http://www.fourthpillar.biz/general/cultural-planning-in-local-government/ Cultural action / Social change Tue, 19 Oct 2010 23:29:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.fourthpillar.biz/general/cultural-planning-in-local-government/#comment-4 jonhawkes Sat, 17 Oct 2009 05:49:06 +0000 http://www.fourthpillar.biz/?p=78#comment-4 That may be the excuse (more likely is that it's a grab for territory by 'the arts'); and the result is that it obscures the nature of culture by implying that it is some sort of extension of the arts. The major organs of cultural production and transmission are the education system and the mass media. I don't think the phrase 'arts and culture' does anything to illuminate this - in fact the opposite. That may be the excuse (more likely is that it’s a grab for territory by ‘the arts’); and the result is that it obscures the nature of culture by implying that it is some sort of extension of the arts. The major organs of cultural production and transmission are the education system and the mass media. I don’t think the phrase ‘arts and culture’ does anything to illuminate this – in fact the opposite.

]]> http://www.fourthpillar.biz/general/cultural-planning-in-local-government/#comment-3 amanda Sat, 17 Oct 2009 05:05:20 +0000 http://www.fourthpillar.biz/?p=78#comment-3 Perhaps the habit of interchanging the words arts and culture in the context of policy making has become common because "the arts" may be more readily pictured and understood and therefore assist with identifying the complex nature of culture. Perhaps the habit of interchanging the words arts and culture in the context of policy making has become common because “the arts” may be more readily pictured and understood and therefore assist with identifying the complex nature of culture.

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