Centre for Cultural Value

英国的艺术和文化部门正在蓬勃发展：它每年为经济贡献67.4万个就业机会和118亿GB，并且仍然是其增长最快的部门之一(DCMS，2018)。然而，尽管有如此强劲的经济表现和世界领先的质量声誉，该行业始终未能以令人信服的方式理解、捕捉和传达其价值观。这在一定程度上是因为它存在结构性问题，包括缺乏多样性、技能差距(尤其是在数据分析和数字参与方面)、研究和评估技能差，以及在培训和研发方面投资严重不足。这些问题阻碍了它的创新和弹性，并损害了它向关键利益相关者(包括私人捐赠者、企业赞助商和英国财政部)以及医疗和教育等相关行业提出连贯而令人信服的投资理由的能力。因此，我们将致力于在关键需求领域培训/发展行业从业者和学生(FE/HE/PGR)，包括数据分析、受众/参与者研究、以研究为导向的评估和故事讲述。这项建议是由一个真正的国家财团构思的，该财团由世界领先的大学和行业合作伙伴组成。这些伙伴关系将使中心能够迅速利用现有的网络，并随时可以接触到英国各地不同类型和规模的艺术/文化组织。中心将以协作的方式开展工作，利用其核心成员和附属成员的互补专业知识，并以战略的方式利用这一点，以最大限度地发挥其活动的潜力。中心的优先主题部分基于文化价值项目的调查结果，将包括：多样性与不平等、公共影响、健康与福祉、创造场所、文化引领的复兴、公民参与、文化民主、共同创造与参与。这些主题将在我们对200k GB种子资金的呼吁中优先考虑，并反映在我们的活动中。这些活动的目的是激发对与文化价值有关的关键主题&参与的新思考，并将其传播到该部门之外。中心将在5年内开展以下20项知识交流活动：1.界定活动1(创意工作坊，北歌剧院/DARE，利兹)2.界定活动2(开放空间活动，大英图书馆，伦敦)3.启动(利兹市政厅)4.艺术影响评估(创意工作坊，利物浦大学)5.文化和经济价值(研讨会，加的夫大学)6.艺术、福祉与卫生政策(学术讨论会，利兹大学)7.参与和联合制作的文化(创意工作坊，QMU，爱丁堡)8.多元化论坛(考文垂2021)9.观众研究与经验美学(参与式行动研究活动，UCL)10.粉丝文化(研讨会，布里斯托尔大学)11.创意产业、创新与创意经济(研讨会，约克大学)12.场所制作、文化主导的再生与评估(研讨会，赫尔大学)13.文化参与的障碍(开放空间活动，谢菲尔德大学)14.艺术与教育政策(创意工作坊，国家剧院/大英图书馆，伦敦)15.文化价值的过程(创意工作坊，伊甸园/高地与岛屿大学，伦敦)16.文化品味和课程(研讨会，华威大学)17.艺术和冲突解决(研讨会，贝尔法斯特皇后大学)18.节日和讲故事研讨会(北方歌剧院/利兹2023，利兹)19.文化价值和参与会议(UOL)20.评估和遗产规划圆桌会议(UOL)这些活动将由我们的网站支持，这将鼓励和促进活动之间和活动之外的参与和辩论。结果将通过定期的研究摘要和博客来获取。为了继续听取利益攸关方的意见并对新出现的问题作出反应，中心将拨出额外资金，用于支持在确定活动范围期间和在中心整个生命周期中出现的边缘活动和合作伙伴。

The UK's arts & cultural sector is thriving: it contributes 674,000 jobs and £11.8bn per annum to the economy and remains one of its fastest growing sectors (DCMS, 2018). Yet despite this strong economic performance and its world-leading reputation for quality, the sector consistently fails to comprehend, capture and convey its values in a compelling way. This is partly because it suffers from structural problems including a lack of diversity, skills gaps (especially in data analysis & digital engagement), poor research & evaluation skills, and significant under-investment in training and R&D. These issues hinder its innovation and resilience and compromise its ability to make a coherent and compelling case for investment to key stakeholders, including private donors, corporate sponsors and HM Treasury, and to cognate sectors such as health & education. So we will dedicate resources to training/developing sector practitioners and students (FE/HE/PGR) in key areas of need including data analysis, audience/participant research, research-driven evaluation and storytelling.This proposal has been conceived by a genuinely national consortium comprising world-leading universities & sector partners. These partnerships will enable the Centre to quickly tap into existing networks and gain ready access to different types & sizes of arts/cultural organisations from all over the UK. The Centre will be delivered in a collaborative way that draws on the complementary expertise of its core & affiliate members and harnesses this in a strategic way to maximise the potential of its activities. Based partly on the findings of the Cultural Value Project, the Centre's priority themes will comprise: diversity & inequality, public impact, health & wellbeing, place-making, culture-led regeneration, civic engagement, cultural democracy, co-creation & participation. These themes will be prioritized in our calls for £200k seed funding and reflected in our events. The aim of the events is to stimulate fresh thinking on key themes related to cultural value & engagement and communicate this beyond the sector. The Centre will deliver the following 20 knowledge exchange events over 5 years:1. Scoping Event 1 (Creative workshop, Opera North/DARE, Leeds)2. Scoping Event 2 (Open Space event, British Library, London)3. Launch (Leeds Town Hall)4. Arts impact evaluation (Creative workshop, U. of Liverpool)5. Cultural & economic value (Symposium, Cardiff University)6. Arts, wellbeing & health policy (Colloquium, U. of Leeds)7. Cultures of participation & co-production (Creative workshop, QMU, Edinburgh)8. Diversity Forum (Coventry 2021)9. Audience research & empirical aesthetics (Participatory Action Research event, UCL)10. Cultures of fandom (Symposium, U. of Bristol)11. Creative industries, innovation & the creative economy (Symposium, U. of York)12. Place-making, culture-led regeneration & evaluation (Symposium, U. of Hull)13. Barriers to cultural engagement (Open Space event, U. of Sheffield)14. Arts & education policy (Creative workshop, National Theatre/British Library, London)15. Processes of cultural value (Creative workshop, Eden Court/U. of Highlands & Islands, Inverness)16. Cultural taste & class (Symposium, U. of Warwick)17. Arts and conflict resolution (Symposium, Queens University Belfast)18. Festival & storytelling symposium (Opera North/Leeds 2023, Leeds) 19. Conference on Cultural Value and Engagement (UoL)20. Evaluation & legacy planning roundtable (UoL)These events will be supported by our website, which will encourage and facilitate engagement & debate between and beyond the events. Outcomes will be captured via regular research digests & blogs. In order to remain open to stakeholders' input and responsive to emerging issues, the Centre will earmark additional funding to support & partner fringe events that arise during the scoping events and over the lifecycle of the Centre.