Culturas (Dec 2017)

The cultural project: towards a review of the concept in the perspective of a reference framework

  • Gustavo A. Figueroa M.

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4995/cs.2017.7913
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 4, no. 2
pp. 57 – 73

Abstract

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The project methodology is currently one of the most used technical tools of action in Cultural Management. This article proposes a revision of the concept of cultural project, trying to investigate beyond its functional advantages. From an analysis of some of the problems and criticisms that question the methodology in some sense, it is postulated that a research is possible from a deeper, more situable and complete comprehension perspective of the concept. The perspective that is proposed is Cultural Management, interpreted as a new way of understanding and working around issues of the cultural sector in terms of development. In this sense, Cultural Management can be understood as a previous and broader frame of reference that can reveal dimensions of understanding that go beyond the purely technical or instrumental, which is how the concept of a project tends to be generally thought.

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