This article examines the recent legislative process concerning the funding of cultural
institutions in Finland. The drafting of the bill was opened up to participation by artists and …

Due to the advent of digital culture, changes in the consumption of media culture and in the
nature of leisure activities, the perceptions of cultural participation have changed …

Cultural policy has seen a shift from attention to the producers of culture to consumers of
culture, often called the participatory turn. Widened participation is a common argument for …

Participation in democracy has been suggested as an inherent value of democracy by
allowing citizens to participate in political decision-making. Since the 2000s and, more …

Audience participation is a concept discussed across the areas of cultural policy, cultural
management, aesthetic theory, and artistic practice. The starting point of this article is an …

This article takes on participation not as taking part in cultural activities per se but in cultural
policy-making, by studying the transformation and institutionalisation of participatory …

In this article, the development of the Swedish cultural policy is studied, particularly the
interplay between arts and business, between public and private funding. Using institutional …

ABSTRACT THE CONCEPT OF CULTURAL PARTICIPATION IS SELDOM DEFINED IN
POLICY BUT CARRIES A POSITIVE CONNOTATION. THE AIM OF THIS ARTICLE IS TO …

Did we really move from discretionary to statutory public support of arts and culture? The
Finnish model of public support of arts and culture is one variant of the Nordic support …

MERJA HEIKKINEN AND PAULA KARHUNEN n Finland, public authorities play an
important role as supporters of I art. This practice dates back to the development of the …