Digital Transformation and Cultural Policies in Europe

What happens when cultural policy turns digital? Digital Transformation and Cultural Policies in Europe analyzes and compares different digital cultural policies of Europe. Through case studies of seven European countries (UK, Germany, Croatia, Sweden, Spain, Norway, and Switzerland) as well as the analysis of EU digital cultural policy, the book investigates what happens when cultural policy gets changed and challenged by digital culture. Based on a thorough discussion of key concepts and analytical perspectives, this collection also offers a unique multi-disciplinary contribution that shows how digital cultural policy is hyperconvergent. These policies contain established ideas of cultural policy - such as democratization, welfare, access, and national, protectionist ideas - brought together within a digital framework, while also adding new cultural policy tools and instruments, such as digital standards, international regulations, directives, etc. The book shows how digital cultural policies are works in progress, struggling to align their aspirations with their effectiveness. Overall, this book provides a valuable tool for understanding the current policy framework of digital culture. It will be of interest not only to scholars and students in cultural and creative industries but also to creative professionals and policy makers. The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons [Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND)] 4.0 license.

Ole Marius Hylland is Research Professor at Telemark Research Institute, Norway. Jaka Primorac is Scientific Advisor at the Department for Culture and Communication, Institute for Development and International Relations (IRMO), Zagreb, Croatia.

1. Introduction: The Digitalization of Cultural Policy Ole Marius Hylland and Jaka Primorac 2. Digital Cultural Policies: Challenges and Contexts Ole Marius Hylland and Jaka Primorac 3. Digital Cultural Policy in Germany: Chasing Ghosts Christian Handke and Kübra Karatas 4. Digital Cultural Policy in the UK: Digital Aspirations in the Post-EU World Kate Oakley 5. Digital Cultural Policy in Spain: The Game of Emulation Arturo Rodríguez Morató and Gloria Guirao Soro 6. Digital Cultural Policy in Sweden: Cultural Imaginations of the Digital Era, or Digitized Cultural Marketization? Katarina L. Gidlund and Sara Nyhlén 7. Digital Cultural Policy in Switzerland: Between Currents and Crosscurrents Mira Burri 8. Digital Cultural Policy in Croatia: Searching for a Vision Aleksandra Uzelac, Jaka Primorac and Barbara Lovrinic Higgins 9. Digital Cultural Policy in Norway: Old Tools and New Tasks Ole Marius Hylland, Mari Torvik Heian, Bård Kleppe and Heidi Stavrum 10. The European Union as a Digital Cultural Policy Actor Mira Burri 11. Rapids and Backwaters: Comparing Digital Cultural Policies Ole Marius Hylland and Jaka Primorac