European inventory of
societal values of culture

ACCESS TO CULTURE

Access to culture is a human right. Article 27 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948) states that “Everyone has the right freely to participate in the cultural life of the community, to enjoy the arts and to share in scientific advancement and its benefits”. This right was also indicated in Article 15 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (1966/1976).

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Brook, O’Brien & Taylor - Culture is bad for you

Brook, O., O’Brien, D., & Taylor, M. (2020). Culture is bad for you. Manchester University Press. ISBN 978-1-5261-4416-4

Daenekindt - Out of tune

Daenekindt, S. (2019). Out of tune: How people understand social exclusion at concerts. Poetics, 74: 101341.

Mak, Coulter & Fancourt - Patterns of social inequality in arts and cultural participation

Mak HW, Coulter R & Fancourt D. (‎2020)‎. Patterns of social inequality in arts and cultural participation: findings from a nationally representative sample of adults living in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Public Health Panorama, 6 (‎1)‎: 55-68. World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe.

Mark Taylor - Culture is bad for you: Inequality in the Cultural and Creative Industries

Mark Taylor - Culture is bad for you: Inequality in the Cultural and Creative Industries

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.

Pasikowska-Schnass - Access to culture in the European Union

European Parliament, Directorate-General for Parliamentary Research Services, Pasikowska-Schnass, M. (2018). Access to culture in the European Union: in-depth analysis. European Parliament.

Civil Society Platform on Access to Culture - Policy Guidelines

Civil Society Platform on Access to Culture. (2009). Policy Guidelines.

Laaksonen - Making culture accessible

Laaksonen, A. (2010). Making culture accessible - Access, participation and cultural provision in the context of cultural rights in Europe. Council of Europe. ISBN 978-92-871-6729-3

Access to culture - Policy Analysis

Access to culture (2013). Policy Analysis: Final Report.

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.

Bonnet – The MAC VAL: A museum of contemporary art in the suburbs

Bonnet, P. (2023). The MAC VAL: A museum of contemporary art in the suburbs

Tomka – Spaces for culture at urban peripheries: The case of culture stations and Novi Sad European Capital of Culture 2022

Tomka, G. (2023). Spaces for culture at urban peripheries: The case of culture stations and Novi Sad European Capital of Culture 2022

» NEW! » Council of Europe - Involving citizens and communities in securing societal progress for the well-being of all

Council of Europe. (2011). Involving citizens and communities in securing societal progress for the well-being of all. ISBN 978-92-871-6888-7

» NEW! » Durrer et al. (eds.) - Cultural Policy is Local

  Victoria Durrer, Abigail Gilmore, Leila Jancovich & David Stevenson (eds.) (2023). Cultural Policy is Local: Understanding Cultural Policy as Situated Practice. Palgrave Macmillan Cham. ISBN 978-3-031-32311-9

» 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