Joost Smiers

Retired Professor


Research Group Arts and Economics (Lectoraat Kunst en Economie), Oudezijds Achterburgwal 212, 1012 DX, Netherlands
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Biography

Joost Smiers is professor political science of the arts, in the Research Group Arts and Economics, at the Utrecht School of the Arts, the Netherlands and formerly visiting professor Department World Arts and Cultures, UCLA, Los Angeles.

He has lectured on the social and cultural forces influencing the arts and artistic practices in New York, Berlin, Leicester, Ottowa, Helsinki, Toronto, Kiev, Paris, Turku (Finland), Bayreuth (Germany), Moscow, Arhus (Denmark), Brussels, Budapest, New Orleans, Caen (France), Vilnius, Lisboa, Amsterdam, Taipei, Rotterdam, Cracow, Grenoble, Munich, Vienna, Stuttgart, Surrey (GB), Grenoble, Coimbra, Odense, Trier, Luzern, Hanoi, Oman, Sao Paulo, Belgrade, Novi Sad, Oman.

He is a member of the AHRB Research Network on New Directions in Copyright Law, Birckbeck School of Law, University of London. He was a board member ERICArts, European Research Institute for Comparative Cultural Affairs and the Arts, and expert for the Council of Europe in Moldova.

Employment history

1985 - 2007 Professor - Utrecht School of the Arts, Research Group Art & Economics
(Netherlands) -

2005 - 2005 Professor - Utrecht School of the Arts, Research Group Art & Economics
(Netherlands) -

University education and honours

1977 Dr. political science
University of Amsterdam (Netherlands)

Books published - authored and edited

Smiers, Joost and Marieke van Schijndel (2009) Imagine there's no copyright and no cultural conglomerates too, Amsterdam, Institute of Network Cultures, ISSN/ISBN:978-90-78146-09-4

Obuljen, Nina and Joost Smiers (2006) Unesco's Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions. Making It Work., Zagreb, Culturelink, ISSN/ISBN:953-6096-40-4

Smiers, Joost (2006) Un mundo sin copyright. Artes y medios en la globalización, Barcelona, Gedisa, ISSN/ISBN:84-9784-052-6

Smiers, Joost (2004) Artistic Expression in a Corporate World. Do we need monopolistic control?, Utrecht, Utrecht school of the arts,

Smiers, Joost (2003) Arts Under Pressure. Promoting Cultural Diversity in the Age of Globalization, London, Zed Books, ISSN/ISBN:1 84277 262 7/ 263 5

Smiers, Joost (2000) Tout ce qui est fragile exige une protection. Une collaboration entre les mouvements culturel et ecologiques., Paris, Institut neerlandais,

Smiers, Joost and Marieke van Schijndel (1999) Kunst en kunstonderwijs in lookal en mondiaal perspectief, Utrecht, Utrecht School of the Arts,

Smiers, Joost and Suzanne Capiau (1995) Artists and the infrastructure for their work, , Council of Europe. Contribution to the World commission on Culture and Development,

Smiers, Joost (1977) Cultuur in Nederland 1945-1955. Meningen en beleid, Amsterdam, PhD thesis, University of Amsterdam, Nijmegen,

Smiers, Joost With Giep Hagoort editor of the llose leaf Handbook Management Kunst en Cultuur, , 1990-1994,

Articles or chapters

Smiers, Joost (2006) 'De fascinerende verdamping van het auteursrecht.' IN: Dietsche Warande & Belfort no.6 753-765,

Smiers, Joost (2005) 'Copyright and the non-western World' IN: Culturelink, proceedings from Round Table Meeting on eCulture, 24-27 April, Zagreb 89-96,

Smiers, Joost and Marieke van Schijndel (2005) 'Imagine a world without copyright' IN: the International Herald Tribune article,

Smiers, Joost (2004) 'Artistic expression in a corporate world' IN: Culturelink 42 Vol.3 107-145,

Cotter, Lucy interview with Joost Smiers (2004) 'Cultural diversity in global corporate world' IN: Contexts, arts and practice in Ireland Vol.3 issue 2 74-78,

Smiers, Joost (2004) 'The unavoidable meltdown of copyright' IN: Tentoonstellingscatalogus Mirjam Burer ,

Smiers, Joost (2004) 'Het rechtzetten van een misverstand' IN: De Cultuurbarbaar ,

Smiers, Joost (2004) 'Subsidies behoeden pluriformiteit' IN: De Volkskrant ,

Smiers, Joost (2003) 'Regulations in favour of cultural diversity' IN: Culturelink Special Issue 2002/2003 (Cultural diversity and sustainable development) 73-95,

Smiers, Joost (2003) 'Das Ende kommt sowieso. Pladoyer fur die Abschaffung des Copyrights' IN: Suddeutsche Zeitung ,

Smiers, Joost (2003) 'Copyright und die' IN: Kurswechsel Heft no.4 14-24,

Smiers, Joost (2003) 'Manifeste pour une distribution efficace des films réalisé in Europe' IN: L' Harmattan ,

Smiers, Joost (2003) 'Prettige avond, fijne dag, fijn weekend, o nee!' IN: Het Parool ,

Smiers, Joost (2002) 'The abolition of copyright. better for artists, third world countries and public domain.' IN: ELIA, european journal of arts education vol.4 66-76,

Smiers, Joost (2002) 'The abolition of copyright: better for artists, third world countries and the public domain.' IN: Towse 119-139,

Smiers, Joost (2002) 'Onteigen de Theaterschool. Binnengasthuis op de Monumentenlijst' IN: Het Parool ,

Smiers, Joost (2002) 'Waarom, hoe en wat niet? Een kwart eeuw KIT Tropentheater' IN: KIT, Amsterdam ,

Smiers, Joost (2001) 'Alt skobeligt kraever en beskyttelse. All that's fragile need protection' IN: Dagens design for morgendagens miljo. Copenaghen Dansk Design Centre ,

Smiers, Joost (2001) 'Panaikinus autoriu teisi geriau butu menininkams, treciojo pasaulo Salims Ir Visumonei.' IN: Kulturos Barai (Vilnius) no.4 ,

Smiers, Joost (2001) 'Veniturile artistilor si respectul pentru acestia: mai bine protejati fara copyright.' IN: Romania libera ,

Smiers, Joost (2001) 'Pladoyer pour l'abolition des droits d'auteur. Le propriété intellectuelle, c'est le vol.' IN: Le Monde diplomatique ,

Smiers, Joost (2001) 'L'abolition des droits d'auteur au profit des créatures.' IN: Réseaux Vol.19 no.110 61-71,

Smiers, Joost and Giep Hagoort (2001) 'Kunstbeleid is meer dan subsidies verstrekken' IN: De Volkskrant ,

Smiers, Joost (2000) 'Quando o direito de autor è um entrave a criacao. A necessària definicao do bem pùblico mundial.' IN: Le Monde Diplomatique , ISSN/ISBN:Janeiro 2000

Smiers, Joost (2000) 'The abolition of copyright. Better for artists, third world countries and public domain.' IN: Gazzette, the international journal for communication studies vol.62 no.5 ,

Smiers, Joost (2000) 'L'évaporation des droits d'auteur en faveur des artistes.' IN: Copyright/Copywrong, Actes du Coloque, Ecole regionale des beaux-arts de Nantes. Editions MeMo ,

Smiers, Joost (2000) 'European cities. First sow, then reap' IN: The city cultures reader. Malcolom Miles ed. London 111-117,

Smiers, Joost (1998) 'Etat des lieux de la création en Europe. Le tissu culturel déchiré' IN: L' Harmattan, Paris ,

Smiers, Joost (1997) 'Stop het misdadige lawaii op straat' IN: NRC Handelsblad ,

Smiers, Joost (1995) 'Entre libre-echange et protection: les consequences du GATT et GATS pour la culture et les arts' IN: Ecume, les cahiers du management culturel in Europe, Dijon ,

Smiers, Joost (1994) 'Cultural imbalances on a world scale' IN: The European journal of cultural policy no.1 155-171,

Smiers, Joost (1992) 'Taking care of artists and artistic process. A journey through Europe' IN: European Symposium on the status of the artists, Helsinki 107-112,

Smiers, Joost (1978) 'Welzijnsbeleid vertaald, gewogen, te licht bevonden' IN: Zeist ,

Smiers, Joost 'Copyrights and non -Western countries' IN: Fiona Macmillan, New directions in Copyright Law Vol.1 3-23,

Smiers, Joost 'Het voeden van onze nieuwsgierigheid: Europese cultuuurpolitiek' IN: Ernst John Kars Sijpesteijn, Grezen aan Europa, Amsterdam 50-56,

Commissioned reports

Smiers, Joost (8/2004) Der gefarliche Wettbewerb. Will kulturelle Vielfalt schutzen Suddeutsche Zeitung IN: , , Unesco