Economy of culture
1. What does the term culture mean?
• What is your explanation of the term “culture”?
• Find a definition of the term “culture” by some organization/author etc.
2. What do we mean when we are talking about international cultural differences?
• What are the roots of these differences?
3. What is a cultural good and cultural service in the area of cultural production?
• Find at least three examples of cultural goods and services
• How could we sort cultural goods and service
4. What does the term high culture mean?
• Who is a general customer of high culture products and services?
• What is the general motivation of these customers?
5. What does the term popular culture mean?
• Who is the general customer of popular culture products and services?
• What is the general motivation of these customers?
• Are state subsidies divided into cultural organizations according to customers'
preferences? Support your prediction with some examples.
6. What does “Baumol's cost disease” mean?
• Does this theory have any weaknesses?
• How could we measure productivity in culture?
7. Find at least three international organizations which focused on culture.
• Find the mission of these organizations.
8. What is the EU's role in the culture area?
• Does the EU have a united strategy in the field of culture support?
9. Find three examples of the European union’s activities, which are connecting with culture.