The Negotiated Cultural Environment
Year of publication
2020
Authors
Lonkila, Helena; Hanka, Heikki
Abstract
The Master’s Programme in Cultural Environment Studies (KUOMA), at the University of Jyväskylä’s Department of Music, Art, Culture Studies, is an educational innovation founded upon ‘cultural environment’ as a concept and as a framework (as a concept of agency), as well as analysis of the current state of the field of cultural environments. This article takes a look at some of the starting points and foundations for the research within the Master’s Programme in Cultural Environment Studies, as well as expounding teaching and research practices using two case examples. The Mätäsvaara project was created for developing multidisciplinary, interdisciplinary pedagogy for the university setting by making use of the possibilities of phenomena-based, practical, multi-discipline expertise learning. The project made concrete the breadth of expertise in cultural environments and the dynamic use of the concept of ‘cultural environment’ itself. The multidisciplinary metrics of sustainably growing tourism (MAMOMI) consortium project examine the junctures of cultural sustainability and cultural environments through case studies. The most significant outcome of the article is a snapshot of cultural environments and sustainable development. A particular goal is to point out the meaning of cultural sustainability in the discourse relating to sustainable development. Thus conceptualized, the ‘cultural environment’ can be seen — like the broader concept of culture — as a flexible and multifaceted framework that allows for egalitarian interaction between different areas of administration, academic discourse, and various societal agents.
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Publication format
Article
Parent publication type
Journal
Article type
Original article
Audience
ScientificPeer-reviewed
Peer-ReviewedMINEDU's publication type classification code
A1 Journal article (refereed), original researchPublication channel information
Volume
74
Issue
2
Pages
41-56
ISSN
Publication forum
Open access
Open access in the publisher’s service
Yes
Open access of publication channel
Fully open publication channel
Self-archived
Yes
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Fields of science
Other humanities
Keywords
[object Object],[object Object]
Publication country
Latvia
Internationality of the publisher
International
Language
English
International co-publication
No
Co-publication with a company
No
The publication is included in the Ministry of Education and Culture’s Publication data collection
Yes