Creation of Cultural Entities
Economic globalization implies the localization of production in low-cost environments. In contrast, creativity and intangible goods, inherent to the cultural process, are defined in the form of "refuge" values that, in addition to their own exploitation, add direct development to their territorial or thematic scope, generating, in turn, a broader economic value chain. The European Commission promotes the promotion of the creation of companies in technological sectors and, in particular and through support programs, in the cultural industry, understanding this sector as basic in the common future.
The continuing education course on the Creation of Cultural Enterprises allows students to acquire a business vision of the cultural sector, reviewing common management aspects and focusing on those that specifically affect the economic exploitation of culture.
Course directors and coordinators
Director
Christoph Pasour
Mr Pasour is a TV Producer. He holds a degree in Art History and Media Studies from the Freie Universität Berlin (Germany) and also Edinburgh University (UK). He has authored articles for newspapers and magazines on media art and cinematography. He was the project manager and curator at the Museum for Cinematography in Potsdam, Germany; commissioning Editor in the film department of the 3sat cultural television channel (Germany/Austria/Switzerland). He has also been involved in script development (fiction/non-fiction) for production companies in Berlin and Hamburg. He has been a producer/author on documentaries since 2005 for production companies in Berlin, Hamburg and Barcelona for broadcasters such as ARTE, 3sat, ARD, ZDF, RAI, YLE, TV3. He currently is the director of the University Master's Degree in Cultural Management at UIC Barcelona.
Coordination
Claudia Balboa Salas
Degree in Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Heritage from the University of the Basque Country (2014) and University Master's Degree in Cultural Management from the Universitat Internacional de Catalunya (2015). She has worked as a cultural manager at the Cervantes Institute in Beijing and collaborated with various companies and institutions in the design of cultural projects and exhibitions. She also participated in the conceptualisation of the infrastructure development plan for Langyuan Station in Beijing, to transform this industrial area of Pekin into a space for Culture and Creative Industries in the country. After her experience in China she returned in October 2018 to Spain, as director of the Rioja Wine Cultural Centre, a historic building linked to wine tourism. As interim civil servant of the City Council she developed the Master Plan and cultural, social and training programme for the reopening of the facility. In 2020 Claudia established herself as independent cultural consultant and she collaborated with the Langyuan New Times Culture in the definition of the cultural development plan and a new urban space for the Music and Performing Arts in Wuzhen. She also provides services to mono office architecture studio production of artistic projects, such as “I Want to be the Future: The Anatomy of Technological Seduction,” developed together with the Chinese artist Cao Fei, for the Whitechapel Gallery in London and the Alserkal Avenue in Dubai. She currently coordinates the Postgraduate Studies in Cultural Management at UIC Barcelona.
Teachers
Alfonso Gironza
Alfonso Gironza holds a degree in Industrial Engineering from the Barcelona School of Industrial Engineering-UPC (1999). He has a Master's Degree in Company Quality Management from the Fundació Politècnica de Catalunya-UPC (2005) and an Executive Master's Degree in Business Administration EMBA-IESE Barcelona (2010). Since 2005, he has been a management consultant for industrial services enterprises. From 2003 to 2009, he worked as an internal consultant at IBM Global Services and, from 2000 to 2003, as a project manager at Deutsche Bank.
Prerequisites & admissions
Application for admissions
If you are interested in taking this Specialization course at UIC Barcelona, contact the Secretary of the Faculty of Humanities at the following email: secretariahumanitats@uic.es