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| Id | 129 | |
| Author | Belfiore, E., ; Bennett, O., | |
| Title | Rethinking the Social Impacts of the Arts | |
| Reference | Belfiore, E. & Bennett, O. (2007). Rethinking the social impacts of the arts. International Journal of Cultural Policy, 13 (2): 135-151. |
Link to article | http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/53054/1/WRAP_Belfiore_Rethinking%20the%20Social%20Impacts%20of%20the%20Arts-IJCPversion%20FINAL.pdf |
| Abstract | The paper presents a critical discussion of the current debate over the social impacts of the arts in the UK. It argues that the accepted understanding of the terms of the debate is rooted in a number of assumptions and beliefs that are rarely questioned. The paper goes on to present the interim findings of a three-year research project, which aims to rethink the social impact of the arts, with a view to determining how these impacts might be better understood. The desirability of a historical approach is articulated, and a classification of the claims made within the Western intellectual tradition for what the arts ‘do’ to people is presented and discussed. |
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| In addition, because they amuse and entertain us, the arts have also been credited with contributing to mans happiness. . | The understanding thus gained will contribute to a better grasp of what the role of the arts is in todays society, and help us towards the elaboration of their importance beyond narrowly conceived ideas of performance measurement and target setting. . | Similarly, economics can show that the arts may have positive externalities and that, if they do, this can be a justification of public subsidy. . | The distinctive advantage of a historical approach to the understanding of the impacts of the arts is precisely that it brings to light the complex nature of the disquisitions that have taken place in the past around the arts and their effects. . | The fact that cultural policy promotes this debate about value is obviously welcomed by those who work in or value the arts themselves and wish to see the arts as a vital and invigorating part of the public sphere. . | We can say, therefore, that it is the existence of a government-funded cultural policy and of the status thus bestowed on the arts that is to a large extent responsible for public discussion of their value. . | A clearer understanding of the intellectual origins of contemporary claims for the arts can help to restore an element of depth to present cultural policy debates. . |
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