Due to global processes of transformation and the social challenges posed by demographic change, rural areas increasingly demand attention from politics and the public sphere. The contributions in this volume demonstrate how in different European countries it is mainly the cultural players who offer suggestions for an organization of the changing forms of communal life that is keeping with the times. The arts in particular have proven to be able of providing fresh impetus and new insights. This compendium of theory and practice combines outcomes of studies in cultural policy, introduces exemplary models and thus constitutes a first attempt at determining the position of innovative cultural work in rural areas. All essays both in English and German. Durch globale Transformationsprozesse und die gesellschaftlichen Herausforderungen des demographischen Wandels rucken landliche Raume immer mehr in den Fokus von Politik und OEffentlichkeit. Die Beitrage des Bandes zeigen fur verschiedene europaische Lander, dass vor allem Kulturakteure relevante Anregungen fur die zeitgemasse Gestaltung des sich verandernden Zusammenlebens geben. Insbesondere die Kunste stellen dabei einen Nahrboden fur weiterfuhrende Impulse dar. Dieses Handbuch fur Theorie und Praxis fuhrt Ergebnisse der Kulturpolitikforschung zusammen, stellt beispielhafte Modelle vor und wagt somit erstmals eine Positionsbestimmung innovativer Kulturarbeit in landlichen Raumen. Alle Beitrage sind in Englisch und Deutsch enthalten.

About the Author
Wolfgang Schneider (Prof. Dr.) is chairman of the Fonds Darstellende Kunste e.V., personal member of the German UNESCO Commission, tutor of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, member of the federal board of the Cultural Forum of Social Democracy as well as of the board of Initiative fur die Archive des Freien Theaters e.V., honorary member of ASSITEJ Germany and Switzerland, and honorary president of Internationale Vereinigung des Theaters fur Kinder und Jugendliche. He was the founding director of the Department for Cultural Policy at the University of Hildesheim and holder of the UNESCO chair "Cultural Policy for the Arts in Development". He was the first director of Kinder- und Jugendtheaterzentrum in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, chairman of the theater advisory board of Lower Saxony, member of the dance and theater advisory board of the Goethe-Institut, and rapporteur as an expert member of the Enquete commission "Culture in Germany" of the German Bundestag. In 2018 he was awarded the First Class Federal Cross of Merit. Beate Kegler (PhD) is a research fellow at the Department of Cultural Policy of the University of Hildesheim. Her main research focus lies on cultural policy and cultural education for rural development. Daniela Koss (M.A.) is a cultural studies specialist at the Foundation of the German state of Lower Saxony. She is responsible for the development and implementation of innovative culture-funding programmes.

Reviews
"Der Band ist eine wahre Fundgrube fur alle diejenigen, die nach Modellen fur partizipative Kulturarbeit und kulturpolitische Strategien in landlichen Raumen suchen." Christine Wingert, Kulturpolitische Mitteilungen, 161/II (2018) "Insgesamt loest das Handbuch den Anspruch ein, eine Positionsbestimmung von Kulturentwicklungskonzepten und -angeboten fur die landlichen Raume vorzulegen." Simone Holt, www.kulturmanagement.net, 04.05.2018 Besprochen in: Stadt und Raum, 1 (2018) Stadt und Raum, 3 (2018) Buhnentechnische Rundschau, 3 (2018) Stadt und Raum, 4 (2019) www.massivkreativ.de, 16.03.2018, Antje Hinz



Book Information
ISBN 9783837639889
Author Wolfgang Schneider
Format Paperback
Page Count 380
Imprint Transcript Verlag
Publisher Transcript Verlag
Weight(grams) 666g
Dimensions(mm) 226mm * 147mm * 15mm