Towards an ecosystemic approach to culture and sustainability
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7514596 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jenni Pekkarinen (0000-0002-5936-8219, University of Jyväskylä, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2026 |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 432-449 |
| Publication date | 2026-04-16 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Cultural Policy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1028-6632 • E-ISSN: 1477-2833 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/10286632.2025.2455017 |
| OpenAlex | W4406619969 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 53 |
In the past decades, international cultural policy and academic discussions have aimed to link culture to sustainability debates, but as many scholars have noted, concrete policy implications have remained slim. As another emerging trend, the metaphor of ecosystem has been increasingly used in research and policy to approach the reality of cultural activity in a more inclusive way. Although discussions of cultural sustainability and cultural ecosystems have coexisted for some time, they have so far not been systematically connected. This paper aims to fill this gap by studying how cultural ecosystems and sustainability have been discussed separately and together in previous research and by suggesting an ecosystemic approach as a possible solution to the acknowledged lack of clarity in policy and theoretical approaches to cultural sustainability. Through a systematic literature review, the study identifies four standpoints on cultural ecosystems and sustainability and proposes an ecosystemic framework for cultural sustainability analysis
Economic system · Economics · Environmental ethics · Political science · Social science · Sociology · Sustainability · Cultural Industries and Urban Development · Philosophy
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| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |