OECD Culture and Local Development.pdf - PACA

ISBN 92-64-00990-6
CULTURE AND LOCAL DEVELOPMENT
© OECD 2005
Chapter 1
Using a territory’s culture to promote
local development
This chapter highlights how culture can affect the behaviour of players in a
given territory. It begins with a broad definition of culture which encompasses
the full range of values, norms and benchmarks that can shape the behaviour of
individuals or communities. It then examines the three ways in which a territory’s
culture can contribute to its development. The first looks at whether or not the
players engage in co-operative and organisational behaviour to exchange
information, analyse problems and forge consensus. The second contribution
involves the players’ attitudes towards the creation of projects and activities, raising
the problem of the territory’s prevailing entrepreneurial culture and ways of
altering it in a way that could foster development. The last one involves culture’s
role in integrating persons or communities that are excluded or marginalised, and
it spotlights the many mechanisms through which cultural and artistic activities
can in fact contribute to this.
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