scholarly journals Belgrade as European Capital of Culture: Conceptual conjunction

Spatium ◽  
2012 ◽  
pp. 26-30
Author(s):  
Ivana Volic ◽  
Luka Bajic ◽  
Bojana Radenkovic-Sosic
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Policy ◽  
Urban Policy ◽  
Participatory Planning ◽  
Cultural Development ◽  
Local Identity ◽  
Cultural Center ◽  
Cultural Planning ◽  
European Capital Of Culture ◽  
Europe 2020 ◽  
The City

The paper treated the question of cultural policy in the context of Belgrade event ?European Capital of Culture? (ECOC). In accordance with the current nomination for the title of cultural capital of Europe 2020 there are frequent media and political statements about contribution to the socio-economic development of the city and its positioning as an international cultural center. Also, it is assumed that this project can be a strategic tool in creating a new model of cultural policy of the city, with regard to the proposed objectives which coincide with the primary aims of his cultural development. Taking into account studies that represent the effects of the event ?European Capital of Culture? in cities that carried the title in previous years, the paper seeks to highlight the perceived problems and to propose a possible solution in the form of ?cultural planning? which represents holistic and flexible understanding of cultural and urban policy. Such an understanding encompasses the sphere of art, economic, political, social, educational and environmental sphere of the city and seeks a sustainable and comprehensive model based on local identity and character of the city, based on the participatory planning.

scholarly journals Intra-urban connectedness, policy mobilities and creative city-making: national conservatism vs. urban (neo)liberalism

2020 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 246-258 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Borén ◽  
Patrycja Grzyś ◽  
Craig Young
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Cultural Policy ◽  
Urban Policy ◽  
Creative Economy ◽  
Creative City ◽  
Local Stakeholders ◽  
Policy Mobilities ◽  
The City

This article aims to advance the literature on policy mobility by decentring the primacy of mobility itself and focusing on understanding what cities do in order to ‘arrive at’ localized versions of urban policy in relation to globally circulating ideas around creativity. The paper explores the performance of a particular local ‘creative economy’ in terms of institutional and strategic adjustments, key drivers and individuals and events, and the role of long-term local, national and international influences on ‘creative cityness’. It does this through an analysis of cultural and creativity policy and local stakeholders in the cultural policy scene in Gdańsk, Poland, focusing on the local performative aspects of mobile policies and arguing the need to understand the formation of a ‘common local project’ as a form of intra-urban connectedness alongside inter-urban connectedness. The paper extends the range of contexts in which the ‘creative city’ has been analysed to include post-socialist, post-European Union accession Central and Eastern Europe, thus making an original contribution by studying these issues in the context of the complex multi-scalar relations between the city, national government and the supranational European Union and the ideological conflict between national authoritarian neoliberalism and urban and supranational scale (neo-)liberalism.

Urban sculpture and cultural code of Volgograd in the context of branding the territory

2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 89-97
Author(s):  
Антон Шипицин ◽  
Anton Shipitsin
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Policy ◽  
Field Studies ◽  
Common Denominator ◽  
Local Identity ◽  
Art Objects ◽  
Cultural Code ◽  
Social Advertising ◽  
The City ◽  
Real Assets

The sculpture and monuments of Volgograd are discussed in the article as cultural and symbolic objects expressing the local identity and the defining image of the city, and also as resources for branding areas. Field studies and analysis of publications in print and electronic media showed that in the period from 2006 to 2016. in Volgograd, it was installed about 50 different sculptural forms and art objects – sculptures, memorials, monuments, small architectural forms. The author carried out a content analysis of the sculptural text and made the classification of monuments installed over the last 10 years. There were identified dominant themes and motifs, proving the irreducibility of the identity of Volgograd to a common denominator with a predominance of heroic discourse of the Soviet past. Specific examples show that the development of object environment of Volgograd clarifies three main trends: the assertion of the identity of the city-hero, stream professional-corporate symbols, representation of the images of the pre-Soviet past, first of all, an appeal to the history and culture of Tsaritsyn. The empirical material of Volgograd highlights the key functions of modern urban sculptures and monuments: monumental, memorial, axiological, aesthetic, social, advertising, entertainment, cultural and educational. It’s stated that creation and promotion of a positive image of Volgograd as a modern city of cultural innovations is difficult in the absence of a developed strategy of cultural policy aimed at the use of intelligent, creative, real assets and the search for alterna- tive symbolic models.

scholarly journals Planificare participativă pentru Dâmbovița

2018 ◽  
pp. 219-238
Author(s):  
Radu-Matei Cocheci ◽  
◽  
Vera Marin ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Public Space ◽  
Action Plan ◽  
Participatory Planning ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
Car Traffic ◽  
European Capital Of Culture ◽  
Natural Element ◽  
Planning Processes ◽  
The 19Th Century ◽  
The City

The Dâmboviţa River was one of the key factors for the emergence of the city of Bucharest. However, with the hydro-technical works at the end of the 19th century, the successive stages of turning a river into a more artificial than natural element began. Now, Dâmboviţa and the boulevard along it are an axis designed almost exclusively for car traffic. Initiatives in recent years (including Bucharest’s application for the European Capital of Culture competition for 2021) aimed to change the perception of the inhabitants of the Dâmboviţa River. At the same time, a series of projects have been recently developed along the river, having different stages of maturity or even implementation, thus revealing the importance of the river’s axis in the evolution of Bucharest. The article analyses two examples of reconfiguration of public space in Europe’s watercourses (in the cities of Poznan and Lyon), highlighting elements of planning processes which could be adapted to Bucharest’s case. In this context, we propose the collection, in an online database, of the projects and of the specific transformation initiatives around the river, as well as the organization of professional debates aiming to formulate, in a participatory way, an action plan regarding the way in which this transformation could be made. This article is the result of a process of preparation for a process of participatory planning. We believe that the Dâmboviţa axis could be both a green corridor and a red thread through the city that could link places for culture to economic development spaces, through highquality public spaces.

scholarly journals Challenges of the Cultural Policies as a Sustainable Development Engine: Example of a Good Policy / City of Pancevo

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-58
Author(s):  
Bojana Subasic ◽  
Bogdana Opacic
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Policy Development ◽  
Cultural Policy ◽  
Local Development ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Good Practice ◽  
National Level ◽  
Cultural Development ◽  
The Republic ◽  
The City

Abstract Reforming cultural policy in Serbia comes into a focus after year 2000. With delegating jurisdiction on the local cultural systems, because one of the ideas is that local government and experts can recognize needs, potential and capacities for local development more clearly and comprehensively. This work deals with the challenges of cultural policy as initiators of sustainable development, where the City of Pancevo has been selected as an example of a good practice. The first part of the text deals with challenges of cultural policy on national level. When it comes to cultural policy development on the Republic level, one can say that participants in culture in Serbia contribute to improving culture every year. However, for more successful cultural policy it is necessary to approach cultural policy challenges in service of sustainable development. Ranking all challenges leads to a conclusion that it is necessary to solve problems such as financing of the institutions, lack of a strategic thinking and insufficient inter-sector, inter -department and international cooperation. The second part of the text is dedicated to the City of Pancevo, as an example of a good practice in cultural policy and sustainable development domain. During 2013. with the support of the IPA fund cross-border cooperation program, the City of Pancevo accomplished Poles of Culture project. Within that project the Center for Study in Cultural Development conducted a research of cultural needs and habits of citizens of Pancevo, cultural institutions and citizen associations within culture. The third part of the text deals with the research results of cultural needs and habits of Pancevo citizens. They represent guidelines for improving the city cultural policy. The fourth part of the text is dedicated to the cultural policy on the local level and recommendations for cultural policy improvement has been given based on the example of the City of Pancevo.

scholarly journals PROJETO URBANO E PLANEJAMENTO PARTICIPATIVO: conexões e desconexões na reconstrução e recuperação ambiental de Lajedinho/BA

2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 226
Author(s):  
Liana Viveiros Oliveira ◽  
Aparecida Netto Teixeira ◽  
Marília Moreira Cavalcante
Keyword(s):  
Urban Design ◽  
Urban Policy ◽  
Participatory Planning ◽  
Right To The City ◽  
Master Plan ◽  
Urban Project ◽  
The Right ◽  
High Level ◽  
The City ◽  
Partial Destruction

O artigo discute uma experiência associada de projeto urbano e planejamento participativo ocorrida em Lajedinho/BA, cidade com elevado nível de ruralização onde, em 2013, ocorreu uma grave enchente, com vítimas fatais e destruição parcial da cidade. Com aportes teóricos sobre o plano e o projeto e, considerando as bases jurídicas e programáticas da política urbana brasileira, analisa a relação entre projeto e plano na formulação de uma agenda pactuada e socialmente legitimada para as cidades, identificando tensões reveladoras de limites e também de potenciais de articulação e interação. Os resultados mostram o quanto a desconexão entre os instrumentos pode acentuar os problemas urbanos e socioambientais que pretendem solucionar e apontam para a possibilidade de ressignificar o plano diretor e o projeto urbano, atribuindo sentidos e significados na perspectiva do direito à cidade.Palavras-chave: Projeto urbano. Plano diretor. Direito à cidade. Lajedinho.URBAN DESIGN AND PARTICIPATORY PLANNING: Connections and Disconnections in Lajedinho´s Reconstruction and  Environmental RecoveryAbstractThis paper discusses an experience of urban design and participatory planning that took place at Lajedinho/BA, city with a high level of ruralization where, in 2013, a severe flood occurred, with fatalities and partial destruction of the city.With theoretical contributions concerning project and planning, and, considering the legal and programmatic basis of brazilian urban policy, the relation between them is analyzed in formulation of a pactual and socially legitimized agenda forthe cities, identifying tensions revealing boundaries and also of articulation and interaction potentials. The results show how much the disconnect between the instruments can accentuate the urban and socio-environmental problems both of them intend to solve and point to the possibility of reframing the master plan and the urban project, attributing meanings from the perspective of the right to the city.Keywords: Urban design. Master plan. Right to the city. Lajedinho.

Contemporary Architecture of the Periphery

2021 ◽  
pp. 321-335
Author(s):  
Fabian Andrés Llano ◽  
Oscar Mauricio Pérez ◽  
Mireya Barón Pulido
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Models ◽  
Cultural Development ◽  
Policy Framework ◽  
Cultural Center ◽  
Design And Implementation ◽  
The Social ◽  
Contemporary Architecture ◽  
The City ◽  
Habitat Development ◽  
Peripheral Regions

This chapter analyzes of two types of social and cultural development in the context of peripheral regions. The projects analyze a library, Biblioteca España (2007-2015), and a cultural center, La Casa de La Lluvia (2013-present). The library was designed by El Equipo Mazzanti, a design firm, as part of the social urbanism policy framework that characterized the city of Medellin between 2004 to 2007. The cultural center was built by Arquitectura Expandida, a design collective that has been in operation since 2010 and whose headquarters is located in the city of Bogota. This analysis is unique in how it applies a sociological analysis to two architectural projects. It also seeks to demonstrate how two cultural models of habitat development that seem to be incompatible, in regard to their design and implementation, share a common goal: attain the social wellbeing of the communities living in peripheral regions.

From Calatrava to the ‘Concha Piquer’ effect: policy change, unintended impacts of the ‘creative city’, and factors leading to cultural management inertia in València

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (0) ◽  
pp. 1-24
Author(s):  
Joaquim Rius-Ulldemolins ◽  
Ricardo Klein ◽  
Verònica Gisbert ◽  
Carles Vera ◽  
Eva María Jiménez
Keyword(s):  
Local Governments ◽  
Cultural Policy ◽  
Urban Policy ◽  
City Planning ◽  
Political Competition ◽  
Internal Factors ◽  
Cultural Planning ◽  
Cultural Management ◽  
Cultural Policies ◽  
Creative City

In several cases the ‘Calatrava effect’, a deformation of the model of the ‘creative city’, has failed and the resulting effects have been perverse. In 2015, amid the collapse of this urban, cultural and socially segregating and elitist model, new local governments emerged that proposed a radical U-turn in terms of cultural and urban policy. However, in València, external factors (such as the conditioning resulting from long years of elitist and clientelist cultural policies) and internal factors (such as internal political competition between parties) have generated the ‘Concha Piquer effect’: the paralysis of democratising cultural planning and the permanence of an elitist instrumentalisation of culture. Some factors can be found in other European contexts that could help explain the relative continuity of the creative-city planning model in València, despite its challenges and limitations to democratisation and social participation in cultural policy.

Developing a Local Cultural Indicator Framework in Australia: A Case Study of the City of Whittlesea

2011 ◽  
pp. 133-149 ◽  
Author(s):  
Audrey Yue ◽  
Rimi Khan ◽  
Scott Brook
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Cultural Development ◽  
Theoretical Research ◽  
Cultural Participation ◽  
Cultural Planning ◽  
Indicator Framework ◽  
Cultural Indicator ◽  
The City

This paper critically examines the cultural planning agenda of the City of Whittlesea, a local government municipality in Australia, and considers its impact on the region‟s multicultural communities. Located on the metropolitan fringe, the City is geographically one of the largest and most diverse municipalities in greater Melbourne, with more than half of the residents from non-Anglo-Celtic backgrounds. First, the paper shows how sustainability is achieved through a structure of inter-departmental collaboration as well as in a cultural planning focus on community cultural development. Next, it examines how sustainability is implemented in its policies and programs through the development of cultural citizenship. Finally, it evaluates two community events to consider the extent of cultural participation. Combining empirical data and theoretical research, this paper aims to produce a working model for developing local cultural indicators to measure the cultural participation of non-Anglo Celtic communities. Specifically, this paper hopes to establish cultural indicators with direct policy relevance for local government, and incorporate a detailed consideration of the „use-context‟ of the cultural indicators in the City in order to provide a template for best practice at municipal program levels. A localized cultural indicator framework will enable robust tools of measurement to account for thick narratives of multicultural participation that can continue to enhance well-being, place making, and belonging.

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