European inventory of
societal values of culture

Multiple notions of culture

UNESCO’s famous definition of culture states that culture refers to ‘the set of distinctive spiritual, material, intellectual and emotional features of society or a social group, that encompasses not only art and literature, but lifestyles, ways of living together, value systems, traditions, and beliefs’. While this definition is very broad, it is by no means exhaustive or final. The definition and meaning of culture have been debated for at least two hundred years, but the concept is still characterised by a variety of understandings around which there is no clear consensus.

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Johan Fornäs - Defending Culture: Conceptual Foundations and Contemporary Debate

Fornäs, J. (2017). Defending Culture: Conceptual Foundations and Contemporary Debate, Cham: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN: 978-3-319-86256-9

Gray - Ambiguity and Cultural Policy

Gray, C. (2015) Ambiguity and Cultural Policy. Nordisk Kulturpolitisk Tidsskrift, 18(1): 66-80.

INVENT Team - What does culture mean to Europeans?

Purhonen, S., Sirkka, O., Sivonen, S., Heikkilä, R., Janssen, S. & Verboord, M. (2022)  What does culture mean to Europeans? D3.1 Report on the diverse notions of culture

THE EUROPEANS, CULTURE AND CULTURAL VALUES: QUALITATIVE STUDY IN 27 EUROPEAN COUNTRIES

Optem (2006) THE EUROPEANS, CULTURE AND CULTURAL VALUES: QUALITATIVE STUDY IN 27 EUROPEAN COUNTRIES. EUROPEAN COMMISSION – Directorate-General for Education and Culture.

Craik, McAlister & Davis - Paradoxes and contradictions in government approaches to contemporary cultural policy

Craik, J., McAllister, L., & Davis, G. (2003) Paradoxes and contradictions in government approaches to contemporary cultural policy: An Australian perspective. International Journal of Cultural Policy, 9(1): 17-33.

Bennett - Culture

Bennett, T. (2005). Culture. In T. Bennett, L. Grossberg & M. Morris (Eds.), New keywords: A revised vocabulary of culture and society (pp. 63–69). Blackwell.

Shweder & Beldo - Culture

Shweder, R.A., & Beldo, L. (2015). Culture: Contemporary views. In J.D. Wright (Ed.), International Encyclopedia of Social and Behavioral Sciences 2nd ed. (582–589). Elsevier. 

Yúdice - The expediency of culture

Yúdice, G. (2003) The expediency of culture: Uses of culture in the global era. Duke University Press. ISBN 978-0-8223-3168-1; 978-0-8223-3180-3; eISBN 978-0-8223-8537-0

Lizardo - Improving cultural analysis

Lizardo, O. (2017). Improving cultural analysis: Considering personal culture in its declarative and nondeclarative modes. American Sociological Review, 82(1): 88–115.

Mohr et al. - Measuring culture

Mohr, J.W. et al. (2020). Measuring culture. Columbia University Press. ISBN 9780231180290; 9780231180283; eISBN 9780231542586

Tony Bennet interview

Tony Bennet interview

George Yúdice interview

George Yúdice interview

Working Group on Better access to and wider participation in culture - Policies and good practices in the public arts and in cultural institutions to promote better access to and wider participation in culture

Working Group on Better access to and wider participation in culture. (2012). Policies and good practices in the public arts and in cultural institutions to promote better access to and wider participation in culture. European Union Open Method of Coordination - EUROPEAN AGENDA FOR CULTURE WORK PLAN FOR CULTURE 2011-2014.

ipbes - Policy Instruments

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Ministry of Education Finland - Strategy for Cultural Policy

Ministry of Education Finland (2009). Strategy for Cultural Policy. Publications of the Ministry of Education, Finland 2009:45

Hylland - Negative Cultural Policy

Hylland, O.M. (2020). Negative Cultural Policy: Tools, Elements and Analytical Potential. Nordisk kulturpolitisk tidsskrift, 23 (2): 143-158.

Mercer - Towards Cultural Citizenship: Tools for Cultural Policy and Development

Mercer, C. (2002). Towards Cultural Citizenship: Tools for Cultural Policy and Development. The Bank of Sweden Tercentenary Foundation & Gidlunds Förlag.

Dunn, Wright, Burnill-Maier & Gray - How to … shape cultural policy through research

Dunn, B.,  Wright, J., Burnill-Maier, Cl & Gray, K. (2022). How to … shape cultural policy through research. DCMS & Centre for Cultural Value.

Teaiwa - Implementing, Monitoring and Evaluating Cultural Policies

Teaiwa, K.M. (2012). Implementing, Monitoring and Evaluating Cultural Policies: A Pacific Toolkit. Secretariat of the Pacific Community, Suva, Fiji.

Ertürk - Local Cultural Policies Handbook

Ertürk, E. (ed.) (2011). Local Cultural Policies Handbook – Steps, Tools and Case studies. ISBN 978-605-399-191-5

Kulturanalys Norden - Cultural policy in the Nordic welfare states

Kulturanalys Norden (2022). Cultural policy in the Nordic welfare states: aims and functions of public funding for culture. Nordisk kulturfakta 2022:01. Nordic Council of Ministers. 

Coalition française pour la diversité culturelle - Cultural policies in France

Coalition française pour la diversité culturelle (2008). Cultural policies in France.

Mucica - CULTURAL LEGISLATION

Mucica, D. (2003) CULTURAL LEGISLATION: WHY? HOW? WHAT?. Council of Europe, Cultural Policy and Action Department Directorate General IV – Education, Culture and Heritage, Youth and Sport.

Cultural Access and Participation - from Indicators to Policies for Democracy

Luciani, C. (ed) (2012) Cultural Access and Participation - from Indicators to Policies for Democracy. Helsinki. 

Unesco Institute for Statistics - The 2009 UNESCO Framework for Cultural Statistics (FCS)

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Deroin - European statistical Works on Culture ESSnet-Culture

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INVENT conference Barcelona

Arroyo, C. & S. Albertí (May 2023). INVENT conference Barcelona

Culture Below The Surface: The Cultural Iceberg Analogy

Karels, A., Holla, S. & C. Arroyo  (2023, September). Culture Below The Surface: The Cultural Iceberg Analogy – INVENT Culture

Cvetičanin, Petrić & Koludrović - Towards a social turn in cultural policy: A policymaker’s guidebook

Cvetičanin, P.,  M. Petrić & I. Tomić Koludrović (2023). Towards a social turn in cultural policy: A policymaker’s guidebook. INVENT publication.

INVENT Newsletter I (2021)

Janssen, S., (Ed.) (2021). INVENT Newsletter I.

INVENT Newsletter II (2022)

Holla, S., Karels, A., & Janssen, S. (Eds.). (2022). INVENT Newsletter II.

INVENT Newsletter III (2023)

Karels, A., Janssen, S., & Holla, S. (Eds.). (2023). INVENT Newsletter III.

INVENT Policy Brief I

Janssen, S., Katz-Gerro, T., Rössel, J., Cvetičanin, P.  & M. Verboord (2021). INVENT Policy Brief I. 16 pages.

Holla & Janssen – Cultuur in turbulente tijden. Online petities en burger initiatieven tijdens Corona

Holla, S. & Janssen, S. (2022). Cultuur in turbulente tijden. Online petities en burger initiatieven tijdens Corona [Online petitions and citizens initiatives during Corona]. In: J.J. Knol & A. Nuchelmans (Eds.), De waarde van cultuur na Corona [The value of culture post Corona].  Amsterdam: Boekmanstichting, pp. 30-36.

Janssen & Verboord – ‘Cultuur van en voor iedereen’? Culturele diversiteit en cultuurparticipatie in de migratiesamenleving

Janssen, S. & Verboord, M. (2022). ‘Cultuur van en voor iedereen’? Culturele diversiteit en cultuurparticipatie in de migratiesamenleving [Culture from and for everyone? Cultural diversity and cultural participation in the Migration]. In: R. Kleinhans, M. van Ostaijen & K. Seibel (Eds.), De Migratiesamenleving [The Migration Society]  (pp. 101-118). Boom Publishers.

Heikkilä & Sirkka – Tolerants versus traditionalists

Heikkilä, R. & O. Sirkka (2023) Tolerants versus traditionalists: Making sense of online conversations on the new Finnish flagship library Oodi. International Journal of Cultural Policy. Online first 13 November 2023.

Purhonen, Verboord, Sirkka, Kristensen & Janssen – Definitely (not) belonging to culture

Purhonen, S., Verboord, M., Sirkka, O., Kristensen, N., & S. Janssen (2023). Definitely (not) belonging to culture: Europeans’ evaluations of the contents and limits of culture. Poetics. Journal of Empirical Research on Culture, the Media and the Arts. Online first 2 November 2023.

Verboord & Kristensen – EU cultural policy and audience perspectives

Verboord, M. & N.N. Kristensen (2020). EU cultural policy and audience perspectives: how cultural value orientations are related to media usage and country context. International Journal of Cultural Policy Research, 27 (4), 528-543.

Astor – Cordoba’s Mosque-Cathedral as contested cultural heritage. To whom does “world heritage” belong?

Astor, A. (2023) Cordoba’s Mosque-Cathedral as contested cultural heritage. To whom does “world heritage” belong?

Astor – Mass tourism, public space, and the regulation of street performance in Barcelona

Astor, A. (2023). Mass tourism, public space, and the regulation of street performance in Barcelona

» NEW! » Woddis - Acting on Cultural Policy

Jane Woddis. (2023). Acting on Cultural Policy: Arts Practitioners, Policy-Making and Civil Society. Palgrave Macmillan Cham. ISBN 978-3-031-11161-7