Artistic Creation Practices: a Challenge for Cultural Management Research in Colombia

Abstract

During the first decade of the XXI century, one of the most innovative fields in social and human sciences in Colombia is culture management, but the merits this field may have are still little known, perhaps due to the short reach of knowledge on this area and the lack of remarkable research results. However, it has been developing as an important set of practical and theoretical knowledge in order to build up consciousness around the local and global cultural scene. The main challenge for culture management in higher education is to strengthen research in order to understand and change reality. The starting point would be the practices in artistic creation with the purpose of strengthening, spreading and promoting creative products, when some of them have already acquired the status of tangible or intangible cultural heritage.