Original scientific paper
Access to Culture in the Digital Environment: Active Users, Re-use and Cultural Policy Issues
Aleksandra Uzelac
orcid.org/0000-0003-2089-231X
; Institute for Development and International Relations (IRMO), Department for Culture and Communication, Zagreb
Nina Obuljen Koržinek
; Institute for Development and International Relations (IRMO), Department for Culture and Communication, Zagreb
Jaka Primorac
orcid.org/0000-0001-6969-4598
; Institute for Development and International Relations (IRMO), Department for Culture and Communication, Zagreb
Abstract
Access issues have been placed in cultural policy focus with the aim to contribute to cultural development, social inclusion, quality of life, etc. and the digital domain opportunities have been looked at as a way to ensure delivering content to interested users. The issue of access to culture in the digital context is understood in terms of reducing obstacles, as well as, fostering opportunities. The concept is understood as the dynamic and social process and not a simple oneoff act of provision. This article outlines the challenges brought about for access to culture in the digital era and addresses policy frameworks concerning: a) the role of users and their participation opportunities and b) regulatory issues such as intellectual property rights (IPR) and re-use policies that enable or limit what kind of services cultural sector can offer in the digital domain. The article analyses both explicit and implicit policy approaches to regulating digital culture, as both remain relevant in ensuring that cultural content reaches its intended users. This provides the background for the investigation of the results obtained through the comparative policy analysis executed in the project ‘Access to Culture. Policy Analysis’ where different policy approaches to digital access in six selected countries (Austria, Croatia, Norway, Spain, Sweden and Turkey) are presented and interpreted. This is done with the aim to provide better understanding of the digital access issues that have to be taken into account in effective policy making for the inclusive and open digital culture.
Keywords
access to culture; users participation; digital culture; cultural policy; public policy
Hrčak ID:
161255
URI
Publication date:
30.6.2016.
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