eprintid: 3525
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datestamp: 2021-07-06 16:32:12
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type: thesis
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sword_depositor: 1
creators_name: Freriks, Julian
creators_id: S3444686
creators_email: julianfreriks@live.de
title: The Social-Cultural Impacts of a Festival and the Development of Regional Identity: A Case Study of the Zwarte Cross
ispublished: unpub
full_text_status: public
abstract: Festivals are incubators for collective identities and place-bound connections. In order to ensure long-term viability of a festival, the organizers have to be aware of the social-cultural impacts they produce on the host community. This research applies qualitative methods in order to add greater methodological diversity to the predominantly quantitative existing body of research on social-cultural impacts. This thesis investigates the social-cultural impacts of the Zwarte Cross festival on the identity of its host community, the Achterhoek region in the Netherlands. This research aims to grasp social-cultural impacts through social capital theory. A triangulation of the research methods observation, semi-structured interviews and documentary analysis has been conducted in order to answer the main research question. The findings indicated positive social-cultural impacts that contributed to the diversity and pride of the region.
date: 2021
pages: 40
thesis_type: bachelor
degree_programme: TP
tutors_name: Kuper, B.J.
tutors_organization: Fac. Ruimtelijke wetenschappen, Bureau Onderwijs
tutors_email: B.J.Kuper@rug.nl
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keywords_local: Social-cultural impacts
keywords_local: Festivals
keywords_local: Regional identity
keywords_local: Social capital
keywords_local: Zwarte Cross
keywords_local: Achterhoek
language_iso: en
agreed_repository: yes
date_issued: 2021-07-05
citation:   Freriks, Julian  (2021) The Social-Cultural Impacts of a Festival and the Development of Regional Identity: A Case Study of the Zwarte Cross.  Bachelor thesis.   
document_url: https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/3525/1/Assignment%207%20Julian%20Freriks%20S3444686.pdf