Repercussion of the label in a comparative analysis of indicators: the case of two UNESCO Creative Cities

Abstract

Urban life is full of interpersonal connections which encourage local culture, creativity and innovation. According to the UNCTAD report (2010), UNESCO's Creative Cities project aims to promote these connections through culture and diversity, generating the development of cultural groups, facilitating the exchange of ideas, practices and knowledge, enabling the growth and development of the local economy. The creative city label is a credential to integrate the Network that dialogues about urban planning and sustainable and inclusive development with emphasis on culture, knowledge and innovation. It is also an instrument that creates a brand for the city, encouraging tourism, among other industries. Considering these requirements, this paper intends to analyze the impacts of application process in two cities: Barcelona (literature) and Glasgow (music).

Keywords:

• Creative cities
• culture
• UNESCO
• network
• Barcelona
• Glasgow

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.

Notes

1 Creative Economy is understood here as a set of economic sectors that use, as input or as an end, artistic-cultural production, involving handicrafts, popular manifestations and popular festivals, museums, music, performing arts, visual arts, literature, book publishing. , radio and tv, cinema, digital games, fashion, gastronomy, architecture, among other segments.

2 “Mission Statement,” UNESCO, 2004.

3 The conception of southern countries refers to countries with a lower income level, not converging with the merely geographical understanding

4 “Representation by the Global South,” Creative cities South, 2017. Disponível em: https://creativecitysouth.org/blog-1/2017/11/8/anointed-creative-the-unesco-creative-cities-network.

5 Until March 2020, it was not available for consultancy any monitoring report of the coverage of the labelling to Barcelona as Creative City.

6 For more details on methodology and indicators, see in João Luiz de Figueiredo, Diego Santos Vieira de Jesus, Diogo Tavares Robaina & Cristina Lohmann Couri (2019): 2,185-203, DOI: 10,1080/17510694.2019.1610344.