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| Id | 130 | |
| Author | Belfiore, E., ; Bennett, O., | |
| Title | Beyond the “Toolkit Approach”: Arts Impact Evaluation Research and the Realities of Cultural Policy‐Making | |
| Reference | Belfiore, E. & Bennett, O. (2010) Beyond the “Toolkit Approach”: Arts Impact Evaluation Research and the Realities of Cultural Policy‐Making. Journal for Cultural Research, 14(2): 121-142. |
Link to article | https://doi.org/10.1080/14797580903481280 |
| Abstract | This article presents a reflection on the possibility and potential advantages of the development of a humanities-based approach to assessing the impact of the arts, which attempts to move away from a paradigm of evaluation based on a one-size-fits-all model usually reliant on empirical methodologies borrowed from the social sciences. A “toolkit approach” to arts impact assessment, as the article argues, demands excessive simplifications, and its popularity is linked to its perceived advocacy potential rather than to any demonstrable contribution it may make to a genuine understanding of the nature and potential effects of artistic engagement. The article also explores the relationship between research, advocacy and the actual realities of policy-making with a view to proposing a critical research agenda for impact evaluation based on Carol Weiss’s notion of the “enlightenment” function of policy-oriented research. In particular, the article attempts to highlight the contribution that cultural policy scholars working within the humanities could make to this area of policy research. |
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| In particular, the article attempts to highlight the contribution that cultural policy scholars working within the humanities could make to this area of policy research.. | If the aim of impact research is to tackle the challenging questions raised by the complexity of peoples aesthetic experiences, then the impacts of the arts and the nature and effects of peoples response to the arts are a worthwhile area of enquiry and one in which research is badly needed to address the gap in knowledge pointed out above. . | They use research to help them think about issues and define the problematics of a situation, to gain new ideas and new perspectives. . | In order to do so, the article builds on and develops the insights we have gained from our previous work around the challenges, both theoretical and methodological, posed by the attempt to develop a rigorous approach to articulate and evaluate the alleged social impacts resulting from engagement with the arts, and presents a critical discussion of the role of evidence in cultural policy-making. . |
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