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Mainstreaming Ageing in the Cultural Sector

Vor dem Hintergrund des Grundrechts auf Bildung und kulturelle Teilhabe wird in dieser Studie auf mehreren Ebenen untersucht, wie der Zugang zu kultureller Bildung für ältere Menschen geregelt ist und inwiefern dabei ältere Menschen benachteiligt werden.

Das Forschungsteam von Mediacult und des Instituts für Soziologie arbeiten bereits intensiv an der Erstellung eines Toolkits, das die erfolgreiche Implementierung von Mainstreaming Ageing in Kulturbetrieben sowie alterssensible Zugänge in der kulturellen Bildung unterstützt.

Funding: Jubilee Funds of the Austrian National Bank

This project will be conducted in cooperation with the Institute of Sociology at the University of Vienna.

Duration: 2016 – 2018

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kurt-Blaukopf-Archive

 

 

Creative Economies as an Integration Factor? Syrian, Afghan and Iraqi Cultural Work in Vienna

Immigrants’ cultural work fulfils a range of purposes for immigrants as well as for the so-called majority population. It supports the perpetuation of cultural traditions, contributes to the accumulation of symbolic and economic capital and offers a social space in which intra- and interethnic encounters and interactions can take place. While there is research on cultural work of the big immigrant communities in Vienna, we know little about the cultural activities of immigrants from the Middle East. The project focuses on artists, entrepreneurs, associations and events in the field of the immigrant creative economy with a special emphasis on refugees from Syria, Afghanistan and Iraq. It is the aim to address the following questions: Under which economic, legal and political conditions do immigrant cultural activities take place? Which role do these activities play in processes of integration? Do they improve the (economic and social) inclusion of immigrants? In terms of methodology, qualitative interviews with artists, entrepreneurs and recipients are planned in addition to participant observation at events. The topic of this project is highly relevant in two aspects: First, there has been a significant rise in the number of refugees from the Middle East in the last few years. Second, there is a lively scientific debate on the impact of immigrant art and culture on processes of social inclusion which this projects aims to contribute to.

 

 

 

The Audience of Immigrant Art

Research Project, supported by the Kulturabteilung der Stadt Wien (MA 7)
Project Leader: Dr. Michael Parzer
Duration: 05/2017–03/2018

World Music Festivals, Oud-Courses or Bollywood-Clubbings: Several cultural activities offered by the immigrant cultural economies contribute to the diversity of the City of Vienna. However, we know only very little about the audience and how immigrants as well as members of the ethnic majority participate in these cultural activities. The research project explores the meanings and functions of consumption practices related to immigrants’ cultural work.