Local governance, disadvantaged communities and cultural intermediation in the creative urban economy

• Autores: Saskia Warren, Phil Jones
• Localización: Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy, ISSN-e 1472-3425, Vol. 33, Nº. 6, 2015, págs. 1738-1752
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The creative economy is a key arena where austerity, localism and social policy debates are being played out. This paper explores how cultural intermediation has been captured by a broader state agenda on socio-economic exclusion, examining how these processes function at the local level in Birmingham, UK. Intersections of local cultural policy with grass-roots practice are explored in the neighbourhood of Balsall Heath, through two case studies: (1) Birmingham City Council's Community Cultural Pilot and (2) Balsall Heath Biennale. We argue that despite savage cuts the local state is still having a considerable – and not always enabling – influence on processes and outcomes of non-state cultural intermediation, directing ways in which creative initiatives function at the local level. The paper ends on a hopeful note that these unstable times offer a moment where a renegotiation of the relationship between cultural intermediation, disadvantaged communities and the creative economy beyond monetised market-value is possible.