COVID-19 CARE: Culture and the Arts, from Restriction to Enhancement: Protecting Mental Health in the Liverpool City Region

这项研究将评估在特定城市地区限制接触艺术和文化对心理健康的影响，并跟踪、启用和增强艺术提供创新在减轻相关危害方面的价值。利物浦是英国文化最集中的城市之一，拥有伦敦以外最大的博物馆和画廊集群。文化资本对城市地区的经济至关重要，贡献了10%(文化利物浦，2019)。这座城市还拥有通过文化和健康提供者之间的合作伙伴关系利用艺术进行精神健康护理的开创性历史。在利物浦大学与这些领域的组织结成强大联盟的基础上，该项目汇集了一个由艺术和心理健康研究人员组成的跨学科团队，在与文化和健康机构协商后设计并进行了两项调查。调查1(网上访问)将以20个艺术团体(10个民间机构、10个代表‘精英’和‘通俗’艺术的社区艺术活动)为对像，以了解(I)新冠肺炎对公众获取艺术资源(包括那些通常通过正规医疗途径获取艺术的人)以及观众/受益者随时间的变化(遗产损失和潜在收益)的影响；(Ii)艺术组织在接触现有和/或新受众并与之沟通方面的替代模式(例如在线/数码)的成功情况。调查2(网上问卷和补充网上/电话访问)将以C300艺术的受众/受益者为对象，以了解(I)限制/不存在获得常规提供的机会对精神健康的影响(Ii)提供替代艺术的感知价值和可获得性，以及后者对精神健康/福祉的影响。

This study will assess the impact on mental health of restricted access to arts and culture in a specific city region, and track, enable and enhance the value of innovation in arts provision in mitigating associated harms.Liverpool has one of the richest concentrations of culture in the UK, boasting the largest clustering of museums and galleries outside London. Cultural capital is critical to the city region's economy, contributing c10% (Culture Liverpool,2019). The city also has a pioneering history of harnessing arts for mental health care through partnerships between culture and health providers. Building on the University of Liverpool's strong alliance with organisations across these sectors, this project brings together an interdisciplinary team of arts and mental health researchers to devise and conduct, in consultation with cultural and health bodies, two surveys. Survey 1 (online interviews) will target 20 arts organisations (10 civic institutions, 10 community arts programmes, representing 'elite' and 'popular' arts) to capture (i)the impact of COVID-19 on public access to arts provision (including those who usually access the arts through formal healthcare routes) and on audience/beneficiary change over time (legacy losses and potential gains) (ii)the success of alternative (e.g. online/digital) modes of provision by arts organisations in reaching and communicating with established and/or new audiences. Survey 2 (online questionnaire and supplementary online/telephone interviews) will target c300 arts' audiences/beneficiaries to capture (i)the impact on mental health of restricted/non-existent access to usual provision (ii)the perceived value and accessibility of alternative arts provision and the latter's impact on mental health/wellbeing.