Lay people drawn randomly decide on cultural funds
The Stefanini Foundation for Culture, Art and History is daring an experiment. If it succeeds, it could have far-reaching consequences.
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–Mia Odermatt (left) and Noemie Scheurer lead the Culture Committee project.
Photo: PD
Expertise is flourishing, also in the cultural sector. Experts and those familiar with the scene sit on city and cantonal commissions and decide who and what promoted wwrite. The experts are well versed in the matter, so it is to be hoped. Only: Most of the time it is about people with relationships with cultural workers – that is in the nature of things. So they are neither neutral nor do they represent the whole spectrum of the population. An experimental project would like to change this.
These days, two hundred randomly drawn adults from Winterthur will receive mail from the city administration. In it they are invited to the award of 400’000 francs to decide. The Stefanini-SFoundation for Culture, Art and History (SKKG) for cultural projects. The SKKG founded by the Winterthur property owner Bruno Stefanini is now managed by his daughter Bettina Stefanini. The project should total fourmbe carried out al.
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