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This chapter investigates the historical and social context of cultural rights in Taiwan, and analyses specifically how researchers, artists, cultural practitioners, and the public have taken part in the managing, mismanaging, and upward-managing process of the project ‘2017 National Cultural Congress and Culture White Paper’ (2017 NCCWP). The authors suggest that a co-designed democratic mechanism, together with the empowering strategies, and co-governing/co-management strategies adopted by the Ministry of Culture, NPOs, and fence-straddling entities (e.g. advisory committees) are the key to facilitate people’s cultural rights in the case of 2017 NCCWP. Furthermore, everyday contacts between various cultural groups will benefit public participation in cultural affairs and strengthen peoples’ cultural rights. This chapter also explores the implications of the 2017 NCCWP case and the challenges of cultural rights in contemporary Taiwan.
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Ku, SS., Liu, J.C.Y. (2020). Managing Cultural Rights: The Project of the 2017 Taiwan National Cultural Congress and Culture White Paper. In: Durrer, V., Henze, R. (eds) Managing Culture. Sociology of the Arts. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-24646-4_13
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