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https://doi.org/10.31297/hkju.18.1.4
A Set of Indicators of Interculturalism in Local Cultural Policies: A Study of Three Croatian Candidates for rhe European Capital of Culture
Desirée Campagna
orcid.org/0000-0002-6841-4707
; PhD Candidate in “Human Rights, Society and Multi-Level Governance”, University of Padua, Italy
Daniela Angelina Jelinčić
orcid.org/0000-0001-9140-8498
; PhD, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Development and International Relations, Zagreb, Croatia
Sažetak
While they have been increasingly debated, the differences and implications of multiculturalism and interculturalism for cultural policies at city level have been poorly studied. The Intercultural Cities Index, promoted by the Council of Europe, includes just a few aspects of cultural policies in the intercultural lens dimension. In the light of this gap, this paper proposes a more comprehensive set of indicators to evaluate interculturalism in local cultural policies. The indicators are designed according to an analytical scheme that considers how two possible approaches to cultural diversity (multicultural and intercultural) are embedded in three dimensions of local cultural policies (discourse, governance and cultural contents). Because they focus more on the explicit dimension of cultural policies, dealing with cultural heritage and consecrated forms of artistic expression, the proposed indicators could also be extendable to the implicit definition of culture intended as a way of life. The 12 proposed indicators are applied to conduct a comparative analysis of the degree of interculturalism attained in three Croatian
cities (Rijeka, Osijek, and Pula) as they underwent the process of candidature to become European Capitals of Culture. This European programme serves as comparative ground to study the changes of a city’s cultural policies under the same conditions and pressures. First, the study of these cities emphasizes the strict interrelation between the different dimensions of local cultural policies. Even if it is strongly present in the discourse dimension, interculturalism has not been fully attained without a governance aspect that promotes the creation of shared cultural contents. Second, the results evidence the recurrence of gastronomy as a sector for experimentation with multicultural and intercultural approaches. The crucial role of food in promoting cultural encounters stresses the necessity of taking into consideration a broader spectrum of the ways of life, traditions, and customs when studying multiculturalism and interculturalism in local cultural policies.
Ključne riječi
multiculturalism; interculturalism; cultural policies; indicators; European Capitals of Culture; Croatia
Hrčak ID:
197176
URI
Datum izdavanja:
28.3.2018.
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