Cultural Commons

A New Perspective on the Production and Evolution of Cultures

Edited by Enrico Bertacchini, Università di Torino, Italy, Giangiacomo Bravo, Linnaeus University, Sweden, Massimo Marrelli, Università di Napoli and the late Walter Santagata, formerly Università di Torino, Italy

这本引人注目的书提供了一个清新小说从新加坡oach to study cultural and artistic expression from the perspective of ‘the commons’. It demonstrates how identifying cultures as shared resources is useful in eliciting the main factors and social dilemmas affecting the production and evolution of cultural expression.

‘The concept of the commons as a shared resource capable of yielding collective benefits to people is a well-established one in the social sciences, but its extension to jointly-owned cultural resources is relatively new. This pioneering book explores the idea of a cultural commons as it can be applied in a wide range of areas, including landscapes, art and design, gastronomy, heritage, the performing arts and the online world. Although the book’s chapters are written mainly from the perspective of cultural economics, the scope of the volume is truly interdisciplinary. The book is more than just a comprehensive introduction to the topic. It is also a source of original ideas that will act as a stimulus to further research in the field.’
– David Throsby, Macquarie University, Australia