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Unveiling Trends in Cultural Participation: the Case of Slovakia
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Abstract
This paper explores the trends in participation in a variety of cultural activities in Slovakia. Although the research on cultural participation has thrived and there have been plenty of empirical studies published about the consumption of cultural products in different countries, there is still a l... view more
This paper explores the trends in participation in a variety of cultural activities in Slovakia. Although the research on cultural participation has thrived and there have been plenty of empirical studies published about the consumption of cultural products in different countries, there is still a lack of comprehensive research from former post-communist countries. The paper aims to test the link between cultural participation and social and economic characteristics, which has previously been done in other international studies. The cluster analysis suggests four types of Slovak cultural participants - the heritage visitors, the omnivores, the popular genre visitors, and the inactive. The outcomes point to a strong relationship between cultural inactivity and heritage visits to socioeconomic status, while there is a weak relationship between highbrow cultural participation and the upper-class. The results challenge cultural policies to be adjusted for different groups of cultural participants with the objective of increasing the overall consumption of cultural goods in Slovakia.... view less
Keywords
Eurobarometer; Slovakia; cultural factors; participation; typology; cluster analysis; post-communist society; culture industry; cultural heritage; socioeconomic factors
Classification
Cultural Sociology, Sociology of Art, Sociology of Literature
Free Keywords
cultural participation; latent class cluster analysis; Eurobarometer 2007; Eurobarometer 2013
Document language
English
Publication Year
2021
Page/Pages
p. 1-14
Journal
Social Sciences, 9 (2021) 11
DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci9110190
ISSN
2076-0760
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed