Cultural Policies in Montreal Beyond Policies

Following a global trend in urban cultural policies, Montreal has affirmed the centrality of creativity in cultural development by integrating new categories of intervention such as “cultural and creative industries”, “digital creativity” and “cultural and creative entrepreneurship”.

In this seminar, I suggest an analysis of the transformations implied by the imaginary of these policies, focusing specifically on the ways it materializes into social structures, cultural institutions and organization, and urban space. This stems from the need to understand creativity policies beyond their discursive aspects and fully grasp their integration in specific cities, with specific cultural and political histories. We thus aim to present the creative imaginary in Montréal with regard to the concrete social relations and the tensions it creates.

Part of the GPE Brown Bag Seminar Series.

All welcome.