Is culture a special 'hub' policy area for co-creation? : Elektronski vir

english

2021

volume 14, issue 2

co-creation drivers and barriers   culture   European Capital of Culture project   Fuzzy Cognitive Map

Narodna in univerzitetna knjižnica
(Obvezni izvod spletne publikacije)

Co-creation is promoted as a solution to the 'wicked' problems of today. Despite its applicability across policy areas and its promising effects, culture is often referred to separately, as a special field of interest and favourable environment for co-creation. Although this tacitly implies that this policy area features rather different conditions for co-creation, there are no solid arguments to justify the fact that culture is treated differently than other policy areas. To address this dilemma, the paper aims to answer whether and to what extent co-creation drivers and barriers in the area of culture are 'policy specific'. This is achieved with the help of a systematic literature review and a case study of the 2020 Rijeka European Capital of Culture project. On this basis, the paper concludes that there are no 'culture specific' drivers and barriers to justify the 'special treatment' of culture as a substantially different co-creation arena.

20.12.2023