Definition: Cultural participation

Category: Culture

Cultural participation is participation in the arts and everyday life activities that may be associated with a particular culture. It refers to the ways in which ethnically-marked differences in cultural tastes, values and behaviours inform not just artistic and media preferences but are embedded in the daily rhythms of different ways of life; and of the ways in which these connect with other relevant social characteristics - those of class and gender, for example http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/ramon/statmanuals/files/FCS09_EN.pdf