Opportunities: Source of synergy, or of conflict? Positioning of creative industry actors within a European Capital of Culture Project.

ABSTRACT: The aim of this article is to analyze the positioning and interactions of the principal actors in the creative industries, in particular their relations with the structures tasked with implementing the Timișoara European Capital of Culture 2021 project, and the press coverage of the developing project. We started from the hypothesis that such an event stimulates the creative industries, but also induces tensions, which can degenerate into blockages. Quantitative and qualitative methods (20 observation sheets; 19 interviews and 227 press articles) combine to portray the dynamics and effectiveness of the city's creative spaces and the role actors play in local territorial co-production, the press analysis providing additional data. The article supplements previous literature on politico-terr

SUBMITTER: Popa N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9469995 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature