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Community Administration as Cultural Policy

Year: 2019

Type: article

Abstract: In the town of Oñati (Basque Country, Spain) we find the community project of Eltzia: a public initiative aimed at enriching local cultural life through the articulation of its creative people. Eltzia is enlightening for having a model of organisation that can be related to the Basque Country’s cooperative movement, but also for showing the benefits of popular participation in culture policymaking. This research explores Eltzia as an example of democratization of cultural policy through the involvement of citizens; an expression of cultural rights that engages with how law is interpreted. Eltzia emerged from a municipal initiative and its creation was influenced by the participation of the local groups and a private company providing mediation services in social processes of community development. The analysis will focus on the contributions that are drawn from Eltzia in relation to the fields of cultural policy and socio-legal studies.

Source: Oñati Socio-legal Series

DOI: 10.35295/osls.iisl/0000-0000-0000-1103

Authors: Lucero Ibarra Rojas, Mirari Sagarzazu Sacristán, Ekain Muñoz Oñatibia, Miren Manias-Muñoz

Institutions: Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, University of the Basque Country, University of Edinburgh

Language: English

Topic: Cultural Industries and Urban Development

Subfield: Urban Studies

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Peace, justice, and strong institutions

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W2991556359

FWCI: 3.53

Cites: 33

Cited by: 6

Related to: 10