Sustainable Cultural Management
Lukasz Wróblewski, "Sustainable Cultural Management"
English | ISBN: 3039215981 | 2019 | 304 pages | PDF | 11 MB
English | ISBN: 3039215981 | 2019 | 304 pages | PDF | 11 MB
The connections between culture and sustainability have been in the public agenda since the 20th century. However, whilst global sustainability programmes at international institutional levels are yet to recognise the role of culture in their sustainability policies, the bid (albeit failed) in the early 2000s to formally add "culture" to the trilogy of sustainability pillars (economic, social, and environmental) mobilised a new discourse for the reframing of cultural policy narrative, which in turn urged a reassessment of methods of cultural management reflecting the same concerns among the sector's grassroots. The idea of sustainability and culture working together and their envisioned role in future-proofing society and human development captured the imagination of cultural commentators, policy makers and practitioners alike, keen to fulfil these principles "out there"–in cultural organizations and events mega and small, in cities and regions, local and global. The papers in this Special Issue reflect this appeal.
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