A1 Journal article (refereed)
Suburban neighbourhoods as places for everyday cultural participation : the case of Jyväskylä in Finland (2024)

Ruokolainen, O., Luonila, M., Leppänen, A., & Kumpulainen, K. (2024). Suburban neighbourhoods as places for everyday cultural participation : the case of Jyväskylä in Finland. Cultural Trends, Early online. https://doi.org/10.1080/09548963.2024.2345246

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Publication details

All authors or editors: Ruokolainen, Olli; Luonila, Mervi; Leppänen, Aino; Kumpulainen, Kaisu

Journal or series: Cultural Trends

ISSN: 0954-8963

eISSN: 1469-3690

Publication year: 2024

Publication date: 26/04/2024

Volume: Early online

Publisher: Routledge

Publication country: United Kingdom

Publication language: English

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/09548963.2024.2345246

Publication open access: Not open

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Abstract

The research on and policy related to cultural participation calls for more attention to how people include culture in their everyday lives and local surroundings. We analyse the everyday cultural experiences of people spending free time in suburbs in a Nordic context. We analyse the characteristics of our case suburban neighbourhoods as spatial contexts of cultural participation and reflect on the methodology for analysing everyday cultural participation in place. We show that (1) other meaningful activities at a certain location affect cultural participation, (2) cultural offerings outside the neighbourhood affect the motives for and patterns of cultural participation in and from the neighbourhood (3) other public policy sectors than the actual cultural sector influence the support of cultural participation in a certain location.

Keywords: everyday; everyday life; suburbs; place; neighbours; participation

Free keywords: cultural participation; everyday life; suburbs; neighbourhoods; place; Nordic context

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Ministry reporting: Yes

Reporting Year: 2024

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