Cultural Citizenship

Cultural Citizenship Through Museums’ Place-Based Public Programs

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What would it mean for a museum to act not simply as a place people visit, but as a place where people help shape cultural and civic life? In “Cultural citizenship through museums’ place-based public programmes,” Lucrezia Gigante draws on research involving 21 interviews and ten cultural organizations in the United Kingdom, Southern Europe, and…

The Civic Imagination Project

The Civic Imagination Project

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The Civic Imagination Project explores how people and communities can envision a better future, recognize themselves as civic participants, and connect across differences. Based at the University of Southern California, the project treats imagination not as an escape from present conditions, but as a necessary first step toward changing them. Through research, workshops, storytelling, toolkits,…