TY - JOUR AU - Drion, Geert J. PY - 2022 M3 - Original Research TI - Towards a theory and practice of cultural communication JO - European Journal of Cultural Management and Policy UR - https://www.frontierspartnerships.org/articles/10.3389/ejcmp.2022.11085 VL - 12 SN - 2663-5771 N2 - This paper tentatively introduces the concept of cultural communication, exploring new theoretical and practical perspectives on culture and cultural policy. Notably, it presents a theoretical model for cultural communication as a dedicated, common, widespread communication “mode,” thematising ambiguity. This concept of cultural communication may provide new footholds for the legitimisation of public cultural policy—positioning the arts firmly within the context of cultural communication—and for the practical, heuristic application in a structured practice of arranging cultural encounters, carried out in Netherlands. ER -