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| Id | 167 | |
| Author | Tavano Blessi, G.; Grossi, E.; Sacco, P. L.; Piereti, G.; Ferilli, G. | |
| Title | The contribution of cultural participation to urban well-being. A comparative study in Bolzano/Bozen and Siracusa, Italy | |
| Reference | Tavano Blessi, G.; Grossi, E.; Sacco, P. L.; Piereti, G.; Ferilli, G. (2016). The contribution of cultural participation to urban well‑being. A comparative study in Bolzano/Bozen and Siracusa, Italy. Cities, 50, 216–226. |
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| Link to article | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2015.10.009 |
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| Abstract | What is the role of culture in contemporary urban life? Can culture function as an urban planning tool for individual and social well-being? Two elements are of special relevance in this regard: cultural vibrancy in terms of level of initiative in policies, use of facilities and activities, and individual and social propensities towards the participation in, and consumption of, cultural activities and goods. This paper takes the recent path of research on the impact of cultural participation on the social and economic sustainability of urban processes, with a specific focus on the individual subjective well-being dimension. Two Italian cities, one endowed with a high stock of cultural facilities, activities, and access (Bolzano/Bozen) and the other with a comparatively much lower stock in all respects (Siracusa), are examined. Comparative analysis suggests that the impact of culture on subjective well-being in a context of high cultural supply and substantial cultural participation is much more relevant with respect to low-endowment and low-participation cases, thus suggesting the possibility of a culture/well-being positive feedback dynamics leading to urban ‘cultural poverty traps’. On the basis of these results, we draw some implications for cultural policy design in urban contexts. |
The contribution of cultural participation to urban well-being. this allows us to respond to the principal research hypothesis which is how culture and in particular cultural participation and cultural production impact upon psychological well-being in differ- ent urban contexts and also to answer the secondary research hypoth- esis assessing the inuence of culture in relation to other urban key factors known from the literature to affect subjective well-being. in our analysis we observe rstly that the two values are not signicant in general terms for although at rst glance it seems that education plays an important effect on subjective well- being perception in particular in siracusa where the pgwbi gap between the bottom and top classes is especially relevant there will be the necessity of a much deeper investigation as to the role and importance of this element in the well-being framework of bolzano and siracusa city dwellers. in siracusa the impact of culture on subjective well-being is less than half of what we observe for bolzano/bozen and in a sense this suggests that culture as for many other social factors such as interaction and relationships between indi- viduals is likely to replace absolute income and employment as the major driving force affecting well-being in relatively well-developed socio-economic contexts. as noted by markusen in the third italy model markusen local development paths are closely linked to idiosyncratic local charac- teristics such of a social economic infrastructural and cultural nature which play a crucial role in promoting the growth of regions and cities.
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