。主要方法将是审查档案和文件以及与主要行为者面谈，后者将集中于1994 - 2007年期间宪法改革的最新情况。这项研究的框架是由英国艺术治理的主导哲学传统和价值观，国家认同和机构的作用理论，以及苏格兰的宪法地位，无论是之前和之后的权力下放，作为一个国家，没有一个国家和民族身份的双重性。具体而言，研究将调查SAC如何在其政策制定和资金的“国家”的构想;的“臂长”原则和政治自治的程度，已经存在于苏格兰艺术治理的问题; SAC的自己的角色在苏格兰的背景下，民族身份，以及如何这已经被认为是内外的机构;以及文化和民族认同在SAC政策和资金决策中的竞争程度。

Through a historical examination of the Scottish Arts Council (SAC) over the period 1967 - 2007, the research investigates the relationship between culture and national identity and how this has been understood, expressed and reflected in policy towards the arts in Scotland. The purpose is to inform current academic and policy debates surrounding arts and culture with historical evidence about arts governance: debates about the creative industries and cultural policy and the tensions between these; the changing nature of the arms length principle; and the relationship of culture to national identity. The study takes place during a transitional period in arts governance in which these issues have found a sharp focus, with a new institution, Creative Scotland, being proposed to replace the Scottish Arts Council and Scottish Screen. The study period covers the establishment of SAC under Royal Charter, its devolution from the Arts Council of Great Britain to the Scottish Office in 1994, and after 1999 to the devolved Scottish government. These constitutional disjunctions provide a structured time frame for the study of policy change. The main methods will be archival and documentary review and interviews with key actors, with the latter concentrating on the most recent episodes of constitutional change during the period 1994 - 2007. The study is framed by the dominant philosophical traditions and values of UK arts governance, by theories of national identity and the role of institutions, and by Scotland's constitutional position, both before and after devolution, as a nation without a state and with a duality of national identities. Specifically the research will investigate how SAC has conceived of the 'national' in its policymaking and funding; the question of the 'arms length' principle and the degree of political autonomy that has existed in Scottish arts governance; SAC's own role in relation to national identity in a Scottish context and how this has been perceived both inside and outside the institution; and the extent to which culture and national identity have been an area of contest in SAC policy and funding decisions.