Cultural Governance and New Forms of Governmentality

Benjamin Joinau (1)

1 CRC-CCJ - Centre de Recherches sur la Corée

The paper discusses the reasons behind the dominance of governance in contemporary societies. The techniques of government cannot be understood apart from a critical genealogy of governmentality. This article references Michel Foucault’s analysis of governmentality to analyze the role of governance in arts and cultural management. It argues that, following the governmental state described by Foucault, the contemporary governance state is defined by a new spectacle governmentality. The globalized context of this governmentality produces a simulacrum of governance that tends to substitute for actual outcomes. The South Korean case is used to illustrate this new form of ubiquitous cultural governance.

Mots clés: Governance Policies; Governance practices; Governance and governability; Governance assessment; Governance and institutions; Governance and public policy; Foucault; Foucaldian perspective; Governmentality; South Korea; South Korean Society

Domaines: Sciences de l'Homme et Société; Gestion et management; Héritage culturel et muséologie

Benjamin Joinau. Cultural Governance and New Forms of Governmentality: Focus on the South Korean Case. Journal of Arts Management, Law, and Society, 2023, pp.1-17. ⟨10.1080/10632921.2023.2280646⟩. ⟨hal-04343700⟩