Reframing Cultural Participation: From Access to Agency

Nansi Popovac Ivanišević is a Project manager, lecturer, cultural and education policy researcher in the field of Admisinistration and Communication Sciences. Founder and president of the NGO Prokultura - Observatory of Cultural Policies – Split, she has written and edited several scientific papers and reviews. In 2020 her book Broken Mirror; decentralization of cultural policies in the Croatian way was published. Graduated from the University of Zagreb, Faculty of Arts and Letters with a Bachelor’s degree in French Language and Literature and Italian. Worked as professor, became the director and vice president of the Alliance française de Split. Postgraduate in Management of Cultural Projects at the Institute of Political Studies and Observatory of Cultural Policies, Grenoble, France; 1999 obtained a Master’s degree. At the University of Zadar obtained the Doctor´s degree in Culture and Tourism with Ph.D. thesis in social sciences. Worked in the Public Administration sector, holding office of head of the Education, Culture and Sport Department. During that time was the Minister of Education and Sport of the Republic of Croatia, council member of the City of Split, advisor for culture and education to the Split Mayor and Special Envoy of the President of the Republic of Croatia of the International Organization of the Francophony.