Towards Culture 3.0 - Performative space in the public library

TY - JOUR

T1 - Towards Culture 3.0 - Performative space in the public library

AU - Jochumsen, Henrik

AU - Skot-Hansen, Dorte

AU - Rasmussen, Casper Hvenegaard

PY - 2017/7/4

Y1 - 2017/7/4

N2 - The aim of this article is to analyse and discuss the development of performative spaces in public libraries from a cultural policy perspective. First, a framework of three concepts of culture, 1.0–3.0, is used as a tool to analyse the overall development of public libraries. Against this background, we introduce the notion of performative spaces in public libraries by highlighting Nordic examples. The tendency can also be seen on a broader level in European and North American libraries, where a ‘performative turn’ can be seen as the relationship between the library and its users, especially the younger ‘digital natives’. The rationales behind the emergence of performative spaces in public libraries are analysed and discussed: democratisation, empowerment and economic impact. This article concludes that the performative spaces are legitimized by multiple rationales in the same way as cultural policies and cultural institutions are legitimised today.

AB - The aim of this article is to analyse and discuss the development of performative spaces in public libraries from a cultural policy perspective. First, a framework of three concepts of culture, 1.0–3.0, is used as a tool to analyse the overall development of public libraries. Against this background, we introduce the notion of performative spaces in public libraries by highlighting Nordic examples. The tendency can also be seen on a broader level in European and North American libraries, where a ‘performative turn’ can be seen as the relationship between the library and its users, especially the younger ‘digital natives’. The rationales behind the emergence of performative spaces in public libraries are analysed and discussed: democratisation, empowerment and economic impact. This article concludes that the performative spaces are legitimized by multiple rationales in the same way as cultural policies and cultural institutions are legitimised today.

KW - Faculty of Humanities

KW - Cultural Policy

KW - Library Development

KW - Library design

KW - cultural policy

KW - public libraries

KW - performative space

KW - economic impact

KW - democratization

KW - empowerment

U2 - 10.1080/10286632.2015.1043291

DO - 10.1080/10286632.2015.1043291

M3 - Journal article

SN - 1028-6632

SP - 1

EP - 13

JO - International Journal of Cultural Policy

JF - International Journal of Cultural Policy

ER -