Outcomes of cultural participation
Beyond simple attendance rates, what can be said of the outcomes of cultural participation? Are there relationships and connections that have broader social impacts?
Symposium [...]
Use of arts participation data
Who uses arts participation data? Are the data used by arts organizations to improve their connections to audiences? Are the data connected to arts policy?
One speaker argued that many [...]
New data sources
Arguing that current practices are unsustainable, some speakers outlined how “big data” or “organic data” could be combined with sample surveys in order to better track [...]
Arts participation methodology: Surveys or other instruments?
In an environment of media convergence and digital multi-tasking (with many people paying only partial attention to multiple concurrent tasks), can arts participation surveys capture an [...]
Definitions of participation in the arts and culture
The symposium tackled some large and challenging questions, such as “what counts as ‘the arts’? and “what do people consider culture?” Concern was expressed that [...]
