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Creative City vs. Kulturstadt: Implications of Competing Policy Formulations

This paper discusses the implications of competing policy formulations implicitly contained in the designations "creative city" and "Kulturstadt". The discussion is undertaken as a contribution to resolving a development dilemma faced by selected cities in the so-called "transition countries" (i.e. central and eastern European countries and the new independent states of the former Soviet Union). These cities, rich in cultural resources, are currently being encouraged to import the notions of the "creative industries" and "creative cities" as a model of their future urban and economic development. An obvious alternative to such models with strong neoliberal undertones is the notion of a European "city of culture", marketed by its advocates as a model enabling preservation of the local cultural values in an economically and politically increasingly transnational context. Following a detailed analysis of the two discussed notions and the policy formulations they imply, the authors of the paper suggest that the two models should not be set against each other but hybridised and enriched by the participatory element found in the Scandinavian approaches to urban development. The addition of this element, which takes into account individual interest but is essentially community-oriented, would open up the Kulturstadt model to the economic dynamism implicit in the "creative city" model, while preserving at the same time the concern for public culture and the ideal of increasing the quality of life of the citizens.

creative city; Kulturstadt; transition countries; creative industries; public culture

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