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Belfiore, Eleonora and Bennett, Oliver (2010) Beyond the “Toolkit Approach” : arts impact evaluation research and the realities of cultural policy‐making. Journal for Cultural Research, Vol.14 (No.2). pp. 121-142. doi:10.1080/14797580903481280 ISSN 1479-7585.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14797580903481280
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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.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Subjects: | N Fine Arts > NX Arts in general | ||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Arts > Theatre, Performance and Cultural Policy Studies > Centre for Cultural Policy Studies | ||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Arts and society -- Research, Cultural policy | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Journal for Cultural Research | ||||
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis | ||||
ISSN: | 1479-7585 | ||||
Official Date: | 2010 | ||||
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Volume: | Vol.14 | ||||
Number: | No.2 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 121-142 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1080/14797580903481280 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 19 December 2015 | ||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 19 December 2015 | ||||
Funder: | Arts & Humanities Research Council (Great Britain) (AHRC), Arts Council England |
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