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CULTURAL COMMONS
A New Perspective on the Productionand Evolution of Cultures
Edited by Enrico Bertacchini, Giangiacomo Bravo, Universit
diTorino, Massimo Marrelli, Universit di Napoli and Walter
Santagata,Universit di Torino, Italy
The concept of the commons as a shared resource capable of
yielding collective benets 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
books chapters are written mainly from the perspective of
cultural
economics, the scope of the volume is truly interdisciplinary.
Thebook 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 eld.
David Throsby, Macquarie University, Australia
This compelling book offers a fresh and novel approach 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.
Adopting the unifying perspective of the cultural commons, the
chapters provide in-depthanalysis of a wide range of cultural
resources, including traditional cultural expression,
heritage, gastronomy and cultural content in virtual worlds.
Taking an interdisciplinary
perspective and gathering contributions from economic,
sociological and legal elds, this
timely book proposes a new and complementary research
agenda.
Scholars and postgraduate students of cultural economics,
cultural studies, and sociology
of culture will nd this authoritative and essential book
invaluable.
Contributors include:C. Barrre, E. Bertacchini C. Bocchino, Q.
Bonnard, P. Borrione, G. Bravo, A. Buzio, A. Carbone, V. Chossat,P.
Fiorentino, M. Friel, X. Greffe, C. Hess, M. Marrelli, M. Murphree,
A. Re, W. Santagata, A.J. Scott, M. Trimarchi, Y. Zhang
2012 272 pp Hardback 978 1 78100 005 2 70.00 eBook 978 1 78100
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