Plural Values of Culture in Europe

Arturo Rodríguez Morató, Nancy Duxbury, Antonella Fresa , Gábor Sonkoly

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English

Routledge
23 December 2025

European history; Cultural studies; Political economy; Public ownership & nationalisation; Non-profitmaking organisations

Series: Routledge Research in the Creative and Cultural Industries

In recent years, the plurality of values of culture has been increasingly recognized in practical, academic, and policymaking contexts. Beyond its traditional intrinsic values—linked to aesthetics, authenticity, and excellence—its capacity to contribute to well-being, to promote identity and belonging and tolerance and inclusiveness, to stimulate creativity, and to foster innovation are ever more acknowledged by a great variety of social actors. However, an economy- and market-oriented perspective has come to dominate the administrative and managerial discourse on cultural valuation for a few decades. This has resulted in a predominance of an approach to valuing culture that is expressed exclusively in terms of its economic impact, obscuring other values of culture. The European research project UNCHARTED has tried to counteract this predominance by providing a broader vision of the societal value of culture in the European context and by applying this alternative view to some of the most relevant areas in which cultural valuation impinges on cultural management and cultural policy today. This book presents its main results.

Based on a pragmatist perspective, we have carried out an extensive multiple case study (65 cases in seven countries) that considers the multiplicity of agents who participate in cultural valuation processes (citizens, professionals of creation and preservation, experts, and politicians) and the diversity of evaluative practices in which they engage within three main areas: the field of cultural participation, the field of cultural production and heritage, and the field of cultural administration. The book shows the irreducible plurality of the values of culture, the characteristic complexity of the dynamics of valuation and evaluation in the cultural sphere, and the current shortcomings and possible improvements in institutional processes of cultural evaluation. It is essential reading for cultural professionals, policymakers, and scholars of culture.

Edited by: Arturo Rodríguez Morató, Nancy Duxbury, Antonella Fresa, Gábor Sonkoly
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 720g
ISBN: 9781032816067
ISBN 10: 1032816066
Series: Routledge Research in the Creative and Cultural Industries
Pages: 284
Publication Date: 23 December 2025
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Further / Higher Education , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction Selection criteria of case studies in phases 2, 3, and 4 Part 1 Chapter 01 Critical factors in shaping the parameters of cultural valuation in Europe Chapter 02 Identifying values of culture Chapter 03 Evaluative practices in action: Features, tensions, and resolutions Chapter 04 Does value underpin cultural action? Policies, institutions, and society Part 2 Chapter 05 Redefining cultural valuation processes: A general reflection on possibilities in light of the UNCHARTED experience Chapter 06 Cultural strategic planning from the UNCHARTED perspective Chapter 07 New value perspectives in culture-led urban regeneration Chapter 08 Promoting the plurality of values in cultural information systems Chapter 09 The challenges of recalibrating the values of culture in the cultural field: Key recommendations

Arturo Rodríguez Morató, PhD in sociology, is a professor of sociology and director of the Centre for Culture, Politics and Society (CECUPS) at the University of Barcelona. He was the coordinator of the UNCHARTED project. Nancy Duxbury, PhD in communication, is a principal researcher at the Centre for Social Studies (CES), University of Coimbra, Portugal, leading the interdisciplinary research line “Urban Cultures, Sociabilities, and Participation.” Antonella Fresa is an information and communications technology expert, Director of Design and Implementation at Promoter S.r.l., and a contracted professor at the University of Pisa. Gábor Sonkoly, PhD in history, is a professor of history at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales in Paris, France.