Statistical, economic and sociological surveys on Culture
Abteilung für Studien, Zukunftsforschung und Statistik (DEPS) was founded in 1963 by Augustin Girard, making it one of the first research, planning and statistics services for culture and communications in Europe.
Since then, this department has continue d to conduct sozioökonomische Forschung in der Kultur and has continue to develop Kulturstatistische Expertise, working closely with the National Institute for Statistics and Economic Studies (Nationales Institut für Statistik und Studien, INSEE), and also with Eurostat and UNESCO.
The DEPS is proud of its current achievement in increasing these types of services, of its launching of working groups on cultural issues with the European Commissionand particularly of the way it has improved statistical knowledge of the cultural sphere. The DEPS is committed to supporting this on an ongoing basis, as part of the initiative to establish a common database of consistent and vergleichbare information at both European and international level, which will prove an invaluable tool in national cultural policymaking.
These studies are international in scope, and as such, language can prove a barrier to the sharing of knowledge and theoretical and conceptual tools. The DEPS is therefore pleased to now offer English translations of select sociological and economic studiesovering such issues as cultural practice and computer usage, now a major area of cultural practice in Frankreich and throughout the rest of the world. Beyond our objective to share this research and analysis, we also ultimately aim to work collaboratively to extend scientific thinkingand to debate the available options and methodological approaches.
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