Cultural Policy is Local: Understanding Cultural Policy as Situated Practice (New Directions in Cultural Policy Research)

Acknowledgements
Praise for Cultural Policy is Local
Contents
Notes on Contributors
Abbreviations
List of Figures
List of Tables
Chapter 1: Reflecting on Place and the Local
	Why Worry About ‘the local’ in Relation to Cultural Policy?
	Conceptualising the Local
	Book Structure
	Part I: Disciplining the Local
	Part II: Managing the Local
	Part III: Practising the Local
	Concluding Thoughts
	References
Part I: Disciplining the Local
	Chapter 2: Bridging the Trust Divide: Understanding the Role of ‘localism’ and the ‘local’ in Cultural Policy
		The Policy Context—in Cultural Institutions We Trust
		Origins—Developments in the Field of Action
		What Is Localism? A Public Policy and Management Approach
		What Is Localism? A Human Geography Approach
		Common Ground—Public Value Governance and the Protective Power of Democracy
		The Potential Role of Cultural Institutions in Public Value Practice
		Barriers to Trust Building
		In Conclusion—Lessons for Cultural Policy
		References
	Chapter 3: Scale, the Local and Cultural Policy’s Geographies
		Introduction: Cultural Policy’s Geographies
		The Question of Scale
		Where Is Local?
		Scaling the Donut Pilot Project
		References
	Chapter 4: Scaling Heritage: Situated Policy in an Expanded Ontology
		Heritage: Scales of World, National and Local Heritage
		A Motte in England
		‘Local at all points’ (Latour, 1993, p. 117)
		Legitimacy and Scale
		Haraway and ‘situatedness’
		Multiple Clifford\'s Towers
		Situated Policy in an Expanded Ontology
		References
Part II: Managing the Local
	Chapter 5: The Goals of American Cultural Plans
		Introduction
		American Cultural Planning: What Goals?
		Healthy Art Ecosystem
		Integration of the Arts in the City
		Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Arts
		Conclusions
		References
	Chapter 6: Community Management of Local Cultural Assets: Implications for Inequality and Publicness
		Introduction
		The UK Policy Context: Localism and Community Asset Transfer
		Method
		Asset Transfer and Inequality
		Transferred Assets as Public Space?
		Conclusion
		References
	Chapter 7: Devolved Responsibility: English Regional Creative Industries Policy and Local Industrial Strategies
		Introduction
		Literature Review: Mapping Culture and Economy in Regional Creative Industries Strategy
		Regionalising Industrial Strategy
		Methodology
		Histories of Devolution: A Tale of Two Second-City Regions
		The National Story of “Creativity” Within Local Industrial Strategies
		Locating CCIs Within LIS
		Discussion and Conclusion
		References
Part III: Practising the Local
	Chapter 8: Reclaiming Place: Cultural Initiatives in Cretan Villages as Enablers of Citizen Involvement, Local Development and Repopulation
		Introduction
		Place in Cultural Policy and the Move Beyond the City Agenda
		Rural Communities and the Importance of Festivals
		The Case Study Context: Some Notes on Greek Cultural Policy
		Giortes Rokkas: The Case Study and Findings
		Conclusions
		Notes
		References
	Chapter 9: The Public Administration of ‘place’: Labels and Meaning in Local Government Arts Development in the Irish Urban-Fringe
		Background Research: Ireland’s Public Policy and Administration Context
		Exit 15
		Discussion
			Filtering Places and Accepting Place-Labels
			Employing Place-Labels
			Challenging Assumptions, Doubting Characterisations and Changing Practice
		Conclusion
		Note
		References
	Chapter 10: From Streets to Silos: Urban Art Forms in Local Rural Government and the Challenge of Regional Development
		Introduction
		Background to the Silo Art Trail
			Yarriambiack Shire and the Wimmera-Mallee
			Grain Silos and Arts Trails
		Establishing the Silo Art Trail
			‘Switching on value’: Collaboration Between Policy Agencies
		Conclusion
		References
	Chapter 11: ‘Policies Aren’t Pieces of Paper’: Tussles and Tactics in Action-Oriented and Agile Cultural Policy Research
		Introduction
		Cultural Policy Emplacement, Embodiment, Enactment, and Embeddedness
		Cape Town: Cultural Governance Arrangements in a City of Contradictions
		Cultural Policy and Municipal-Scholar Collaboration
		Tensions, Trade-Offs, Tussles, and Tactics of Action-Oriented Policy and Governance Interventions
		Conclusion: Emplacing, Embodying, Enacting, and Embedding Cultural Policy Through Action-Oriented Knowledge Exchange
		Notes
		References
Index