Whose Culture Is It? Trans-generational Approaches to Culture in Canada

Abstract

This short paper was developed in response to a questionnaire prepared by CIRCLE (Cultural Information and Research Centres Liaison in Europe) for its 2004 Round Table in Barcelona, Spain. The purpose of the questionnaire was to identify the main trends in youth culture today and to determine whether youth culture differs more from mainstream culture than in earlier generations. The central research question to be explored was whether a new type of culture, network culture – characterized by the predominance of virtual rather than face-to-face relationships – was emerging.