Understanding, capturing and fostering the societal value of culture : work package 1

This WP is devoted to the analysis of the configuration of the values of culture. It carries out a first analysis about how the values of culture in Europe are constructed aiming with the central goal to examine the influence of a series of circumstances and key factors in shaping these values. Specific objectives of WP1: To make an extensive review of the research literature and existing data on the configuration of the values of culture; To assess the influence of several key factors and circumstances in the configuration of the social values of culture: gender and rising diversity; urbanisation and social and spatial segregation in cities; globalisation and digitisation; neo-liberalism; and the European historical and political experience; To synthesise the previous analysis in a global view about the factors configuring the values of culture in Europe.