Kulturelle Teilhabe heute und morgen. Gesellschaftliche Herausforderungen der Kulturpolitik

The report focuses on empirical data of cultural life from a cultural political perspective. Despite the common experience of growth, a significant increase of cultural life participation cannot be empirically verified with regard to the time budgets applied _ at least not of provisions attributed to the narrower definition of culture. There are more visits (especially of large cultural institutions and popular cultural events) but not necessarily more visitors. Whil e the prerequisites for cul tural participation have improved over the past years, cultural policy has to acknowledge the definite availability of cultural interest which is a rather sc arce resource sought after by many providers. There is alre ady a need for cultural policy to legitimize the issue of generating further demand. This is even more imperative with regard to the demographic and socio-economic structural change over the next years: The inability of generating a new audience is imminent. Ageing as well as an increasing immigrant proportion and growing poverty are additional future challenges for cultural life.