Crisis on the cultural public policy. The cultural planning of López Obrador’s government

Abstract

Based on documentary analysis, this article holds thatthere is a public cultural policy crisis. The first sign of this crisis can be found in how objectives and goals are defined as part of the critique of the neoliberal period, in spite of similarities in practice to those established in prior years, which shows a trend where attempts to adopt these policies show discursive prevalence over practice that lacks precision. The 2020 crisis has taken the cultural sector into a difficult setting which translates into a process of de-institutionalizing cultural programs due to budgetary issues. A substantial amount of the cultural sector’s issues are not unique to Mexico, thus the most relevant question is whether we are experiencing a global trend and where this process is leading public commitment to culture.