Cultural Intermediaries Connecting Communities

Cultural Intermediaries Connecting Communities

Revisiting Approaches to Cultural Engagement
edited by Phil Jones ,Beth Perry and Paul Long

This book considers the importance of cultural intermediaries, analysing their role as mitigators of the worst effects of social exclusion and examining the necessity to engage communities with different forms of cultural consumption and production.

Based on a four-year research project which highlights the important role of community organisations as intermediaries between community and culture, this book analyses the role played by cultural intermediaries who seek to mitigate the worst effects of social exclusion through engaging communities with different forms of cultural consumption and production. The authors challenge policymakers who see cultural intermediation as an inexpensive fix to social problems and explore the difficulty for intermediaries to rapidly adapt their activity to the changing public-sector landscape and offer alternative frameworks for future practice.

Policy Press, Connected Communities: Creating a New Knowledge Landscape, Paperback, english, 252 pages