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Discourses of cultural diversity and inclusion in film policy : the case of Flanders (2002–2022)
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Abstract
This article examines how Flemish film policy actors and industry stakeholders have conceptualized, framed and operationalized cultural diversity and inclusion over the past two decades (2002–2022). Drawing on critical discourse and interpretive policy analysis of policy documents and a series of in-depth expert interviews, we investigate how discourses of diversity in cultural policymaking are consistently shaped by (neo-)liberal continuations of deregulation, state neutrality and marketization. This article identifies three discursive shifts over the years, highlighting their complex tensions with the persistent, liberal-egalitarian principle of difference-blind universalism. Framing these tensions as a major obstacle in achieving a paradigmatic policy shift toward the inclusion of ethnic/diasporic minorities in Flemish cinema, we advance a more comprehensive way of understanding why media diversity policies have, so far, proven inadequate.
Language
English
Source (journal)
European journal of cultural studies. - London, 1998, currens
Publication
London : 2024
ISSN
1367-5494 [print]
1460-3551 [online]
DOI
10.1177/13675494241228937
Volume/pages
(2024) , p. 1-20
ISI
001161886300001
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UAntwerpen
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Project info
The state of the nation in Belgian cinema. A research project on contemporary cinema and (trans)national identities in Belgium.
The diaspora kino-eye: A multi-methodological research project on diaspora film policies and representations in Flanders (2002-2021).
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Affiliation
Publications with a UAntwerp address
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Creation 17.02.2024
Last edited 11.04.2024
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