1st Edition

Cultural Policies for Sustainable Development

116 Pages
by Routledge

116 Pages
by Routledge

116 Pages
by Routledge

The concept of sustainable development is commonly divided into environmental, economic, social and cultural dimensions. While a variety of international actors have declared the importance of culture in sustainable development, jointly articulating this clearly has been difficult. For example, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that were adopted by the UN General Assembly in September 2015... Read more

Introduction: cultural policies for sustainable development Anita Kangas, Nancy Duxbury and Christiaan De Beukelaer

1. Culturally sustainable development: theoretical concept or practical policy instrument? David Throsby

2. ‘Culture’, ‘sustainable development’ and cultural policy: a contrarian view Yudhishthir Raj Isar

3. Cultural rights and their contribution to sustainable development: implications for cultural policy Jordi Baltà Portolés and Milena Dragićevic Sešic

4. Greening cultural policy Richard Maxwell and Toby Miller

5. Cultural sustainability as a strategy for the survival of museums and libraries Kirsten Loach, Jennifer Rowley and Jillian Griffiths

6. Caretakers of the Earth: integrating Canadian Aboriginal perspectives on culture and sustainability into local plans M. Sharon Jeannotte

7. Cultural policies for sustainable development: four strategic paths Nancy Duxbury, Anita Kangas and Christiaan De Beukelaer

Biography

Anita Kangas is Professor Emerita of Cultural Policy at the Department of Social Sciences and Philosophy, University of Jyvaskyla, Finland.

Nancy Duxbury is Senior Researcher at the Centre for Social Studies, University of Coimbra, Portugal, and co-coordinator of its Cities, Cultures and Architecture Research Group.

Christiaan De Beukelaer is Lecturer in Cultural Policy at the School of Culture and Communication, University of Melbourne, Australia.