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| Titel |
Cultural policy as conflict transformation? Problematising the peacebuilding potential of cultural policy in Derry-Londonderry – UK City of Culture 2013 |
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P. Doak |
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In: The international journal of cultural policy. 26(2020)1(Jan.46-60) |
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steden, cultuurbeleid, conflicten, cultureel ondernemerschap, Noord-Ierland, Verenigd Koninkrijk, onderzoeksrapporten (vorm), tijdschriftartikelen (vorm) |
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Samenvatting
Cultural policy has long been leveraged as a vehicle of urban regeneration. The cultural capital initiative has proven so attractive in this regard that it has spawned numerous ‘national’ variants. A prominent example of this is the UK City of Culture title. In a significant departure from the orthodoxy of economic regeneration, when the inaugural title was bestowed upon Derry-Londonderry, its remit was widened to include a promise of conflict transformation and peacebuilding. The research presented below is concerned with an interrogation of the relationship between cultural policy and conflict transformation. Drawing on extensive research conducted in Derry over a period of three years, examples of ethno-cultural contestation are identified which problematise claims of conflict transformation, illustrating instead how the title was incorporated into an existing zero-sum framework of ethno-politics. It further problematises the location of much the spectacle along a narrow corridor of regenerated riverfront, claiming that this space obfuscates rather than transforms conflict. It concludes by arguing that the relationship between current models of cultural policy and conflict transformation is complex and problematic, and calls for further enquiry. |
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