Diversity as a funding criterion
From March 2021, the Department of Culture Basel-Stadt will be working with four Basel cultural institutions, including the New Orchestra Basel, to make culture diverse. For the first time, the opening of cultural institutions is being tackled comprehensively.
From 2021 to 2023, the Kunstmuseum, the Kaserne, the Literaturhaus and the Neue Orchester Basel will work with external experts to open up to Basel's diverse urban society. Around 75,000 people without a Swiss passport currently live in Basel. This means that a large proportion of the population has a family history of migration in their biography. However, this facet of diversity is hardly reflected when it comes to shaping culture. The focus of the project is therefore on the program, curation, communication, audience development and staff training.
"Kultur divers gestalten" is a partner project of the Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia as part of the "Intercultural Society" initiative. In October 2019, interested cantons and cities were able to propose pilot projects to be supported by Pro Helvetia for a defined period (one to three years) in the form of cooperative funding. The Culture Division's project idea was selected as one of four initiatives to be implemented throughout Switzerland.
Original article:
https://www.bs.ch/nm/2021-vielfalt-als-potential-im-kulturbetrieb-pd.html
