Understanding Everyday Participation - Articulating Cultural Values

该项目提出了对参与与文化价值之间关系的彻底重新评估。从深入的历史分析、对现有定量数据的再利用和对“日常参与”的细节、动态和意义的新的定性研究中收集证据，它将通过参与创造对社区形成、连通性和能力的新理解。创意经济的正统模式和随之而来的文化政策是基于对文化参与的狭隘定义；这是一种捕捉传统文化机构（如博物馆和画廊）正式参与的方式，但忽略了其他活动，如社区节日和爱好。历史上，这一框架建立在以赤字为基础的国家文化支持逻辑假设之上，错失了理解各种参与形式及其（积极和消极）后果的机会。我们认为，通过创造对日常参与、社区和文化价值之间关系的新理解，我们将揭示隐藏资产和资源的证据，这些资产和资源可以被动员起来，以促进更好的识别和更公平的文化机会资源，创造福祉，并为创造性地方经济的发展做出贡献。研究的核心问题是：从历史上看，我们是如何得出今天文化参与和价值概念的定义、知识领域和政策框架的？-日常参与的形式和做法是什么-在哪里进行？它们的价值如何？这些实践与正式参与有什么关系？-参与如何受到空间、地点和地域的影响？-社区是如何通过参与形成、解体、分裂和联系的？-如何更广泛地理解参与的价值，并通过参与来为充满活力的社区和创造性的地方经济的发展提供信息？我们如何将文化政策和制度与日常参与联系起来？该项目采用多种方法，包括历史分析、实践和使用社区的定性工作，以及对参与和时间使用的现有数据的重新分析，重点关注六个不同的“文化生态系统”，以调查对社区（地理、选择性、基于身份等）、文化价值、“文化经济”和日常参与的多种理解之间的联系。情境案例研究的结果将为四项由伙伴关系运作的新政策干预或专业或社区实践试验提供信息。在整个项目研究过程中，将与主要合作伙伴、利益相关者文化和社区组织进行整合，以便更好地理解日常文化参与，以及这对国家、地方和社区层面的政策制定者和文化组织的影响。

This project proposes a radical re-evaluation of the relationship between participation and cultural value. Bringing together evidence from in-depth historical analyses, the re-use of existing quantitative data and new qualitative research on the detail, dynamics and significance of 'everyday participation', it will create new understandings of community formation, connectivity and capacity through participation. Orthodox models of the creative economy and ensuing cultural policy are based on a narrow definition of cultural participation; one that captures formal engagement with traditional cultural institutions, such as museums and galleries, but overlooks other activities, for instance community festivals and hobbies. This frame, founded historically on deficit based assumptions of the logics for state cultural support, misses opportunities to understand the variety of forms of participation and their (positive and negative) consequences. We argue that by creating new understandings of the relationships between everyday participation, community and cultural value, we will reveal evidence of hidden assets and resources that can be mobilised to promote better identification and more equitable resourcing of cultural opportunities, generate well-being and contribute to the development of creative local economies. The central research questions are:- How, historically, did we arrive at the definitions, fields of knowledge and policy frames informing notions of cultural participation and value today?- What are the forms and practices of everyday participation - where do they take place? How are they valued? And how do these practices relate to formal participation?- How is participation shaped by space, place and locality?- How are communities made, unmade, divided and connected through participation?- How can broader understandings of value in and through participation be used to inform the development of vibrant communities and creative local economies?- How do we reconnect cultural policy and institutions with everyday participation?Using a variety of methodologies, including historical analysis, qualitative work with communities of practice and use, and the reanalysis of existing data on participation and time-use, this project focuses on six contrasting 'cultural ecosystems' to investigate the connections between multiple understandings of community (geographical, elective, identity based etc), cultural value, 'cultural economy' and everyday participation. The findings from the situated case studies will inform four partnership-operated trials of new policy interventions or of professional or community practices. Throughout the project research will be integrated with key partners, stakeholder cultural and community organisations in order to evolve better, shared understandings of everyday cultural participation and the implications of this for policy makers and cultural organisations at national, local and community levels.