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Master of Arts in Cultural Sustainability (MACS)About the ProgramPlanners, policy makers, funders, scholars, and professionals working in arts and cultural organizations increasingly recognize the importance of the cultural vitality of communities to the social, environmental, and economic health of the people they serve. The arts, customs, faith, etiquette, dress, cuisine, traditions, rituals, and values are all integral to a community’s culture. As globalization and the profound transformations of modernity increase their impact on society in the United States and around the world, local traditions and the community life and civic engagement they foster are threatened. Specialists are needed to work with community members to identify what matters to them and to foster the conditions in which their communities will thrive. The MACS program uniquely fills this role. Drawing from the insights and perspectives of such fields as ethnography, community arts, applied anthropology, public folklore, cultural policy, social justice, and social entrepreneurship, this program will provide students with an integrated set of tools to work with communities. Graduates will be in a position to sustain intangible culture by identifying it, developing resources necessary to document and preserve it, and creating greater awareness of the importance of preserving, sharing, and celebrating it. Stay InformedContactIf you have questions, please contact: Debbie Cebula |