Cultural Participation, Trends in

Abstract

This article focuses on trends in cultural participation. How have the extent and the way in which people consume culture changed? Research shows that participation in highbrow culture remains relatively stable, whereas the consumption of popular, commercial culture has increased since the 1970s. A number of societal developments drive these evolutions in cultural participation. Sociodemographic changes, most notably educational expansion, as well as the rise of the entertainment industry and the Internet boom, greatly affect the field of artistic production, mediation, and consumption. These changes result in the shifting, or, as some argue, the erosion of esthetic boundaries, and the rise of the cultural omnivoresomeone who participates in a variety of cultural activities -as provisional endpoints.

Latvia. Human Development Report 2015/2016. Mastery of Life and Information Literacy

“…Flemish researchers comparing the cultural participation data over several decades in the USA, the Netherlands, Denmark and Belgium observed this trend (Roose & Daenekindt, 2015). However, the survey data of the study show that with the onset of old age, self-assessment of nearly all cultural and entertainment skills significantly and steadily decline.…”

Latvija. Pārskats par tautas attīstību 2015/2016. Dzīves meistarība un informācijpratība

“…Tādu tendenci, ka atsevišķās elitārās kultūras praksēs samazinās jaunu cilvēku aktivitāte, bet pieaug vecāku, konstatē flāmu pētnieki, salīdzinot vairā-ku desmitgažu ASV, Nīderlandes, Dānijas un Beļģijas kultūras līdzdalības aptauju datu kopas (Roose & Daenekindt, 2015).…”