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What types of cultural cooperation exist in European cross-border areas?
| Taitara: | What types of cultural cooperation exist in European cross-border areas? |
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| Ngā kaituhi: | Durand, Frédéric |
| Puna: | Geografiska Annaler Series B: Human Geography; Dec2022, Vol. 104 Issue 4, p307-326, 20p |
| Whakarāpopotonga: | Since 1992, culture has been an official competence of the European Union. De facto, the EU has the legitimacy and means to intervene and change collective representations and social dynamics, including in border regions, in order to bring people together and build a Europe 'united in diversity'. The purpose of the paper is to investigate the cross-border dynamics in cultural matters, and to examine the realization of cultural projects as a driving force in the process of cross-border integration. The approach is based on a spatial analysis of the cultural projects co-financed by Interreg over the 2000–2020 period, enabling to provide an overview of the cross-border cultural initiatives undertaken. The results reveal first that strong spatial disparities exist between programming spaces in terms of cultural investment. Second, that cross-border cultural cooperation mainly involves municipalities, and not primarily cultural actors. Third, although a diverse range of cultural projects have been developed over the last twenty years, the emphasis has been more on tourism projects. These achievements bring into question the role of Interreg programming in cultural matters in the dynamics of cross-border integration, since it fosters an economic approach to culture at the expense of social and identity issues. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
| Ngā kupu marau: | EUROPEAN cooperation, SOCIAL dynamics, COLLECTIVE representation, BORDERLANDS, GROUP identity |
| Ngā kupu matawhenua: | EUROPE |
| Kamupene/Hinonga: | EUROPEAN Union |
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| ISSN: | 04353684 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/04353684.2021.2015245 |
| Pātengi raraunga: | Complementary Index |
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