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Christopher Gunter

Assistant Professor

cjgunter@ustpaul.ca

613-236-1393, ext. : 2465

GIG 232

Profile

Dr. Gunter is an assistant professor at the Élisabeth-Bruyère School of Social Innovation. His work focuses on cultural policy, museums and activism, identity, cultural administration, and public participation. His current project includes discursive examinations of activist museums and social leadership. Chris also serves as an affiliated professor of the Cultural Policy Research Network, and board member of the peer-reviewed journal Culture & Local Governance.

Expertise

Courses taught

INS 5104 - Technology in Social Innovation
- Study of the effects of technology on social organizations and of ways of integrating digital technologies into the strategies of social transformation.
INS 5105 - Organizational Consolidation and Transformation
- Study of the coordination methods and direction in the context of established and functional social organizations. Transformation and growth of social organizations from the inside.
INS 5302 - Issues in Social Innovation
- Study of contemporary social, political and economic issues and their impacts on citizen initiatives, collective action and social innovation projects.
INS 6102 - Incubation of a Project in Social Innovation
- Design and implementation of the first stages of an innovative project.
  
  Prerequisite: To register for this course, the student must complete the compulsory course and all the optional courses of the program.
INS 6101 - Advanced Practical Seminar: Diagnosis and Recommendation
- Study of a specific issue within a social organization and writing of a report making a diagnosis and proposing recommendations.
  
  Prerequisite: To register for this course, the student must complete the compulsory course and all the optional courses of the program.

Education

Publications

Peer Review Journal Publications

Gunter, C. (2020). L’évolution des missions des services culturels municipaux au Canada : de l’instrumentalité à l’innovation sociale. Pyramides : Revue du Centre d’Études et de Recherches en Administration Publique, 30, p. 93-124. From http://journals.openedition.org/pyramides/1799

Gunter, C. (2019). La nouvelle muséologie comme mouvement politique et sa réception en France et au Québec. Culture and Local Governance / Culture et gouvernance locale, 6 (1), p. 50-63, doi: 10.18192/clg-cgl.v6i1.4556

Gunter, C. (2017). Ecomuseums: challenging temporality through community reappropriation. The Journal of Arts Management, Law, and Society, 47(4), p. 259-273, doi:10.1080/10632921.2017.1320617

Paquette, J. & Gunter, C. (2016). Museums, galleries, and innovation ecosystem: museum policies and communities. Bluebook - The Cultural and Technology P.212-226.

Paquette, J. Beauregard, D. & Gunter, C. (2016). Positivism and cultural policy: Saint-Simon, Comte, Littré and the French Cultural Policy. Modern & Contemporary France, p.15-30 25(1), doi: 10.1080/09639489.2016.1197894

Paquette, J. & Gunter, C. (2016). Exhibiting Science and Professionalism: Organizational Symbolism and Professional Commemorations in Vietnamese Museums. THEMA. La revue des Musées de la civilization, 4(1), p.1-16, From : https://thema.mcq.org/index.php/Thema/article/view/83

Paquette, J., Beauregard, D. & Gunter, C. (2015). Settler colonialism and cultural policy: The colonial foundations and refoundations of Canadian cultural policy, The International Journal of Cultural Policy, 21(5), p. 1-16, doi: 10.1080/10286632.2015.1043294

Book Chapter Publications (in press for publication)

Gunter, C. (2021). Representing the Marginalized Public: How the Workers’ History Museum challenge the heritage policy landscape. The Study of Cultural Policy in Canada (eds), p.1-15.

Conference Proceedings

Paquette, J., Lacassagne, A. & Gunter, C. (2016). Terroir and the Makers Movement: the entrepreneurial renewal of a cultural industry in North-America at The Cultural and Technological Innovation Symposium (November, Shenzhen).

Paquette, J. & Gunter, C. (2014). Space and Authenticity: Cultural industries and the notion of terroir at The Second International Cultural Administration Conference (July, Beijing).

Book Review

Gunter, C. J. (2014). Review of “Museums and Social Activism: Engaged Protest,” by Kylie Message. The Journal of Arts Management, Law, and Society, 44(3), 202–204. doi:10.1080/10632921.2014.943445

Conference Paper Presentations

Gunter, C. (2019). Activism through community curators: the case of l’Écomusée du fier monde at The 46^th annual Social Theory, Politics and the Arts (STP&A) Conference, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, October 10-12, 2019.

Gunter, C. & Nelson, R. (2019). Private Actors, Public Funders: The Heritage Minutes as Propaganda at The 45^th annual Social Theory, Politics and the Arts (STP&A) Conference, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, October 10-12, 2019.

Gunter, C. & Nelson, R. (2019). Unpacking the Ministry of Magic: Using Pop Culture to Teach Theories of Public Policy Analysis at 1^st annual Canadian Public Policy Network/Réseau Canadien de Politiques Publiques, hosted by the University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON., October 4, 2019.

Gunter, C. (2019). Activism through community curators: the case of the Workers’ History Museum at The Study of Cultural Policy in Canada Conference, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, April 11-12, 2019.

Gunter, C. & Nelson, R. (2019). Canadian heritage commemoration: the role of private and public actors at The Study of Cultural Policy in Canada Conference, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, April 11-12, 2019.

Gunter, C. & Beauregard, D. (2018). The Culture of Commodification: The Ubiquitous Nature of Commodification in Contemporary at The 44^th annual Social Theory, Politics and the Arts (STP&A) Conference, University of Manchester in Manchester, England, November 1-3 2018.

Gunter, C. (2016). An archaeology of l’écomusée: Exploring the social action museum at The 42^nd annual Social Theory, Politics and the Arts (STP&A) Conference, l’École nationale d'administration publique (l’ÉNAP), Québec, October 14-16, 2016.

Gunter, C. (2016). Creating Policy through Participation: The case of ecomuseums at the 5th Annual National Conference of the Canadian Association of Programs in public administration (CAPPA), l’École nationale d'administration publique (l’ÉNAP), Quebec City, May 16-17, 2016.

Gunter, C. (2014). Internet Gaming Disorder and the Canadian Armed Forces at CF Health Services Group, National Defense. December 10, 2014.

Beauregard, D. & Gunter, C. (2014). Distopic Culture: The Portrayal of Policy Decisions in Science Fiction at The 40^th annual Social Theory, Politics and the Arts (STP&A) Conference, University of Ottawa, October, October 11^th, 2014.

Gunter, C. (2014). The Social Action Museum at The 40^th annual Social Theory, Politics and the Arts (STP&A) Conference, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, October 10^th, 2014.

Beauregard, D. & Gunter, C. (2014). A Cycle of Change: The Policy Implications of Doctor Who at Politics and Law of Doctor Who symposium, Westminster University, UK, September 5, 2014.

Gunter, C. (2013). The problematization of wind energy in New Brunswick at The Canadian Science and Technology Historical Association 2013 Conference, Energy and Society: An Energy Rich Canada in an Energy Hungry World, UQAM, Montreal, Quebec, November 1-3, 2013.

Gunter, C. (2012). The North American Electric Reliability Corporation: An Institutional Approach at The Public Administration Graduate Student Conference: Painting the Future of Public Administration, University of Ottawa, April 13, 2012.

Gunter, C. & Ericson, G. (2011). Institutional Design: An Analysis of the Interdisciplinary Department at Crossing Boundaries: Moving Among, Between, and Around Disciplines, Dalhousie University, May 26-27, 2011.

Gunter, C. (2011). Transforming the New Brunswick Energy Hub: An Analysis of Renewable Energy at UNB 2011 Graduate Research Conference, April 29, 2011.

Professional Non-Peer-reviewed Reports

Boucher, M. & Gunter, C. (2020). Facing the climate crisis: A post-Covid green energy constructive reemergence (Policy brief 1-4). Retrieved from https://www.schoolofpublicpolicy.sk.ca/documents/research/policy-briefs/jsgs-policybriefs-covid-series-facing-the-climate-crisis.pdf.

Gunter, C. (2019). Resilience and the New Synthesis Initiative. Public Governance International.

Gunter, C. (2014). Internet Gaming Disorder and the Canadian Armed Forces. Department of National Defense.