A1 Journal article (refereed)
Liberal Governmentality and Urban Culture : Governing Differences and Diversity in the Policies of Helsinki and Sydney (2023)

Mohammed, S. B. (2023). Liberal Governmentality and Urban Culture : Governing Differences and Diversity in the Policies of Helsinki and Sydney. Nordisk Kulturpolitisk Tidskrift, 26(1), 77-93. https://doi.org/10.18261/nkt.26.1.6

JYU authors or editors

Publication details

All authors or editors: Mohammed, Saeed Bin

Journal or series: Nordisk Kulturpolitisk Tidskrift

ISSN: 1403-3216

eISSN: 2000-8325

Publication year: 2023

Publication date: 15/05/2023

Volume: 26

Issue number: 1

Pages range: 77-93

Publisher: Scandinavian University Press / Universitetsforlaget AS

Publication country: Sweden

Publication language: English

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18261/nkt.26.1.6

Publication open access: Openly available

Publication channel open access: Open Access channel

Publication is parallel published (JYX): https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/87034

Abstract

This article uses Michel Foucault’s understanding of police and liberalism to discuss the governance of diversity and differences, and how they appear as a regulatory form of power in urban cultural policy. The data consists of interviews conducted with policymakers in Helsinki and Sydney. The article asserts that the policing of cultural spaces of encounter at the city level is not limited to the regulatory practices and controls that produce a sense of safety and order for citizens in the city. This governance has great significance for representing excluded people and the socioeconomic identity of their neighborhoods. Finally, the use of language as a means of communication in cultural policy practices in Helsinki and Sydney is identified as a powerful resource that facilitates community entry, contact, and interaction with others within cultural spaces and the city.

Keywords: differences; diversity; urban culture; cultural policy

Free keywords: diversity; differences; governmentality; urban cultural policy; Helsinki; Sydney

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Ministry reporting: Yes

Reporting Year: 2023

JUFO rating: 1