From enlightenment to experience

Cultural centres in Helsinki neighbourhoods

Bibliographic Data

ID12340606
AuthorsSatu Silvanto (City of Helsinki Urban Facts, corresponding author), Maaria Linko (City of Helsinki Urban Facts), Maaria E Linko (0000-0002-4618-842X, City of Helsinki), Timo Cantell (City of Helsinki Urban Facts)
Year2008
Volume14
Issue2
Pages165-178
Publication date2008-05-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of Cultural Policy (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1028-6632 • E-ISSN: 1477-2833
PublisherRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/10286630802106334
OpenAlexW2085831403
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited6

The article explores how key cultural policy objectives have been negotiated and realised in the urban cultural centres of three neighbourhoods in the city of Helsinki, Finland. We analyse how the ideological basis and the meaning of the centres for their users are related to the overall rationales of urban cultural policy: Enlightenment, Empowerment, Economic impact and Entertainment (Skot‐Hansen 2005 Skot‐Hansen, D. 2005. “Why urban cultural policies?”. In EUROCULT21 Integrated Report, Edited by: Robinson, J. 31–39. Helsinki: EUROCULT21. [Google Scholar]). Based on our data, consisting of documents on the centres, interviews with decision makers, producers and other professionals, as well as a survey (N = 814) of the visitors to these centres, we argue that even though the roots of the centres date back to 1970s concepts about the democratisation of culture and cultural democracy, the centres are not old‐fashioned fortresses of outdated cultural forms. On the contrary, as providers of experiences, the cultural centres reflect the latest developments of society

Cultural policy · Democracy · Democratization · Enlightenment · Ideology · Media studies · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociology · Cultural Industries and Urban Development · Law · Social and Cultural Dynamics · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts

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