New book highlights Europeans' cultural viewpoints and practices amid societal transformations
The newly published volume «Engagement with Culture in Transformative Times» offers a comprehensive and timely exploration of how culture is understood, practiced, and valued across Europe.
Against the backdrop of globalisation, digitalisation, growing diversity and social inequality, the book offers timely and critical insights into the role of culture and cultural participation in the daily lives of Europeans from different social groups and countries. In fifteen thematic chapters, it explores how residents of nine European countries engage with and experience culture, with particular attention given to the perspectives of migrants. Published by Routledge, the book is fully available in open access at: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003460497
The book is based on extensive empirical research conducted as part of the EU-funded Horizon 2020 INVENT project (European Inventory of Societal Values of Culture as a Basis for Inclusive Cultural Policies). Fieldwork was carried out in nine countries: Denmark, Finland, France, Croatia, the Netherlands, Serbia, Spain, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. The project was coordinated by Erasmus University Rotterdam (the Netherlands), in close collaboration with Jörg Rössel of Univserity of Zurich and representatives from seven other partner universities, bringing together a diverse, international team of researchers. Many of them contributed to the book, including Larissa Fritsch and Valentina Petrović from the Department of Sociology team. The collaborative work of the INVENT consortium has provided a rich empirical foundation for cultural research, policymaking, and practice.
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