Cultural Districts and Innovation: a Focus on the Global South
Cultural Districts and Innovation: a Focus on the Global South
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This report, commissioned by the Global Cultural Districts Network (GCDN) and written by Tarek Virani, looks at “how cultural districts in the Global South are either innovating or creating the conditions to meet the needs of new and existing challenges”. As such, it provides a fresh perspective on what the challenges of our time might mean for cultural districts worldwide balancing the push and pull of globalisation and localism. Ultimately, our understanding of how innovation in cultural districts occurs in the Global South reinforces what we know about cultural districts generally – as much as this is a global phenomenon, the local context always determines the shape and impact of any effort.
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Governance Models of Cultural Districts
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This report, commissioned by the Global Cultural Districts Network (GCDN), draws on primary research and a literature review to capture good practices, and identifies which stakeholders should be “at the table” for informed and effective decision making and oversight. The research has also revealed the range of business models that underpin these governing entities, reviewing how cultural districts are generating revenue and expending it. The research is intended to be fully international in scope, with useful lessons for GCDN members and other practitioners around the world.
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AEA Consulting’s 2021 Cultural Infrastructure Index
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AEA Consulting is pleased to present the 2021 Cultural Infrastructure Index. Now in its sixth edition, the Index seeks to measure investment in capital projects in the cultural sector globally, identifying projects with a budget of US$10 million or more that were publicly announced or completed within a calendar year.
“Cultural infrastructure” comprises museums/galleries, performing arts centers, multifunction arts venues, and cultural hubs or districts, and projects tracked include new buildings, renovations, expansions, and adaptive reuse.
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AEA Consulting’s 2016 Cultural Infrastructure Index
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The Cultural Infrastructure Index, undertaken for the Global Cultural Districts Network by AEA Consulting, seeks to measure investment in capital projects in the cultural sector, identifying projects with a budget of US$10 million or more that were publicly announced or completed within a calendar year. “Cultural infrastructure” comprises museums, performing arts centers, and cultural hubs or districts, and projects tracked include new buildings, renovations, and expansions.
This inaugural Cultural Infrastructure Index covers 2016. The collected data reveals some US$8.45 billion in new physical assets that came online last year (101 completed projects), and a further US$8.54 billion in investment announced across 135 new projects. Our analysis shows the median budget for announced projects (US$36 million) is lower than that for completed projects (US$41 million).
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Branding Cultural Districts and Destinations
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Cities have become the focal point for creation, innovation and exchange. In the new urban age, where all cities compete against each other to attract and retain residents, visitors, investment, talent, events, creative people, organizations, etc., culture, creativity and the arts are increasingly a central point of differentiation and attraction. They help to transform and to shape people’s own identities, both for residents and visitors.
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