| Abstrakt: |
Timișoara has won in 2016 the title of European Capital of Culture for 2021 (ECC), but due to pandemic reasons, the title was postponed for 2023. There were made several sociological researches, before and after decision, concerning the public interest for this program. In this paper we make a comparative analysis on the evolution of the population’s interest for this program during a decade. For this we have used the databases from the studies made in 2013, 2016, 2018, 2021 and 2023. The main conclusion is that the population’s interest has a strong connection with the public policy concerning this program. So, if at the beginning, the involving of the public administration and the population support was very high, after obtaining the title, the problems from the inside management of the program have generated a significant decrease of the public support. The slight shift in perspective occurred right before 2023, year in which the situation was partially solved due to the rising interest of both the locals and tourists towards the various cultural events. Regardless of the current tendencies, we still have to wait until the program is finished in order to make a proper evaluation, that will be included into the next sociological research of the TmECC2023 program. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
