The performance of cultural democracy in the light of care regimes

This article explores how cultural democracy is performed in care services for people with dementia, refugees and psychiatric patients in today’s Norwegian welfare state. The potential of art to emerge as an alternative care regime is discussed in the light of arts learning, marginalization and the Eichmann problem. The article is based on a study of three analyses of care regimes seen as performances in line with Gadamer’s view of the aesthetic experience performed with roles, inherent narratives and scenographic frameworks.