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| Id | 208 | |
| Author | Badham, M., | |
| Title | Cultural Indicators: Tools for Community Engagement? | |
| Reference | Badham, M. (2009). "Cultural Indicators: Tools for Community Engagement?" The International Journal of the Arts in Society 3(5). |
Link to article | https://doi.org/10.18848/1833-1866/CGP/v03i05/35525 |
| Abstract | As our world becomes more heterogenous and experiences ongoing conflict, “Whose culture is valued?” is a crucial question. Traditionally, mainstream culture has been exclusive, dominated by the tastes of the powerful, manifesting in built environments, social interactions, and interpretation of history. Without understanding culture more broadly as “ways of life”, the potential to develop creative and resilient societies may be lost. Indicators attempt to measure progress, with respect to our goals and values: where we have been, where we are now, and where we anticipate going in the future. Post-industrial society has concerned itself not only with economic measurement, but now also social performance. Today, here are many notable efforts reflecting unique community values, community progress, promoting engagement and evidence based policy development. There are also numerous shortcomings in this field, including major conceptual challenges and the issue of statistics, which can be subject to various configurations and interpretation. This paper presents an overview of Cultural Indicators contexts: comparative community wellbeing frameworks based on government policy priorities (Australia, Canada), broad international goals for cultural development and human rights (UNESCO, OECD), and creative indexes of cities for marketing purposes (China, USA). Critical analysis will evaluate their conceptual frameworks, methods of engagement, intended audience, scope, collection of data, and interpretations of “culture”. The research suggests that there may be a more useful approach to cultural indicators. The paper is also interested in a number of emerging initiatives in which cultural indicators can be tools for community engagement and cultural democracy. The paper concludes with offerings of innovative research into catalytic engagement processes with underserved communities and future impacts on public policy. |
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| A Cultural Development Perspective Through creative collaboration and a values based approach, Community Cultural Development has a long history of strengthening communities, expressing cultural identity, and even addressing contentious issues at the grassroots level. . | This may stimulate corresponding theoretical and empirical enrichment of the study of culture, and for this studys interest, the engagement of a diversity of cultural value(s). . | Community Indicators: Measuring Wellbeing While frameworks of indicators are useful tools to promote government responsiveness, perhaps biggest potential for progress is through community engagement. . | The paper is also interested in a number of emerging initiatives in which cultural indicators can be tools for community engagement and cultural democracy. . | Prospective Cultural Indicators may provide new and innovative ways for articulating the values of a diversity of culture and expression through collaborative dialogue regarding culture may be used as an inclusive policy-making strategy, reflective of the values of everyday citizens. . | Many of these projects host cultural statistics, city indexes of liveability that recognize arts, culture and cultural diversity as amenities for tourism or relocation attraction, and national cultural policy evaluation. . | Their work is deliberately inclusive, including conventional manifestations of culture like the high arts and audience participation, as well as artistic expressions that reflect the values and preferences of the population groups that actually make up local communities. . | With community run projects, indicators can encourage discussion between neighbours and can be catalytic in stimulating change. . | One indicator of community cohesion aims to maximize community involvement and serve as inspiration for action, smiles per hour. . | The research suggests that engaging community in things that really matter can stimulate positive social change. . | Smiling encourages people to feel more connected with each other and safer, so it reduces fear of crime, an important element in the quality of life of many neighborhoods. . | Aiming to open dialogue about cultural value, not just of the mainstream or powerful, but with a much broader representation reflecting the multi-layered realities of our communities. . | A new mandate of Cultural Indicators may encourage local democracy and community engagement by asking what is valued. . | Smiles per hour is testament that indicators can stimulate positive social action while measuring cultural change, beyond counting numbers of art galleries and attendance at the theatre, to promoting dialogue about how we interact with each other, express our selves and what is important to us. . | Community groups may take action to promote awareness around relevant issues by lobbying government, mobilizing grassroots actions or influencing voting trends at the next election. . | As citizens, we need to participate in the work of our own cultural development and community progress: getting involved and standing up for the things that are important to us.. | Cultural Indicators have wide application and understanding of culture as a concept. . | A variety of processes are used to promote social change, provide a forum for voice, and transform the way we see each other and interact with the world around us. . |
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