Engaging Society in the Search for a Sustainable Future
(2014) HEKM50 20141Human Ecology
- Abstract
- During the past decades there is a growing interest to include a cultural dimension in the debate on sustainable development. In this thesis I explore how culture, and more specifically the Flemish cultural sector, contributes to the transition to a sustainable society. By means of case studies, I examine how cultural organizations perceive their role in the transition process and how they translate this into practice. I gathered data through in-depth interviews with eight cultural organizations and a focus group session in which all organizations were brought together. This helped me to develop a broader picture of how cultural organizations can work on ‘just sustainability’, a term used to stress both the social and ecological dimension... (More)
- During the past decades there is a growing interest to include a cultural dimension in the debate on sustainable development. In this thesis I explore how culture, and more specifically the Flemish cultural sector, contributes to the transition to a sustainable society. By means of case studies, I examine how cultural organizations perceive their role in the transition process and how they translate this into practice. I gathered data through in-depth interviews with eight cultural organizations and a focus group session in which all organizations were brought together. This helped me to develop a broader picture of how cultural organizations can work on ‘just sustainability’, a term used to stress both the social and ecological dimension of sustainability. The research shows that approaching sustainability from a cultural point of view opens up new perspectives on the search for a sustainable future; it can guide the debate on sustainable development towards a discussion on values, norms, ways thinking about, and acting in the world. Cultural organizations can play an important role in engaging ‘ordinary people’ in this ‘cultural transforming project’. (Less)
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- author
- Michiels, Liene LU
- supervisor
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- Thomas Malm LU
- organization
- alternative title
- A Case-Study on the Combination of Social and Ecological Sustainability Dimensions within Cultural Organizations
- course
- HEKM50 20141
- year
- 2014
- type
- H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
- subject
- keywords
- transition, just sustainability, social and ecological dimensions of sustainability, cultural sustainability, cultural sector
- language
- English
- id
- 4438364
- date added to LUP
- 2015-11-09 16:31:18
- date last changed
- 2015-11-09 16:31:18
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abstract = {{During the past decades there is a growing interest to include a cultural dimension in the debate on sustainable development. In this thesis I explore how culture, and more specifically the Flemish cultural sector, contributes to the transition to a sustainable society. By means of case studies, I examine how cultural organizations perceive their role in the transition process and how they translate this into practice. I gathered data through in-depth interviews with eight cultural organizations and a focus group session in which all organizations were brought together. This helped me to develop a broader picture of how cultural organizations can work on ‘just sustainability’, a term used to stress both the social and ecological dimension of sustainability. The research shows that approaching sustainability from a cultural point of view opens up new perspectives on the search for a sustainable future; it can guide the debate on sustainable development towards a discussion on values, norms, ways thinking about, and acting in the world. Cultural organizations can play an important role in engaging ‘ordinary people’ in this ‘cultural transforming project’.}},
author = {{Michiels, Liene}},
language = {{eng}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Engaging Society in the Search for a Sustainable Future}},
year = {{2014}},
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