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It is generally accepted that the cultural sector benefits the Northern Ireland economy through employment, income and expenditure, and regeneration. Discuss.
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It is generally accepted that the cultural sector benefits the Northern Ireland economy through employment, income and expenditure, and regeneration. Discuss. Emma Kennedy Year: 2003/2004 Semester One - Leisure, Events & Cultural Management 9th December 2003 Culture can be rather beautifully defined as "acquainting ourselves with the best that has been known and said in the world, and thus with the history of the human spirit." (Matthew Arnold cited by Borley, 1994). It can mean activities such as using a language, getting married, bringing up children, fighting a war, or taking part in religious ceremonies. Through many generations, man has acquired greater levels of knowledge, and as a result, cultures have grown and changed. In the broadest sense it refers to all distinctively human activities (The World Book Encyclopaedia, 1970). Nonetheless, culture is increasingly recognised as an important part of our lives. The cultural sector in Northern Ireland is really an umbrella for the wide...
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