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| Id | 217 | |
| Author | Merli, P., | |
| Title | Evaluating the social impact of participation in arts activities. A critical review of François Matarasso’s “Use or Ornament?” | |
| Reference | Merli, P. (2002). Evaluating the social impact of participation in arts activities. A critical review of François Matarasso’s “Use or Ornament?”. International Journal of Cultural Policy, 8(11): 107-118. |
Link to article | https://doi-org.sire.ub.edu/10.1080/10286630290032477 |
| Abstract | The article is a critical review of renowned “Use or Ornament?” publication by François Matarasso. |
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| For example: participation in the arts can give people influence over how they are seen by others, or can help validate the contribution of a whole community, or can help people extend control over their own lives, or can help community groups raise their vision beyond the immediate. . | He was interested in understanding how individual creativity affected innovation at a wider social level. . | For example, what is the role of participatory arts programmes in encouraging this type of creativity, compared with other forms of education? . | Relevant contributions include, for example, psychological and sociological theories of creativity and art perception and empirical studies in the field of cognitive psychology on the effects of the arts on individuals. . | This is quite evident in some of his hypotheses, such as: participation in the arts can promote tolerance and contribute to conflict resolution, or can provide a route to rehabilitation and integration for offenders, or can help people feel a sense of belonging and involvement, or can be an effective means of health education, or can extend involvement in social activity. . | Their creative capacities are prompted by the needs for innovation, which had been formed in earlier times and by the opportunities offered by the context in which they work. . | In a study on the social impact of the arts, the application of cost-benefit analysis might show, for instance, that the value of the benefits produced by participatory arts activities is higher than the value of the benefits produced by other types of intervention with the same costs. . | We should therefore capitalise onand develop furtherthrough an interdisciplinary approach, the contributions of other important fields of research. . |
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