MEDIACULT (www.mediacult.at)

The International Research Institute for Media, Communication and Cultural Development – MEDIACULT (Vienna) exists since 30 years as an independent non-profit research institute. MEDIACULT has realized about 100 national, European and international research projects together with the international scientific community and on behalf of organisations like UNESCO and the Council of Europe. MEDIACULT has a longstanding experience in conceptualising, managing and executing high level research projects as well as in communicating cultural research issues to the public. The three research areas of the institute are:

• new communication technologies in the arts, 
• world market of music and cultural industries and
•  cultural development, gender studies and cultural policy.

MEDIACULT has also provided advice/consultation to the Council of Europe (new communication technologies), UNESCO (cultural industries) and the Austrian Government (cultural policy). Ethnographic and statistical methods are used in its interdisciplinary research projects.

Publications on Women in the Arts and Media

Harauer, R., Mayerhofer, E., Mokre, M., "Thanks for Playing Anyway. Women in Arts and Meida Professions in Austria" In: Cliche, D., Mitchell, R., Wiesand, A. (eds.), Pyramid or Pillars. Unveiling the Status of Women in Arts and Media Professions in Europe. ARCultMedia, Bonn, 2000.

Harauer, R., Frauen in Kultur- und Medienberufen in Österreich. Mediacult.doc 04/00.

Mayerhofer, E., "Much Reputation, Little Money: Female Austrian Writers". In: Cliche, D., Mitchell, R., Ristimäki, E. (eds.), ARSIS Special Edition 2/2000: Women in the Arts: Changing Landscapes. Arts Council of Finland publication, 2/00, September 2000.

Sperlich, R., Kunst bzw. Künstlerinnen und Künstler im sowie ums Internet in Österreich. Interner MEDIACULT-Bericht. Wien, 1997.