The booming of festivals throughout Europe arises questions and gives analyses: how are festivals born, how do they develop, how do they balance local interaction and international cooperation, how do they economically, culturally or socially impact on their respective territories? Written by fifteen researchers and cultural actors in the frame of the European Festival Research Programme (EFRP) initiated by Dragan Klaic, Festivals in Europe deals with festivals from every angle: their identity, their global and cross-border exchanges, their financial and human resources and their influence on cultural policies.
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Written by fifteen researchers and cultural professionals in the frame of the European Festival Research Programme (EFRP) initiated by Dragan Klaic, Festivals in Europe offers analysis and tells stories by means of words and pictures, from Helsinki to Barcelona and from London to Zagreb.
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City residents participation in arts festivals: case Helsinki; Festival associations, points of references or platforms for cultural globalisation? Street-art-what are the alternative to festivals? Are festivals in danger of amnesia? From polis to market place: the Malta festival as an example; National survey on festivals in Hungary; Festivals and long life: what is the equation? The LIFT in London, a festival with a view onto the world; From festivals to event planning.
The booming of festivals throughout Europe arises questions and gives analyses: how are festivals born, how do they develop, how do they balance local interaction and international cooperation, how do they economically, culturally or socially impact on their respective territories? Written by fifteen researchers and cultural actors in the frame of the European Festival Research Programme (EFRP) initiated by Dragan Klaic, Festivals in Europe deals with festivals from every angle: their identity, their global and cross-border exchanges, their financial and human resources and their influence on cultural policies.