CULTURE AND THE CITY Alan Freeman GLA Economics
Culture and the City (talk to 'My City's Still Breathing' November 7 2010, Winnipeg
Jan 28, 2015
Presented to Winnipeg's "My City's Still Breathing" conference on November 7 2010
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CULTURE AND THE CITY
Alan FreemanGLA Economics
Acknowledgements This was presented to the Cultural Capital
conference entitled ‘My City’s still breathing’ in Winnipeg on November 7 2010
Thanks to Mary Reid, Pat Bovey, Dominic Lloyd, Kerri-Lynne Reeves, and all the great folks in the Winnipeg Art scene who set up the conference and got me there.
A more up to date version was presented in Chicago, June 2011; though that would never have happened were it not for the Winnipeg conference and its organisrs, this presentation is provided for the record because the later one is more developed.
Winnipeggers may notice some extra detail that might escape your average Chicagoan…
51
What’s in a number?
, if anything, c
The Cultural Audit – what it’s not
What’s in a number?
206,000
172,000
But…Most of the authors are
not British
Most of the readers are not British
So what’s going on?
UK
US
Canada
AustraliaSouth Asia
Africa
English language writers
UKUS
Canada
AustraliaSouth Asia
Africa
English Language readers
The city is a centre of encounter and exchange
It connects the parts of the region to each other
It connects the region to other regions
What cities do
The populations of the region mingle in each
cityBusiness,
government, and ideas come from
other cities to exchange
Culture as resource
The successful modern city provides the facilities for interchange.
It cannot do this as an empty shell; it has to be culturally alive
Because culture is the vehicle of exchange.
What does it mean?
It was foreseeable
£0
£500
£1,000
£1,500
£2,000
£2,500
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 $2,013
£ m
illio
n
Live Music Primary Live Music SecondaryRecorded Music Trade Recorded Music Retail
Source: BPI, OCC, Mintel, TIxDaq, PRSDate: 2006
Projected from this date
UK spending on music (Performing Rights Society)
And it is consistent with other data
100
120
140
160
180
200
220
240
260
£b
n a
t c
urr
en
t p
ric
es
Creative productsFood products
UK Household spending
Source: Family expenditure survey
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