How culture is financed in world’s cities: A comparative analysis of public funding, private giving and new funding models in 16 cities from Los Angeles to Shanghai

Tokbaeva, Dinara How culture is financed in world’s cities: A comparative analysis of public funding, private giving and new funding models in 16 cities from Los Angeles to Shanghai. Journal of Creative Industries and Cultural Studies - JOCIS, 2018, n. 2, pp. 120-123. [Journal article (Paginated)]

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This is a brief review of recent developments in funding culture in world cities. This review is based on findings of the World Cities Culture Finance Report (WCCF), published by BOP Consulting in 2017, which compared and contrasted the financing of culture in 16 global cities. Based on WCCF data, this review for JOCIS, first and foremost, defines city culture and its revenue streams, secondly, provides statistics and figures on the financing of culture, and thirdly, elaborates on how these findings can be used for further research into the economics of culture and urban sustainability. Funding for culture is unquestionably well-reasoned, but why does it matter how things are going in cities? Two-thirds of the world population will live in cities by 2030 (AP, 2016). Governments all over the globe face increasingly complex challenges brought by rapid urbanisation, ranging from environmental issues to social inequality. Culture is believed to be able to ease some of those tensions and creating striving urban centres as places of collaboration between various social groups. In fact, “many of the great policy issues of our age […] are [now] being led at a city, rather than national, level” (WCCF, 2017a). Before one moves on to question how to make city culture more robust in solving some of those tensions, it’s important to understand what is a city culture, which kinds of funding are already present, and how do they differ depending on various geographies?

Item type:	Journal article (Paginated)
Keywords:	Funding culture, World cities, Finance Report, WCCF, BOP Consulting, Revenue streams, Statistics, Financing of culture, Economics of culture, Urban sustainability, Challenges, Urbanisation, Environment, Social inequality.
Subjects:	E. Publishing and legal issues. > EA. Mass media. E. Publishing and legal issues. > EB. Printing, electronic publishing, broadcasting. F. Management. > FC. Finance. F. Management. > FF. Funding. F. Management. > FG. Local government. G. Industry, profession and education. > GA. Information industry. H. Information sources, supports, channels. > HH. Audio-visual, Multimedia.
Depositing user:	Tomàs Baiget
Date deposited:	28 Jun 2019 17:29
Last modified:	28 Jun 2019 17:29
URI:	http://hdl.handle.net/10760/38764

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