Theatre cooperatives - opportunities for cultural participation in rural areas

How can Cultural infrastructure in rural areas build up, maintain and develop in the long term?

This question is the focus of the project by Ludger Voigt, PhD student at the Institute for Corporate Management and Organisation,and Julia Beideck, PhD student at the Seminar for Cooperatives at the University of Cologne, in collaboration with the theatre cooperative Traumschüff e.G.

The aim of the project is to show how cultural services in rural areas and at the same time cultural participation can make this possible. In addition, the project analyses how cultural offerings can Promoting social exchange in rural regions especially in places that previously had no access to theatre.