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Culturelink review, Special Issue 1997 - imprint - archive

contents - introduction - forthcoming cultural initiatives

Culture in Central and Eastern Europe:
Institutional and Value Changes

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Introduction

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Transition and Culture in Croatia:
From Nationalistic Populism to Enlightened Democracy?

Vjeran Katunarić

A conceptual provision: cultural transition and stages of cultural policy

9

I. Cultural policy under state socialism

10

II. Cultural development and cultural policy in presentday Croatia

12

2.1. Social change and cultural values in the transitional period

12

2.2. The components and effects of cultural policy in Croatia

14

2.2.1. The new teleology, legislation and ideological hegemony

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2.2.2. Subsystems of cultural policy

16

2.2.3. Cultural industries

17

2.2.4. Traditional cultural institutions in the art sector

18

2.2.5. Cultural heritage

19

2.2.6. Internal and external cultural relations

20

2.2.7. The effects of cultural policy

21

III. Possible future developments

22

3.1. What culture for the future?

22

3.2. Future coalitions in culture: combined decentralization-meritocracy-democracy?

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Cultural Institutions and Cultural Values in Change:
The Bulgarian Case

Rositsa Arcova, Raina Cherneva, Boris Danailov, Tania Petrova,
Tatiana Rogacheva, Lazar Koprinarov

I. Cultural policy under state socialism

33

1.1. Establishment of the system of state cultural institutions and centralisation of the cultural administration

33

1.2. Relaxation of the methods of control and formal introduction of democratic procedures

34

II. The current situation in the field of cultural development

35

2.1. Structural (institutional) changes in culture

35

2.1.1. Cultural institutions and their management

35

2.1.2. Administrative organisation of culture

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2.1.3. The institutional position of the artist

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2.1.4. Market relations and culture

39

2.2. Changes in cultural values

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2.2.1. Cultural industries

41

2.2.2. Mass culture

43

2.3. Cultural background of political, social and economic changes

45

III. Possible scenarios of cultural development in the near future

45

3.1. Public opinion as a cultural and political mechanism

46

3.2. The middle class and the cultural market

46

3.3. Cultural policy and cultural reforms

47

The Czech Republic and Slovakia: Two Different Roads to Cultural Development

Siniša Malešević

I. A brief description of cultural policies under state socialism

51

II. The current situation in the field of cultural development

53

2.1. Structural (institutional) changes in culture

53

2.2. Changes in cultural values

59

2.3. Cultural background to economic, political and social changes

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2.3.1. Economy and value changes

61

2.3.2. Politics and value changes

63

2.3.3. The social sphere and value changes

65

III. Possible scenarios of cultural development in the near future

69

Cultural Institutions and Cultural Values in Lithuania

Jonas Oskinis

I. Lithuanian culture: The historic background

75

1.1. The situation in culture under state socialism

78

1.2. The impact of culture during the Liberation Period of 1989-1991

80

II. The current situation in the field of cultural development

83

2.1. Structural and institutional changes in culture

83

2.1.1. Cultural institutions and their management

83

2.1.2. The institutional position of the artist

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2.1.3. Market relations and culture

88

III. Changes in cultural values

90

3.1. Cultural industries

90

3.2. Mass Culture

91

3.3. The cultural background for political, social and economic changes

93

3.4. Value change and the situation of culture in Lithuania

95

IV. Possible scenarios for cultural development in the near future

96

Changes in the Cultural Values and Cultural Institutions in Russia

Guerman Mendjeritsky & Svetlana Petkova

I. Cultural development in the Soviet period

103

II. The current situation in the field of cultural development

105

2.1. Development of cultural institutions in the period of perestroika and Russia's independence (1987-1995)

105

2.2. Changes in cultural values, 1991-1995

108

III. Possible scenarios of cultural development in the near future

114

Annex

 

List of the addresses of some of the cultural institutions in the countries covered by this Special Issue

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Some ongoing and forthcoming cultural initiatives in
Central and Eastern Europe

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The Fund for Central and East European Book Projects (CEEBP)

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The Regional Observatory on Financing Cultural Life in the Central
and Eastern European Countries

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The European Summer Academy for Culture and Management

143

Cultural and Arts Management Programme

144

Guide Apollonia - Contemporary Art of Central and Eastern Europe

146

Branching Out. Arts education as a catalyst for change

147

The International Conference on the Preservation and Development
of Cultural Life in the Countries of Central and Eastern Europe

149

Assessment of Cultural Information Needs in the Central European Countries in Transition Towards the Market Economy

150