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- Title
Íslensk menningarstefna.
- Authors
Sigurjónssson, Njörður
- Abstract
In Mars 2013 the Icelandic Parliament decided upon the first formal "Icelandic Cultural Policy". In this article that document is examined in light of debates concerning the concept of deliberate cultural policy making. Two main themes stand out as central in the new policy: participation/access on the one hand, and the importance of rules and procedures on the other. It is also noteworthy that there is less emphasis on national identity and Icelandic cultural heritage than perhaps was suspected. Even if there is no one definition that can be considered the right one for "cultural policy" (O. Bennett 2004; T. Bennett 2007; Frenander 2008; Gray 2010), it is important to understand and make clear those interpretations that may be dominant at a particular moment in time. For more in depth insight this study compares a few recent reviews and studies of cultural policies (Gestur Guðmundsson 2003; Haukur F. Hannessonar 2009; Bjarki Valtýsson 2011; Ágúst Einarsson 2012) and all these threads spin the narrative of contemporary debates on cultural policy in Iceland.
- Subjects
DEBATE; CULTURAL property; BENNETT, T.; BENNETT, O.; LEGISLATIVE bodies
- Publication
Icelandic Review on Politics & Administration, 2013, Vol 9, Issue 2, p455
- ISSN
1670-6803
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.13177/irpa.a.2013.9.2.10