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Id		964
Author		Goulding A.
Title		How can contemporary art contribute toward the development of social and cultural capital for people aged 64 and older
Reference		Goulding A.; How can contemporary art contribute toward the development of social and cultural capital for people aged 64 and older ;Gerontologist vol:53 issue: 6.0 page:1009.0
Link to article		https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84888601748&doi=10.1093%2fgeront%2fgns144&partnerID=40&md5=ed4d9f9ca86c603270873b9936762e45
Abstract		Purpose: This article focuses on how visiting contemporary art galleries and discussing the artwork in facilitated focus groups affected culturally inactive participants social and cultural capital. The research is taken from a larger study that explored the contribution that visiting contemporary art galleries made to the well-being of people aged 64 and older. Design and Methods: A total of 19 participants were given guided visits around 3 contemporary art galleries in the United Kingdom. Participants were drawn from categories identified as not already actively engaged in cultural activities (men, those with a limiting disability, people from minority ethnic backgrounds, those in lower socioeconomic groups and people living alone). Before and after each visit, focus group interviews were used to gage the impact of participation in the intervention in terms of subjective well-being. Follow-up interviews were held with participants and group leaders 2 years after the visits. Results: Spontaneous reminiscence was a functional part of the discussion that facilitated shifts in participants social and cultural capital. Participants developed bonding social capital with each other, bridging social capital with group leaders, and linking social capital with gallery staff and researchers. Participants cultural capital developed in terms of an increase in knowledge and understanding of contemporary art. Implications: Understanding the interplay between social capital, cultural capital, and reminiscence has implications for programmers and policy makers trying to engage less culturally engaged participants in the arts. Developing bonding, bridging, and linking social capital and cultural capital through engagement with the arts may have implications for health, particularly among this demographic. © The Author 2013. All rights reserved.

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Participants developed bonding social capital with each other, bridging social capital with group leaders, and linking social capital with gallery staff and researchers. .
Developing bonding, bridging, and linking social capital and cultural capital through engagement with the arts may have implications for health, particularly among this demographic. .
Further evidence about the distinct contribution of different art forms to social capital and how this relates to well-being is needed. .
This group may be particularly vulnerable in terms of well-being; so, more needs to be known about ways in which arts interventions can improve their lives. .
He hypothesizes that the consumption of art-related culture facilitates conversations necessary for acquaintances to develop into friendships. .
Equally, gallery educators can gradually introduce more challenging contemporary art as participants cultural capital develops. .
This also had the aim of understanding the significance of culture engagement within wider context of participants lives. .
For this participant, her changing relationships seem to be intertwined with growing art understanding, suggesting developments in social and cultural capital. .
Specifically, this article examines whether discussing the artwork within a group context develops bonding social capital between participants, bridging social capital between participants and group leaders, and linking social capital between participants and arts educators and researchers. .
The discussions aimed to gage participants reactions to the art in order to understand art engagement and interpersonal engagement (e.g., cultural and social capital). .
Participants' cultural capital developed in terms of an increase in knowledge and understanding of contemporary art. .
Linking relationships with arts educators could help older people access opportunities. .
Such interventions have the potential to develop different types of social capital as discussions cemented bonding relationships with other members of the group and developed bridging relationships with the warden and group leader. .
The conversations about the art developed bonding, bridging, and linking social capital, developing the wider network ties that have been shown to contribute to peoples well-being (Litwin & Shiovitz-Ezra, 2011). .
Significantly, he views the discussion as part of a creative process. .
Also, visiting art galleries is only one of many possible ways of engendering social capital. .
A university education (institutionalized cultural capital) together with a network of contacts (social capital) can increase productivity for both the individual and the collective. .
Debating in this way is an important development because while participants seemed to be enjoying reminiscence stimulated by the art, reflecting on contemporary ideas presented in the art may be more constructive. .
However, the fact that the conversations involved accessing personal details and were particularly animated, suggests a level of engagement that may strengthen bonding social capital. .
After only three visits participants were beginning to analyze the works of art in different ways, developing their knowledge and understanding of contemporary arts practice and its surrounding discourses (that is, developing their cultural capital). .

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