The Value and Social Effects of Culture

• The Value and Social Effects of Culture is an investigative review of current knowledge which focuses on different concepts and arguments for the value and social effects of culture. The underlying aim is to demonstrate why it is worth investing public funds in ‘culture’, and more specifically why and in what ways the activities of the cultural administration are important and valuable. The report collects research- and evidence-based arguments and findings on the foundational values and effects of cultural activities. The report is a part of the revision of the cultural programme for the City of Gothenburg. It is also meant to be a resource for the communication of the activities of the cultural administration, for the continued development of indicators and key figures, as well as for other parts of cultural policy management and evaluation. The aim is to develop tools that can foster a better understanding of the values and social effects of culture, and to develop arguments and show evidence for the contributions of the cultural administration to the prioritized social aims of the City of Gothenburg.

Subject headings

SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP  -- Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap -- Biblioteks- och informationsvetenskap (hsv//swe)

SOCIAL SCIENCES  -- Media and Communications -- Information Studies (hsv//eng)

SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP  -- Social och ekonomisk geografi -- Kulturgeografi (hsv//swe)

SOCIAL SCIENCES  -- Social and Economic Geography -- Human Geography (hsv//eng)

HUMANIORA  -- Filosofi, etik och religion -- Idé- och lärdomshistoria (hsv//swe)

HUMANITIES  -- Philosophy, Ethics and Religion -- History of Ideas (hsv//eng)

SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP  -- Statsvetenskap -- Studier av offentlig förvaltning (hsv//swe)

SOCIAL SCIENCES  -- Political Science -- Public Administration Studies (hsv//eng)

HUMANIORA  -- Konst (hsv//swe)

HUMANITIES  -- Arts (hsv//eng)

HUMANIORA  -- Annan humaniora -- Kulturstudier (hsv//swe)

HUMANITIES  -- Other Humanities -- Cultural Studies (hsv//eng)

SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP  -- Sociologi -- Socialt arbete (hsv//swe)

SOCIAL SCIENCES  -- Sociology -- Social Work (hsv//eng)

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