Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/10071/33133
Author(s): Santos Silva, A.
Date: 2018
Title: Cultural networking: Rhetoric, policy and practice in Portugal
Journal title: Portuguese Journal of Social Science
Volume: 17
Number: 1
Pages: 19-35
Reference: Santos Silva, A. (2018). Cultural networking: Rhetoric, policy and practice in Portugal. Portuguese Journal of Social Science, 17(1), 19 - 35. http://dx.doi.org/10.1386/pjss.17.1.19_1
ISSN: 1758-9509
DOI (Digital Object Identifier): 10.1386/pjss.17.1.19_1
Keywords: Cultura -- Culture
Culture policy
Cultural networks
Social processes
Institutional processes
Networking
Abstract: The article examines the content and functionality of the concept of cultural networking, considering the context of dense social and institutional processes and recurring to available empirical data. The assumption is that fruitful sociological comparison needs the consideration of real and specific cases, if one wants to avoid the mimesis of administrative jargon or the ritual repetition of empty generalities. For this test, an interesting case can be found in Portugal. It points out a balance between two main uses of the concept and method of networking. One refers to ‘macro-policies’, defined and implemented, in a rather top-down paradigm, by national authorities. The other one relates to meso- or micro-practices and to bottom-up strategies, whose protagonists are mainly local authorities, cultural institutions and artists. In both ways, networking proves to be an efficient tool both for policy and to cultural agency.
Peerreviewed: yes
Access type: Open Access
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