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Id		640
Author		Pastak I., Kährik A.
Title		The impacts of culture-led flagship projects on local communities in the context of post-socialist tallinn
Reference		Pastak I., Kährik A.; The impacts of culture-led flagship projects on local communities in the context of post-socialist tallinn ;Sociologicky Casopis vol:52 issue: 6.0 page:963.0
Link to article		https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85012972635&doi=10.13060%2f00380288.2016.52.6.292&partnerID=40&md5=6a3642314edce508e147b71ed7a3cbda
Abstract		In post-socialist Central and Eastern Europe, the effects of urban culture-led flagship projects on the quality of life of local neighbourhood communities have only received marginal attention, while the overriding focus has been on promoting economic growth and internationalisation. The aim of the article is to identify the community impacts of culture-led regeneration projects carried out in the inner city of Tallinn in the past decade. Qualitative analysis of three inner-city flagship projects-creative campus, museum, and cultural hub-revealed that culture-led regeneration projects, whether public or private initiatives, are regarded as standard business models. In terms of their influence on local communities, the projects vary depending on their focus, the degree of engagement of local groups in the planning phase and activities, and the extent of actual physical change. However, in cases where local groups have been engaged, the engagement has been selective and has primarily involved the creative class. Local residents nevertheless perceive that the projects have led to overall positive changes in physical neighbourhood characteristics. © Sociologický ústav AV ČR, v.v.i., Praha 2016.

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Culture-led urban regeneration projects are often called flagship projects. .
However, culture-based projects are also regarded by project initiators and politicians as improving the quality of life for local residents. .
Culture-led flagship regeneration has had a substantial effect on improving the physical quality of public spaces by creating arenas for social interaction and educational activities. .
The creative hub, in accordance with its initial goal to promote city-wide culture, is known amongst local people for its thematic events, workshops, and performances with educational output for specific urban-wide groups of young visitors, creative people, and broader audiences, which local residents can attend. .
The smaller scale and local orientation, combined with the availability of a cultural component (and in some cases, the involvement of local artists), have turned out to be important aspects that have increased the usability to locals of the created places. .
(R1project leader) Because of the large number of visitors, the projects have brought economic resources to the local neighbourhoods, while also increasing future investments. .
Project target groups have been carefully selected; all the flagship projects are characterised by a focus on building prestige and attracting large visitor numbers in order to guarantee the cost-effectiveness of the projects; commercialisation has become a means to achieve the overall economic goals. .
Gains were considered not always in terms of a direct financial return but in the form of an expected rise in profitability in the long runthrough the development of a creative economy or growth in real estate prices in the area. .
This kind of urban renewal is strongly associated with the development of the creative economy, which emerged out of an alternative and bohemian atmosphere and has developed into well-financed creative urban renewal projects initiated by public authorities and private companies. .
Flagship projects can accelerate local development through providing credibility for subsequent projectsas the neighbourhoods image improves, the area tends to be perceived as a more secure location to invest in Temelova 2007 . .
The idea that culture can be employed as a driver for urban economic growth has become part of the new orthodoxy by which cities seek to enhance their competitive position. .
Also, the city government took a more proactive role to urban revitalisation, which led to a sharp increase in public investments in urban projects compared to previous years. .
Each of the flagship projects studieda cultural campus, a museum, and a cultural hubwas perceived to have substantial effects on neighbourhood development. .
The incomers are more affluent people who enjoy the changing living environment and new entertainment and leisure activities. .
The high level of usability of the creative campus can be associated with the character of the created space, which is accessible in both physical and social terms: visitors can freely enter the area, and the diversity of activities offered increases the volume of daily visits and favours local social practices. .
Following the creative city concept and using Western theories based on successful models of culture-led urban regeneration have led to a situation where local creativity is used like a business model to create surplus value. .
Moreover, local participation in the initiative itself has constituted an important arena for social interaction, resulting in common place-making and advancing place attachment. .
Furthermore, participation in events exhibitions, workshops, performances, etc.and use of the appropriate spaces were considered important by the interviewees. .
For the public to know more about the Creative Hub, events should be held here through which the locals begin to learn more about it. .
The high level of social use of the space in the case of the creative campus was achieved as a result of the projects inward focus and the active engagement of local communities in the planning phase. .

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