1. Task Force 4: Cultural Practices and Social Aspects
ESSnet on Culture
Task Force 4:
Cultural Practices and Social Aspects
Amsterdam December 20, 2009

2. Delineation of Cultural and Social Participation A proposal
Vladimír Bína
Pauwhof 180
2289 BM Rijswijk, The Netherlands
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3. Cultural Participation
Going out
Media habits
Practising art as a leisure activity

4. Going out
Visits to:
Theatre ( Should we include only professional theatre?)
Classical music (Should we include only professional orchestras and musicians?)
Opera, operetta (Should we include only professional ensembles?)
Musical (Should we include only professional ensembles?)
Other music (Should we specify the kind of music?)
Ballet, dance (Should we include only professional ensembles?)
Open air performances, festivals (Should we specify the kind of performances?)
Cinema
Archives
Public libraries
Museums (Should we distinguish between in own country and abroad?)
Monuments (Should we distinguish between in own country and abroad?)

5. Media habits Time spent on: Reading books Reading newspapers
Reading magazines
Other reading
Listening to radio and recorded sound
Viewing television and recorded images
Using the Internet

6. Media habits: uses of the Internet
We should comply with the existing and ongoing European surveys on ICT. We are especially interested in the ‘cultural’ uses of the Internet,
such as:
Reading newspapers and press on the web
Listening to music and radio on the web
Viewing television programmes and movies on the web
Virtual visits to museums, libraries, archives, theatres and other cultural venues
Searching for ‘practical’ cultural information on the web; booking tickets for theatres, concerts, museums etc

7. Practising art as a leisure activity
Following activities could be considered:
drawing, painting and graphic work
sculpting, modelling, pottery and jewellery making
textile work , tapestry-making, weaving
singing, playing a musical instrument
acting, dancing
writing fiction or poetry
making photo’s, films and video (is this still distinguishable?)
composing music on the PC
writing diary or blog for the Internet
graphic design on the PC and/or web design on the Internet

8. Social Participation Helping behaviour (Corresponding to EU-SILC)
Participation in informal voluntary activities (Corresponding to EU-SILC)
Participation in activities of political parties or trade unions (Corresponding to EU-SILC)
Participation in activities of professional associations (Corresponding to EU-SILC)
Participation in activities of churches or other religious organisations (Corresponding to EU-SILC)
Participation in activities of recreational groups or organisations
(Corresponding to EU-SILC)
Participation in activities of charitable organisations (Corresponding to EU-SILC)
Participation in activities of other groups or organisations (Corresponding to EU-SILC)
Sense of belonging to one own city, region, nation and Europe (Corresponding to Eurobarometer surveys)
Opinions about quality of life; satisfaction with own life