European inventory of
societal values of culture

CULTURAL DEMOCRACY

The concept ‘cultural democracy’ (or ‘cultural pluralism’) was formulated for the first time in the now already classic work of Augustin Girard and Geneviève Gentil ‘Cultural development: experiences and policies’, published in 1972. According to Matarasso and Landry (1999), this concept has its roots in several 19th-century cultural movements as well as inter-war initiatives in working communities. But the blurring of boundaries between elite and popular culture in the 1960s and, in particular, the activities of the counter-cultural movements in this period played a crucial role in its establishment.

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Hunter, Micklem & Ikin - Cultural Democracy in Practice

Hunter, J., Micklem, D. & Ikin, E. (2018) Cultural Democracy in Practice. Arts Council England

Hadley & Belfiore - Cultural democracy and cultural policy

Hadley, S. and Belfiore, E. (2018) Cultural democracy and cultural policy. Cultural Trends 27(3): 218-223.

Owen - Cultural Democracy Now

Owen, K.  (2022). Cultural Democracy Now: What It Means and Why We Need It. Routledge. ISBN 9781032057842 

Graves - Cultural Democracy

Graves, J. B. (2005). Cultural Democracy: The Arts, Community, and the Public Purpose. University of Illinois Press.ISBN 978-0-252-07208-6

François Matarasso - Culture, meaning, diversity and democracy

François Matarasso - Culture, meaning, diversity and democracy

Steven Hadley - Cultural Democracy

Steven Hadley - Cultural Democracy

Sophie Hope talks to Owen Kelly - Cultural Democracy Now: a conversation

Sophie Hope talks to Owen Kelly - Cultural Democracy Now: a conversation

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.

Petrović – Forty years of alternative culture in Zurich: The case of the Red Factory

Petrović, V. (2023). Forty years of alternative culture in Zurich: The case of the Red Factory