Cities increasingly use artistic and cultural activities to promote active citizenship and social cohesion. We suggest that city-sponsored cultural and artistic practices in Sweden are finding a new discursive context in migration. In this article, we look at two artistic and cultural institutions in Malmö, Sweden: Arena 305 and Drömmarnas hus. We develop a typology…
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“Data-ecologies of Evaluation: Tracing Access, Values, Spill- Overs, and Impacts in Swedish Cultural Policy”
In this paper, we map the development of the evaluation processes and methods used in the context of Swedish cultural policy. By using Actor-Network Theory, we trace the international skeins through which methods, concepts, people, data and practices of evaluation have flowed. By describing these skeins, we hope to better understand current evaluation practices in…