STRENGTHENING THE CITY NEIGHBOURHOOD AND LOCAL COMMUNITY WITH CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT. POTENTIAL OF CITY CULTURAL CENTRES Cover Image

OSNAŽIVANJE GRADSKOG SUSJEDSTVA I LOKALNE ZAJEDNICE KULTURNIM RAZVOJEM
STRENGTHENING THE CITY NEIGHBOURHOOD AND LOCAL COMMUNITY WITH CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT. POTENTIAL OF CITY CULTURAL CENTRES

Author(s): Tihomir Žiljak
Subject(s): Evaluation research, Sociology of Culture
Published by: Institut društvenih znanosti Ivo Pilar
Keywords: Local community; Cultural development; City cultural centres;

Summary/Abstract: Neighbourhoods and local communities are places where faith, solidarity and tolerance is built, learning and creative expression developed, but can also be places where people put up fences and separate themselves from others and those who are different. Local cultural centres can help preserve the differences and strengthen internal connections in addition to building bridges towards other communities. Not only are bonds among people sharing space created in these centres but also spiritual alliances made and intellectual support given which cross borough and city boundaries. Transforming cultural into sociocultural capital opens up great possibilities for centres. They were established on the tradition of popularisation of knowledge, cultural accessibility and participation of citizens in different forms of creativity as well as encouragement of intellectual curiosity. Cultural potential with regard to the local or city community can be best realised through activities developed along the lines of cultural and sociocultural animation.

  • Issue Year: 12/2003
  • Issue No: 68
  • Page Range: 1097-1121
  • Page Count: 25
  • Language: Croatian