COLLECTION: UNCHARTED-Understanding, Capturing and Fostering the Societal Value of Culture

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UNCHARTED Second Policy Brief

Document type: Policy brief

Abstract: This document is the second policy brief. It focuses on evidence and analysis of the emergence of values linked to culture in practical contexts. The document is submitted after two and half years of project’s lifetime. It is based mostly on the results of the investigation carried out in WP2 and the six deliverables produced in the framework of it1, as well as on the content of the co-creation workshop held in Porto on 16-17 September 2021.

Description: This document is the second policy brief. It focuses on evidence and analysis of the emergence of values linked to culture in practical contexts. The document is submitted after two and half years of project’s lifetime. It is based mostly on the results of the investigation carried out in WP2 and the six deliverables produced in the framework of it1, as well as on the content of the co-creation workshop held in Porto on 16-17 September 2021.

Year of publication: 2022

Author: Antonella Fresa, Pietro Masi, Elisa Debernardi

Owner: UNCHARTED Consortium

Type of owner: EU-funded project

Keywords: Cultural participation in live arts and culture , Cultural participation through media, Cultural production and heritage management, Cultural administration, UNCHARTED project, value of culture

Application sectors:

Heritage communities and participatory approach
Application sectors

Heritage communities and participatory approach

D5.1 Selection of WP5 cases

Document type: Report and analysis

Abstract: This deliverable provides some preliminary overview on the cases and the upcoming activities for WP5.

Description: The deliverable is structured around the presentation of the axis-based selection criteria (Axis 1- Cultural strategic planning, Axis 2- Culture-led urban regeneration, Axis 3-Cultural information system) , and the descriptions of the main cases and the comparative cases based on the templates and provides some preliminary overview on the cases and the upcoming activities for WP5.

Year of publication: 2022

Author: Eszter György, Gábor Oláh, Gábor Sonkoly (coordinators). UNCHARTED consortium

Owner: UNCHARTED Consortium

Type of owner: EU-funded project

Keywords: Cultural participation in live arts and culture , Cultural participation through media, Cultural production and heritage management, Cultural administration, UNCHARTED project, value of culture

Application sectors:

Heritage communities and participatory approach
Application sectors

Heritage communities and participatory approach

Report on WP3 case studies

Document type: Report and analysis

Abstract: This deliverable presents and compares the WP3 topics of investigations.

Description: This deliverable presents and compares the WP3 topics of investigations: grammars of valuation and evaluation in cultural practices of consumption, practices of evaluation in cultural production and heritage management, the influence of public administration evaluation methodologies on cultural production and heritage management, the representations of cultural value in cultural information systems. For each topic, an introduction is provided first, outlining the focus and briefly introducing the case studies pairs. The Deliverable includes also insights on comparisons within and across topics.

Year of publication: 2021

Author: Prof. Luca Zan (Coordinator). UNCHARTED consortium

Owner: UNCHARTED consortium

Type of owner: EU-funded project

Keywords: Cultural participation in live arts and culture , Cultural participation through media, Cultural production and heritage management, Cultural administration, UNCHARTED project, value of culture

Application sectors:

Heritage communities and participatory approach
Application sectors

Heritage communities and participatory approach

Overview of the multiplicity of values of culture and its controversies

Document type: Report and analysis

Abstract: The deliverable embodies the concluding phase of the WP2 work and reflections based on the 26 case studies developed within the four research fields of UNCHARTED.

Description: The deliverable embodies the concluding phase of the WP2 work and reflections based on the 26 case studies developed within the four research fields of UNCHARTED.

Year of publication: 2021

Author: João Teixeira Lopes (Coordinator)

Owner: UNCHARTED Consortium

Type of owner: EU-funded project

Keywords: Cultural participation in live arts and culture , Cultural participation through media, Cultural production and heritage management, Cultural administration, UNCHARTED project, value of culture

Application sectors:

Heritage communities and participatory approach
Application sectors

Heritage communities and participatory approach

D2.6 Synthetic summary of the debates at the first workshop

Document type: Report and analysis

Abstract: The deliverable  summarizes the dialogue and contributions of the participants in the Workshop held in Porto each month 15.

Description: The deliverable  summarizes the dialogue and contributions of the participants in the Workshop held in Porto each month 15.

Year of publication: 2021

Author: João Teixeira Lopes (Coordinator); Sónia Apolinário; Lígia Ferro; Natália Azevedo; Catarina Figueiredo

Owner: UNCHARTED Consortium

Type of owner: EU-funded project

Keywords: Cultural participation in live arts and culture , Cultural participation through media, Cultural production and heritage management, Cultural administration, UNCHARTED project, value of culture

Application sectors:

Heritage communities and participatory approach
Application sectors

Heritage communities and participatory approach

D2.5 Mapping of the values of culture in cultural policy objectives

Document type: Report and analysis

Abstract: The deliverable examines values in European cultural policies by addressing a set of case studies corresponding to 20 national, regional, and local administrations. The case study analysis aims to identify the plurality of values of culture and their existing tensions within EU cultural administrations.

Description: The deliverable examines values in European cultural policies by addressing a set of case studies corresponding to 20 national, regional, and local administrations. The case study analysis aims to identify the plurality of values of culture and their existing tensions within EU cultural administrations.

Year of publication: 2021

Author: Arturo Rodríguez Morató, María José Andrade Suárez, Mariano Martín Zamorano, Uxío Novo Rey, Victoria Sánchez (UB); João Teixeira Lopes, Lígia Ferro, Natália Azevedo, Sónia Apolinário (UP)

Owner: UNCHARTED Consortium

Type of owner: EU-funded project

Keywords: Cultural participation in live arts and culture , Cultural participation through media, Cultural production and heritage management, Cultural administration, UNCHARTED project, value of culture

Application sectors:

Heritage communities and participatory approach
Application sectors

Heritage communities and participatory approach

D2.4 Report on the emergence of values in cultural production and heritage

Document type: Report and analysis

Abstract: This report explores the emergence of values linked to culture production and heritage management. The repertoire of guiding values and the value dynamics in this area depend on the diversity of cultural sectors and the perspective of actors. The investigation was carried out in such a way as to encompass the greates possible diversity of sectors that are characteristically different in terms of their repertoires and dynamics of value

Description: This report explores the emergence of values linked to culture production and heritage management. The repertoire of guiding values and the value dynamics in this area depend on the diversity of cultural sectors and the perspective of actors. The investigation was carried out in such a way as to encompass the greates possible diversity of sectors that are characteristically different in terms of their repertoires and dynamics of value

Year of publication: 2021

Author: Matías Zarlenga, Arturo Rodríguez Morató, Anna Clot Garrell, Ariadna Peralta Llado (UB); Luca Zan, Cristina Boari, Paolo Ferri, Marco Sottilotta, Simone Napolitano, Rebecca Levy Orelli, Andrea Carlo Loverso (UNIBO); Gábor Sonkoly, Eszter György, Gábor Oláh (ELTE).

Owner: UNCHARTED Consortium

Type of owner: EU-funded project

Keywords: Cultural participation in live arts and culture , Cultural participation through media, Cultural production and heritage management, Cultural administration, UNCHARTED project, value of culture

Application sectors:

Heritage communities and participatory approach
Application sectors

Heritage communities and participatory approach

D2.3 Report on the emergence of values in television and new media

Document type: Report and analysis

Abstract: This report explores the plurality of values attributed to digitally mediated cultural participation, notably, the participation in new media forms, exploring modes of remote cultural participation that are digitally mediated through live stream and teleconferencing platforms..

Description: This report explores the plurality of values attributed to digitally mediated cultural participation, notably, the participation in new media forms, exploring modes of remote cultural participation that are digitally mediated through live stream and teleconferencing platforms..

Year of publication: 2021

Author: Victoria D. Alexander, Oonagh Murphy, and Oliver Peterson Gilbert (Goldsmiths); Ola K. Berge, Åsne Dahl Haugsevje, Ole Marius Hylland(TRI)

Owner: UNCHARTED Consortium

Type of owner: EU-funded project

Keywords: Cultural participation in live arts and culture , Cultural participation through media, Cultural production and heritage management, Cultural administration, UNCHARTED project, value of culture

Application sectors:

Heritage communities and participatory approach
Application sectors

Heritage communities and participatory approach

D2.2 Report on the emergence of values in cultural participation and engagement

Document type: Report and analysis

Abstract: This research seeks to identify the plurality of social values of culture and the tensions, conflicts, and public controversies in the “valuation” of cultural participation in live arts and culture, as articulated by the practitioners themselves.

Description: This research seeks to identify the plurality of social values of culture and the tensions, conflicts, and public controversies in the “valuation” of cultural participation in live arts and culture, as articulated by the practitioners themselves.

Year of publication: 2021

Author: Claire Dedieu, Cláudia Pato de Carvalho, Emmanuel Negrier, Félix Dupin-Meynard, Nancy Duxbury, Paula Abreu, Sílvia Silva (CES-UC / CNRS)

Owner: UNCHARTED Consortium

Type of owner: EU-funded project

Keywords: Cultural participation in live arts and culture , Cultural participation through media, Cultural production and heritage management, Cultural administration, UNCHARTED project, value of culture

Application sectors:

Heritage communities and participatory approach
Application sectors

Heritage communities and participatory approach

D.2.1 Report on WP2 case studies

Document type: Report and analysis

Abstract: This Deliverable reports, to each of the four thematic areas (Cultural participation in live arts and culture , Cultural participation through media, Cultural production and heritage management, Cultural administration), the criteria mobilized to select the case studies within each Research Plan.

Description: This Deliverable reports, to each of the four thematic areas (Cultural participation in live arts and culture , Cultural participation through media, Cultural production and heritage management, Cultural administration), the criteria mobilized to select the case studies within each Research Plan.

Year of publication: 2021

Author: João Teixeira Lopes, Sónia Apolinário

Owner: UNCHARTED Consortium

Type of owner: EU-funded project

Keywords: Cultural participation in live arts and culture , Cultural participation through media, Cultural production and heritage management, Cultural administration, UNCHARTED project, value of culture

Application sectors:

Other Heritage communities and participatory approach
Application sectors

Other

Heritage communities and participatory approach

Understanding, Capturing and Fostering the Societal Value of Culture

Document type: Policy brief

Abstract: The present document is based on the results of the investigation carried out in WP1 and the six deliverables produced in the framework of it. This is the first policy brief of a series of three that the project aims to offer as ‘food for thought’ to policy makers who have a stake in formulating or influencing policies about valuing culture in all its forms.

Description: The present document is based on the results of the investigation carried out in WP1 and the six deliverables produced in the framework of it. This is the first policy brief of a series of three that the project aims to offer as ‘food for thought’ to policy makers who have a stake in formulating or influencing policies about valuing culture in all its forms.

Year of publication: 2021

Author: Antonella Fresa, Pietro Masi, Elisa Debernardi

Owner: UNCHARTED Consortium

Type of owner: EU-funded project

Keywords: UNCHARTED project, Values of culture, Urban regeneration, Globalisation, Digitization, Gender equality

Application sectors:

Cultural diplomacy and policy
Application sectors

Cultural diplomacy and policy

D1.6 Synthesis of theory, literature and existent data about factors configuring the values of culture in Europe

Document type: Report and analysis

Abstract: The report synthesises the previous exploration of the research literature and existing data on the factors and circumstances influencing the shaping of the values of culture in Europe. The work is organised taking into account the factors and circumstances analysed in previous deliverables: D1.1 Gender and rising diversity, D1.2 Urbanisation and spatial and social segregation, D.1.3 Globalisation and digitisation, D1.4 Neo-liberalism and D1.5 The European historical and political experience in relation with the promotion of cultural values

Description: The report synthesises the previous exploration of the research literature and existing data on the factors and circumstances influencing the shaping of the values of culture in Europe. The work is organised taking into account the factors and circumstances analysed in previous deliverables: D1.1 Gender and rising diversity, D1.2 Urbanisation and spatial and social segregation, D.1.3 Globalisation and digitisation, D1.4 Neo-liberalism and D1.5 The European historical and political experience in relation with the promotion of cultural values

Year of publication: 2021

Author: Matías Zarlenga

Owner: UNCHARTED Consortium

Type of owner: EU-funded project

Keywords: Values of culture, European cultural policies, Democracy, Identity, Well-being, Aesthetics, Economy, Sustainable development, UNCHARTED project, Neo-liberism, Cultural participation, Digitization,Globalization, Urban development, gender equality

Application sectors:

Cultural diplomacy and policy
Application sectors

Cultural diplomacy and policy

D1.5 Analysis of the European historical and political experience in acknowledging and promoting the values of culture

Document type: Report and analysis

Abstract: This paper questions the configurations in which European cultural policies attribute values to culture. It begins with a reflection on the meaning of value, then goes on to identify, through the analysis of a corpus of scientific articles, books and research reports as well as press articles, the numerous values identifiable in the history of cultural policies. We propose a principle of classification into 5 major families of values: democracy, identity, well-being, aesthetics and economy. Finally, we describe the dynamics of emergence and transformation of the values attributed to culture in historical configurations, through 3 examples: the valuation of heritage, the conflicts over the values of democracy, and the values underpinning the concept of sustainable development. Our exploratory research shows that values already present in the 20th century are becoming increasingly important in cultural policies, without taking precedence over values with which they can compete or, on the contrary, find a form of compatibility.

Description: The report questions the configurations in which European cultural policies attribute values to culture. It begins with a reflection on the meaning of value, then goes on to identify the numerous values identifiable in the history of cultural policies. A principle of classification into 5 major families of values is proposed: democracy, identity, well-being, aesthetics and economy. Finally, the report describes the dynamics of emergence and transformation of the values attributed to culture in historical configurations, through 3 examples: the valuation of heritage, the conflicts over the values of democracy, and the values underpinning the concept of sustainable development.

Year of publication: 2020

Author: Claire Dedieu, Félix Dupin-Meynard, Eszter György, Emmanuel Négrier, Gábor Oláh, Gábor Sonkoly

Owner: UNCHARTED Consortium

Type of owner: EU-funded project

Keywords: Values of culture, European cultural policies, Democracy, Identity, Well-being, Aesthetics, Economy, Sustainable development, UNCHARTED project

Application sectors:

Cultural diplomacy and policy
Application sectors

Cultural diplomacy and policy

D1.4 Analysis of the influence of neo-liberalism in the configuration of the values of culture

Document type: Report and analysis

Abstract: The report considers the relationship between the centrality of neoliberal, or market-based, logics and the prioritisation of instrumental cultural values in the cultural fields of thirty European countries. Through an analytical coding of the Council of Europe’s Compendium of Cultural Policies and Cultural Trends (2020), the report identifies the relative deployment of civic and politico-economic cultural values across Alexander and Peterson Gilbert’s Resistant, Emergent, Established, and Dominant (REED) typology of European neoliberal cultural policy regimes. A broad correlation between the centrality of market-based logics in cultural policy and the relative importance of civic and politico-economic cultural values is recognised, although this varies in regard to the specific cultural value. Positioning the instrumental cultural values in relation to Eurostat cultural expenditure and participation datasets illustrates that the deployment of civic and politicoe-conomic cultural values increases with greater cultural participation but declines with increased expenditure on culture as a percentage of total government spending.

Description: The report considers the relationship between the centrality of neoliberal, or market-based, logics and the prioritisation of instrumental cultural values in the cultural fields of thirty European countries. Through an analytical coding of the Council of Europe’s Compendium of Cultural Policies and Cultural Trends (2020), the report identifies the relative deployment of civic and politico-economic cultural values across Alexander and Peterson Gilbert’s Resistant, Emergent, Established, and Dominant (REED) typology of European neoliberal cultural policy regimes. A broad correlation between the centrality of market-based logics in cultural policy and the relative importance of civic and politico-economic cultural values is recognised, although this varies in regard to the specific cultural value. Positioning the instrumental cultural values in relation to Eurostat cultural expenditure and participation datasets illustrates that the deployment of civic and politicoe-conomic cultural values increases with greater cultural participation but declines with increased expenditure on culture as a percentage of total government spending.

Year of publication: 2020

Author: Victoria D. Alexander, Oliver Peterson Gilbert

Owner: UNCHARTED Consortium

Type of owner: EU-funded project

Keywords: Neo-liberism, Configuration of the values of culture, Cultural policy, UNCHARTED project

Application sectors:

Cultural diplomacy and policy
Application sectors

Cultural diplomacy and policy

D1.3 Analysis of the influence of globalization and digitization in the configuration of the values of culture

Document type: Report and analysis

Abstract: The report provides a review of values of culture relating to cultural administration, production and participation. The main strands of identified values are within the categories of: i) access – concerned with mere access as an end value, but also with access being seen as a tool for i.a. inclusion, cultural democracy and democratization -,ii) engagement and identification – finding that participation and diversity are core values that might lead to e.g. empowerment or identification -, and iii) production/performance. In general, the investigators find increasingly more critical views on the potential values of digitization in more contemporary research, especially in the categories of Access and Production/Performance.

Description: The report provides a review of values of culture relating to cultural administration, production and participation. The main strands of identified values are within the categories of: i) access – concerned with mere access as an end value, but also with access being seen as a tool for i.a. inclusion, cultural democracy and democratization -,ii) engagement and identification – finding that participation and diversity are core values that might lead to e.g. empowerment or identification -, and iii) production/performance. In general, the investigators find increasingly more critical views on the potential values of digitization in more contemporary research, especially in the categories of Access and Production/Performance.

Year of publication: 2020

Author: Ole Marius Hylland, Åsne Dahl Haugsevje and Ola K. Berge, Clara Lévy and Alain Quemin

Owner: UNCHARTED Consortium

Type of owner: EU-funded project

Keywords: Cultural participation, Cultural production, Cultural administration, Democratization, Cultural engagement, Digitization, Globalization, Configuration of the values of culture, UNCHARTED project

Application sectors:

Heritage communities and participatory approach Enabling digital technologies for CH
Application sectors

Heritage communities and participatory approach

Enabling digital technologies for CH

D1.2 Analysis of the influence of urbanisation and social and spatial segregation in cities in the configuration of the values of culture

Document type: Report and analysis

Abstract: The report takes into account the major paradigm changes in the recent urban development by focusing on the social processes of gentrification, touristification and segregation, and its consequences on urban heritage preservation. The adopted analytical perspective focuses on general values, practices and policies in the worlds of culture. Some important indicators of urbanism and tourism are presented, followed by a final discussion on urban heritage in European cities.

Description: The report takes into account the major paradigm changes in the recent urban development by focusing on the social processes of gentrification, touristification and segregation, and its consequences on urban heritage preservation. The adopted analytical perspective focuses on general values, practices and policies in the worlds of culture. Some important indicators of urbanism and tourism are presented, followed by a final discussion on urban heritage in European cities.

Year of publication: 2020

Author: Eszter György, Gábor Oláh, João Teixeira Lopes, Sónia Apolinário, Lígia Ferro, Natália Azevedo

Owner: UNCHARTED Consortium

Type of owner: EU-funded project

Keywords: Urban development, Urban heritage preservation, Cultural policies, Urbanisation, Configuration of the values of culture, Social segregation, UNCHARTED project

Application sectors:

Heritage-led urban regeneration and adaptive reuse Nature Based Solutions for Rural and Urban CH Tourism economy and impacts
Application sectors

Heritage-led urban regeneration and adaptive reuse

Nature Based Solutions for Rural and Urban CH

Tourism economy and impacts

D1.1. Analysis of the influence of gender and rising diversity in the configuration of the values of culture

Document type: Report and analysis

Abstract: The report has a double purpose. Firstly, it seeks to identify the factors that led the rising diversity and increasing gender equality in European societies in recent times. Secondly, it aims to analyze how these factors impact on the shaping of values of culture in three specific areas: institutionalized culture, cultural administrations and cultural policies, and citizen culture. The report analyzes the factors that contribute to the growth of diversity and gender equity, taking into account short- and long-term socio historical factors and the related social movements. Finally, the report points out how the positive value of diversity is reflected in the different configurations of cultural administration and in the orientations of cultural policies in a significant sample of European countries, representative of the different existing diversity profiles: UK, France, Germany, Spain and Bulgaria.

Description: This deliverable reports about the results of the exploration, systematic review and analysis of the research literature and existing data on the influence of gender and diversity in the configuration of the values of culture.

Year of publication: 2020

Author: Arturo Rodríguez Morató, Matías Zarlenga

Owner: UNCHARTED Consortium

Type of owner: EU-funded project

Keywords: values of culture, gender equality, UNCHARTED project

Application sectors:

Other