Es la desigualdad, también en cultura

Culture is the overlooked dimension of inequality. Cultural rights do not have a significant place in strategies for addressing growing urban inequalities. Nor equity is the main concern in cultural policies agenda. Even if research is also underdeveloped, we know inequalities in cultural participation, creation and production exist (and persist), at least in the field of cultural policies. We know these inequalities matter. Thus, this paper develops two main ideas regarding inequalities in cultural rights. First, these inequalities are multidimensional and multifactorial. They depend on several factors summarized in three concepts: difference, resources and connection. Second, responses to inequalities on cultural rights need to be integral: public (not just institutional) and based on diversity. The public sphere amounts to something more than just administrative/institutional matters. And addressing inequalities does not entail homogenization.