A critical reading of the Sector Blueprint and Culture Compass #8 ON INTRINSIC VALUE AND THE LOGICS OF INSTRUMENTALISATION By Giorgio Bacchiega Cultural policy debates often revolve around the balance between two closely related ideas. On one hand, culture is…
A critical reading of the Sector Blueprint and Culture Compass #7 COUNTING CULTURE: THE SHAPE OF WHAT NUMBERS HIDE By Giorgio Bacchiega The Compass and the Blueprint approach evidence from different standpoints. The first draws primarily on standardised survey data,…
A critical reading of the Sector Blueprint and Culture Compass #6 COUNTING CULTURE: HOW EVIDENCE SHAPES PARTICIPATION POLICY By Giorgio Bacchiega The relationship between evidence and cultural policy is less neutral than it appears. When surveys and statistical instruments are…
A critical reading of the Sector Blueprint and Culture Compass #5 FRAMING PARTICIPATION: FROM POLICY OBJECT TO PRACTICE By Giorgio Bacchiega Both Compasses present participation as a democratic right and frame it as central to cultural life. Yet once translated…
A critical reading of the Sector Blueprint and Culture Compass #4 FRAMING PARTICIPATION: FROM PRINCIPLES TO POLICY OBJECT By Giorgio Bacchiega Participation has increasingly become a central concept in cultural policy, as it connects democratic legitimacy and the social dimensions…
A critical reading of the Sector Blueprint and Culture Compass #3 TOWARDS A LEGAL GROUNDING OF CULTURAL PRACTICE By Giorgio Bacchiega Whether cultural practice survives political cycles and market logics increasingly depends on the nature of the claims it can…
A critical reading of the Sector Blueprint and Culture Compass #2 READING CULTURAL POLICY BEYOND THE TEXTS By Giorgio Bacchiega Before turning to the solutions they propose, cultural policy documents require a close reading of what they assume about culture…
A critical reading of the Sector Blueprint and Culture Compass #1 WHY THE ACTIVE PARTICIPATION SECTOR SHOULD ENGAGE WITH POLICYMAKING By Giorgio Bacchiega Between September and November 2025, two documents set the terms of debate on the future of European…
WEBINARConducted by Giorgio Bacchiega, Amateo Research Officer Tuesday 12th December9.30 – 11.00 GMT / 10.30 – 12.00 CET On the December 12th, Amateo organized the webinar BEyond CURIOSity: Cultural Values and Democracy, the first in a series of events focusing on…
Collecting data on Active Participation in Cultural Activities November 29th 2021, 15:00 – 17:30 CET via Zoom Register below! ATP Team for Research and Documentation invites you to a webinar on collecting data on Active Participation in Cultural Activities within…
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