Where do rural and urban cultures intersect and combine?
Rural and urban areas share cultural features and qualities with each other that are appreciated by residents as well as visitors. Understanding the blurring of rural-urban boundaries is crucial for understanding dynamics, such as rural commuting, rural lifestyles, cultural entrepreneurship or the commercialisation of cultural elements in rural areas.
Three Lessons from ROBUST’s Cultural Connections Community of Practice
The ROBUST Cultural Connections Community of Practice (CoP) reports on their early findings about how culture can create and strengthen connections between rural and urban areas.
Talis Tisenkopfs (Baltic Studies Centre), the leader of ROBUST’s Community of Practice on cultural connections, shares some details on the subject in an interview.