cultural policy
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cultural policy
The area of politics concerned with directing, promoting, and shaping art and culture. This includes decisions about the funding of theaters, museums, libraries, and other cultural institutions.
Die neue Kulturpolitik des Landes legt einen besonderen Fokus auf die digitale Vermittlung von Kunst.
The state's new cultural policy places special focus on the digital presentation of art.
'Kulturpolitik' (cultural policy) follows a very productive pattern in German: many policy areas are named by forming a compound with '-politik' (policy). If you know this pattern, you immediately understand words like 'Wirtschaftspolitik' (economic policy), 'Sozialpolitik' (social policy), or 'Umweltpolitik' (environmental policy).
Die Umweltpolitik ist ein zentrales Thema im Wahlkampf.
Environmental policy is a central issue in the election campaign.
The word is a direct compound of 'die Kultur' (culture) and 'die Politik' (politics/policy). So it describes the part of politics that deals with cultural matters.
Die Finanzierung von Theatern ist eine Aufgabe der Kulturpolitik.
The funding of theaters is a task of cultural policy.
Common verbs in connection with cultural policy are 'gestalten' (to shape), 'fördern' (to promote), or 'betreiben' (to pursue/conduct). It is often specified more precisely with adjectives such as 'kommunal' (municipal), 'regional' (regional), or 'national' (national).
Die kommunale Kulturpolitik fördert vor allem lokale Künstler.
Municipal cultural policy primarily supports local artists.
