‘Executive Education on Global Culture’

Education
Zürich
Hong Kong

The Diploma of Advanced Studies ‘Executive Education on Global Culture’ existed until 2018. The programme is closed and the registration under the relevant Hong Kong ordinance has expired. This page is for archival information only.

Diploma of Advanced Studies ‘Executive Education on Global Culture’ is addressed to an international audience. The degree uses significant international events selected annually as case studies for executive education. The most important feature of ZHdK in the context of Executive Education is the wide range of disciplines and methods of teaching and research. These strengths are complemented by a network of international experts and institutions.

The Diploma of Advanced Studies ‘Executive Education on Global Culture’ is an innovative new format, which is constructed with both online and live elements. The concentration will be on cultural management at an international level, focused on global culture, their developments and strategies for the future. The training is based on arts practice and differs from culture management because it integrates the new non-institutionalized and interdisciplinary form of cultural work. With this focus, the supply of other basic and advanced training in cultural management is different.

The programme is based on relevant international case studies that allow meaningful connections to ZHdK and its related network. The case studies are all based on research done by Zurich University of the Arts. The programme opens up an international debate about tendencies and developments in the field of contemporary art in a global context. The programme’s modules are held in Zurich as well as in Hong Kong or online on digital platforms, and in this way support an international discussion on global culture.

Objectives

The Diploma of Advanced Studies ‘Executive Education on Global Culture’

  •  aims to advance knowledge and professional practice in the field of global culture.
  • supports developing criteria for a critical engagement with global culture.
  • leads to clarification of strategies for the development of art institutions and networks.
  •  helps to support meaningful integration of the newly acquired knowledge into one’s existing practice.

At the end of the programme, participants have

  • gained a broader knowledge of new trends and developments in the field of global culture.
  • learned from different case studies from all over the world how to look at their own arts practice from a global perspective.
  • extended their discussion in an international network with colleagues from all over the world.
  • integrated this knowledge in their own practice and have developed new individual projects.

Structure of the Diploma of Advanced Studies
‘Executive Education on Global Culture’

 The programme consists of various formats:

  • Live courses (3-5 days), which can be attended both in Zurich and Hong Kong
  • SPOC: Small Private Online Courses: online formats, which can be credited with a successful participation as a module of the Diploma of Advanced Studies ‘Executive Education on Global Culture’
  • MOOC CCAA: Massive Online Open Course „Chinese Contemporary Art Award“
  • on the platform iversity.org.
  • Mentored project development

Each course corresponds to one case study. Courses can be attended live or online.

The successful completion of each case study, face-to-face or online, will be acknowledged with a Certificate of Attendance.

In 2017 and 2018, a minimum of three case studies will be offered in a live course each year. These are held both in Zurich and in Hong Kong. It will be possible to attend the case studies either in Zurich or in Hong Kong.

In addition, 3-4 online courses are offered as additional case studies from March 2017 until November 2018. The successful participation in two online courses can also be credited as a module of the Diploma of Advanced Studies ‘Executive Education on Global Culture’.

Programme Overview

Live Courses 3–5 Days Zurich Hong Kong Application

Deadline

Case Study 1

Global Culture and Politics in the Urban Age

The city as a laboratory and powerhouse for creativity and social innovation

Michael Schindhelm: writer, filmmaker, curator and advisor to various international organisations

Tim Renner, Secretary for Cultural Affairs Berlin

Jackie McNerney, Cultural Strategy Manager, Mayor of London

10–12

Feb 2017

15 Jan 2017
Case Study 2

International Curating Studio: Curating and Social Change

The possibilities and limitations of critical and curatorial practise.

Prof. Dorothee Richter: curator, art historian and filmmaker. She is the co-director of the Research

Platform in Curating at the University of the Arts Zurich and PhD supervisor at the Department

of Art at Reading.

MAS Curating 27 –31 Mar 2017 1 Mar 2017
Case Study 3

Dream and Reality of Cultural Development in Emerging Cities

Strategies and issues of the development of culture and art in emerging cities and their diverse

eco-systems. (Hong Kong, Singapore, Dubai, Moscow)

Michael Schindhelm: writer, filmmaker, curator and advisor to various international organisations

Prof. Elisabeth Danuser, Head Center Further Education International

1–3

Sep 2017

21–23

Apr 2017

30 Mar 2017

15 Aug 2017

Case Study 4

Chinese Contemporary Art Award(CCAA)

First-hand information about the art scene in China.

Michael Schindhelm: writer, filmmaker, curator and advisor to various international organisations

Dr. Uli Sigg: collector, entrepreneur and founder CCAA

Online from

Jan 2017–

Mar 2017

1–3

Dec 2017

1 Nov 2017
Online Courses

 

 

 

 
Case Study 5

Art Practice, Policy and Education in a Fast-changing World of Globalisation and Digitalisation

Challenges and possibilities for art practitioners, policymakers and educators in a cultural environment which is fast-changing under the condition of globalisation and digitalisation.

Online from

March 2017 – Dec 2018

Online from

March 2017 – Dec 2018

Case Study 6

The Cultural Prime Cities: London, Berlin. Is there any Future in Sight?

The top policymakers of both cities represent the strategies for the further development of art and cul- ture in their cities with particular reflection on how to cope with migration, new forms of consumption and production of art, gentrification and city-competition.

Online from

March 2017 – Dec 2018

Online from

March 2017 – Dec 2018

Case Study 7

Dream and Reality of Cultural Development in Emerging Countries


Strategies and issues of the development of culture and art in emerging cities and their diverse eco-systems.

Online from

March 2017 – Dec 2018

Online from

March 2017 – Dec 2018

Case Study 8

MOOC CCAA : Chinese Contemporary Art Award

Exclusive material and insights into the Chinese art scene’s developments over the past 40 years

Online until April 2017

Finances

Fee per case (calculation remains equal for all cases)

CHF 800 / HKD 6,500

Fee Diploma of Advanced Studies ‘Executive Education on Global Culture’
(including 3 cases and module mentored project development)

CHF 5,500 / HKD 42,000

Terms and Conditions

The terms and conditions Further Education ZHdK are the same for the course in Zurich and in Hong Kong. Applicants send in the completed admission form and accept with their signature the conditions of ZHdK.

The Course is registered as a Non-local Course by the Education Bureau of HKSAR under the Registration Number 272703.
It is a matter of discretion for individual employers to recognize any qualification to which this course may lead.

Background of Facilitators

 

The Centre of Further Education Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK), offers a range of professional development courses at the respective departments and institutes. Further education is thus closely linked to research and teaching. The Centre of Further Education ensures that all further education offered at ZHdK is closely aligned with professional standards, as determined by the Conference of Rectors of the Swiss Universities of Applied Sciences (KFH). Our role is to coordinate, market, and develop continuing education opportunities along stringent strategic lines. Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK) offers the following university-level professional development opportunities:

  • Master of Advanced Studies (MAS)
  • Diploma of Advanced Studies (DAS)
  • Certificate of Advanced Studies (CAS)

 

 

Virtual Platform Participating students in our Global Culture programme come from all over the world; discussions and networking are internationally oriented. Therefore, we develop an increasing number of digital platforms for sharing and learning. Artists and cultural managers from around the world use the platforms in a variety of ways. We dare therefore to combine the following study formats in an innovative way: • Live Courses in Zurich, Hong Kong and from mid-2017 also in other cities. • SPOC: Small Private Online Courses: available on various subjects of arts and politics in the urban age. • MOOC: Massive Open Online Course: free online course on Chinese Contemporary Art Award (CCAA), available now until April 2017. • Online Mentoring: the choice of modules and combination of formats can be defined digitally with our experts.  

Organization

Faculty:

Programm Director: Michael Schindhelm Head of E Learning: Renato Soldenhoff

Head of Further Education International: Prof. Elisabeth Danuser Community Management: Barbara Ruf, Joline Pütz

 

Responsible for Programme:

Centre of Further Education International, ZHdK Head: Prof. Elisabeth Danuser elisabeth.danuser@zhdk.ch

 

Connecting Space Hong Kong (Further Education)

Head: Nuria Krämer nuria.kraemer@zhdk.ch

Enrolment and Administration

Connecting Spaces Hong Kong – Zurich, Further Education, Hong Kong:

Bootes Ltd., G/F shop 9-10, Elgar Mansion, 41-43 Fort Street,

North Point, Hong Kong, +852 2979 0028

connectingspace.hk@zhdk.ch

The Course is registered as a Non-local Course by the Education Bureau of HKSAR under the Registration Number 272703.
It is a matter of discretion for individual employers to recognize any qualification to which this course may lead.

Centre of Further Education ZHdK:

Irene Hauser

Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK), Centre of Further Education

Toni Areal, PO-Box, Pfingstweidstrasse 96, CH-8031 Zürich, +41 43 446 51 78

irene.hauser@zhdk.ch