AUTHOR=Drion Geert J. 

TITLE=Towards a theory and practice of cultural communication

JOURNAL=European Journal of Cultural Management and Policy

VOLUME=Volume 12 - 2022

YEAR=2022

URL=https://www.frontierspartnerships.org/journals/european-journal-of-cultural-management-and-policy/articles/10.3389/ejcmp.2022.11085

DOI=10.3389/ejcmp.2022.11085

ISSN=2663-5771

ABSTRACT=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, tried out in the Netherlands.