A creativity-focused anniversary: Montreal’s 375th anniversary celebrations at the heart of a cultural economy of the past

IF 1.4 2区心理学 Q1 CULTURAL STUDIES

Memory Studies Pub Date : 2023-06-30 DOI:10.1177/17506980231184560

Fannie Valois-Nadeau

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Abstract

In 2017, the City of Montreal commemorated its 375th anniversary. Because it celebrated the city’s “creative” spirit more than its past, this 375th anniversary stands as an opportunity to explore reconfigurations of public anniversaries, which often take the shape of cultural mega-events. This article presents the different logics behind these celebrations, largely shaped by the communications and entertainment industries, and examines how they partake in developing of a cultural economy that benefits from the past. The purpose is thus not only to identify the presence of a commercial relationship but to explore how celebrations develop in light of the paradigm of creativity, which is currently a pillar of cities’ economic development policies. This article draws on interviews with people involved in the event organization, individuals sidelined by the process, and media and archives analysis.

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注重创意的周年纪念：蒙特利尔375周年庆祝活动是过去文化经济的核心

2017年，蒙特利尔市纪念其成立375周年。因为它比过去更多地庆祝了这座城市的“创造性”精神，这个375周年纪念日是一个探索公共纪念日重组的机会，公共纪念日通常采取文化大型活动的形式。本文介绍了这些庆祝活动背后的不同逻辑，这些庆祝活动主要由通信和娱乐行业塑造，并考察了它们如何参与从过去受益的文化经济的发展。因此，其目的不仅是确定商业关系的存在，而且是探索庆祝活动如何根据创意范式发展，创意范式目前是城市经济发展政策的支柱。这篇文章引用了对参与活动组织的人、被过程边缘化的个人的采访，以及媒体和档案分析。

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Memory Studies Multiple-

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2.30

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18.20%

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期刊介绍： Memory Studies is an international peer reviewed journal. Memory Studies affords recognition, form, and direction to work in this nascent field, and provides a critical forum for dialogue and debate on the theoretical, empirical, and methodological issues central to a collaborative understanding of memory today. Memory Studies examines the social, cultural, cognitive, political and technological shifts affecting how, what and why individuals, groups and societies remember, and forget. The journal responds to and seeks to shape public and academic discourse on the nature, manipulation, and contestation of memory in the contemporary era.