This edited collection brings together distinguished scholars across a range of academic disciplines to explore how the European Union engages with culture. The book examines the ways in which cultural issues have been framed at the EU level and the policies and instruments to which they have given vent
The aim is to examine regional cultural development as a counter-movement in the context of rising illiberalism around the world. It focuses on the cultural strategic approaches to decentralize and diversify cultural policies and emphasising cultural rights to all. This presentation examines the existing inclusion/exclusion factors. It examines the drafting process of regional cultural policies (2018-2020) to develop horizontal overarching strategies for the five distinctive regions of Malta (Southern Harbour, Central, South Eastern, Northern, and Gozo and Comino). This is framed in wider political processes. ; N/A
AbstractThis article examines the Chinese state's moral performance during several major disasters, including the 2008 Sichuan earthquake, the 1998 Yangtze River floods, and the 1976 Tangshan earthquake. Drawing on the theatrical theory of symbolic politics, I argue that the Sichuan earthquake marked a turn in the state's moral performance. While the Chinese state continued to project an image of a secure, heroic state, it endeavoured to construct a sympathetic image through leaders' displays of compassion and sorrow, a mourning ritual for ordinary victims, and narratives of response and rescue. This shift towards a more compassionate performance can be explained by the state's deployment of cultural resources to respond to societal challenges since the new millennium and its effort to repair its image amid the crises of 2008. The compassionate performance was temporarily effective because it found common ground with the traditional political culture of disaster, which still shapes the public's expectations of the state's moral conduct, and the new public culture that values equality and dignity of human life. Nevertheless, the political dilemmas of the compassionate performance became evident. Its efficacy largely relied on the presentation of suffering at the scene, which, however, led to public demands for the state to address the causes of the suffering. When the state failed to construct an "accountable state" image, this "dilemma of scene" had repercussions for its legitimacy. The efficacy of paternalism was also limited because it was less appealing to the growing urban middle class. By addressing moral performance, this paper contributes to the literature on politics of disaster and advances the important research agenda on cultural governance.
This article examines the Chinese state's moral performance during several major disasters, including the 2008 Sichuan earthquake, the 1998 Yangtze River floods, and the 1976 Tangshan earthquake. Drawing on the theatrical theory of symbolic politics, I argue that the Sichuan earthquake marked a turn in the state's moral performance. While the Chinese state continued to project an image of a secure, heroic state, it endeavoured to construct a sympathetic image through leaders' displays of compassion and sorrow, a mourning ritual for ordinary victims, and narratives of response and rescue. This shift towards a more compassionate performance can be explained by the state's deployment of cultural resources to respond to societal challenges since the new millennium and its effort to repair its image amid the crises of 2008. The compassionate performance was temporarily effective because it found common ground with the traditional political culture of disaster, which still shapes the public's expectations of the state's moral conduct, and the new public culture that values equality and dignity of human life. Nevertheless, the political dilemmas of the compassionate performance became evident. Its efficacy largely relied on the presentation of suffering at the scene, which, however, led to public demands for the state to address the causes of the suffering. When the state failed to construct an "accountable state" image, this "dilemma of scene" had repercussions for its legitimacy. The efficacy of paternalism was also limited because it was less appealing to the growing urban middle class. By addressing moral performance, this paper contributes to the literature on politics of disaster and advances the important research agenda on cultural governance. (China Q/GIGA)
The shift in government concept into governance takes the consequence of changes in public governance including in the forestry sector. Good forest governance becomes a great hope for managing the forest condition so that sustainable forest management can be realized. However, in its implementation, it contains a big challenge for the forest in Indonesia which is mostly identical with indigenous people. Meanwhile, the development becomes a necessity that cannot be inhibited in which business corporation as the actor who plays in the forest governance is considered as a major threat to the environment and indigenous people. To achieve good forest governance, it is necessary to have a synergy with cultural governance that is hoped to be able to accommodate the indigenous people interests. This paper is a case study related to the practice as an effort to achieve good forest governance in the indigenous people of Pelalawan that are followed by the cultural governance effort so that the indigenous people culture of Pelalawan that is closely related to the forest can still be maintained.
Wie kann Kulturpolitik so gestaltet werden, dass – im Sinne einer Cultural Governance – nicht nur Politik und nachgeordnet Verwaltung in Entscheidungsprozesse einbezogen sind, sondern auch die Betroffenen: Künstler_innen, Kulturschaffende, Bürger_innen? Welche Allianzen und Konflikte entstehen in Verhandlungssituationen? Und wie argumentieren Vertreter_innen von Politik, Verwaltung und Zivilgesellschaft? Anke Simone Schad entwickelt anhand der Beispiele Linz und Graz einen Rahmen für Governance-Analysen und bietet darüber hinaus Antworten auf die Fragen, woran Cultural Governance oft scheitert und wie gutes Regieren idealerweise aussehen könnte.
Wie kann Kulturpolitik so gestaltet werden, dass - im Sinne einer Cultural Governance - nicht nur Politik und nachgeordnet Verwaltung in Entscheidungsprozesse einbezogen sind, sondern auch die Betroffenen: Künstler_innen, Kulturschaffende, Bürger_innen? Welche Allianzen und Konflikte entstehen in Verhandlungssituationen? Und wie argumentieren Vertreter_innen von Politik, Verwaltung und Zivilgesellschaft? Die Autorin entwickelt anhand der Beispiele Linz und Graz einen Rahmen für Governance-Analysen und bietet darüber hinaus Antworten auf die Fragen, woran Cultural Governance oft scheitert und wie gutes Regieren idealerweise aussehen könnte.
Wie kann Kulturpolitik so gestaltet werden, dass - im Sinne einer Cultural Governance - nicht nur Politik und nachgeordnet Verwaltung in Entscheidungsprozesse einbezogen sind, sondern auch die Betroffenen: Künstler_innen, Kulturschaffende, Bürger_innen? Welche Allianzen und Konflikte entstehen in Verhandlungssituationen? Und wie argumentieren Vertreter_innen von Politik, Verwaltung und Zivilgesellschaft?Anke Simone Schad entwickelt anhand der Beispiele Linz und Graz einen Rahmen für Governance-Analysen und bietet darüber hinaus Antworten auf die Fragen, woran Cultural Governance oft scheitert und wie gutes Regieren idealerweise aussehen könnte.
Wie kann Kulturpolitik so gestaltet werden, dass Entscheidungsprozesse in Übereinstimmung mit Kriterien einer deliberativen und partizipativen Demokratie umgesetzt werden? Anhand eines mehrschichtigen methodischen Zugangs untersucht Anke Simone Schad Entscheidungsprozesse zur Kulturförderung in Linz und Graz. Die Ergebnisse der analytisch komplexen und interpretativ dichten Studie sind ernüchternd, aber nicht überraschend: Cultural Governance ist in Österreich schwach ausgeprägt. Das Buch bietet Inspiration und praktische Hinweise, wie gutes Regieren im Kultursektor idealerweise aussehen könnte
Frontmatter --Inhalt --Abstract --Gliederung des Buches --1. Prolog zu Cultural Governance: Doing Politics -- Making Democracy? --2. Kultur, Öffentlichkeit und Politik: eine Annäherung --3. Theoretische Situierung von Cultural Governance --4. Lokale Situierung der Analyse in Österreich --5. Methodologische Situierung der Cultural- Governance-Analyse --6. Ergebnisse der konkreten Situationsanalyse zur Verhandlung um Kulturförderung --7. Ergebnisse der Analyse Sozialer Welten in der Arena der Cultural Governance --8. Abschließendes Fazit --9. Anhang --Literatur --Tabellen --Abbildungen