Making Data Work for Public Sector Policy: A scoping study to develop a mixed-methods framework for culture

让数据为公共部门政策服务：制定文化混合方法框架的范围界定研究

• 批准号: ES/V006924/1
• 负责人: Ben Walmsley
• 金额: $ 20.59万
• 依托单位: University of Leeds
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2021 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ES%2FV006924%2F1
• 关键词: Making; Data; Work; Public; Sector

The rationale behind this project is that cultural datasets are currently in a poor state of development and not fit-for-purpose. As many scholars, cultural workers, funders and policymakers have observed, cultural data are incomplete, fragmented and inconsistent. There are no agreed protocols about how to collect data, or even about what kind of data to collect, and no standardised approach to data management. This means that all of the data coming from the cultural sector are not currently set up for cross-analysis, which makes it very difficult to evaluate and provide evidence about the performance and impact of the cultural sector as a whole. This leaves the sector poorly appreciated by the general public, some local councils and even governments, and therefore very vulnerable to public funding cuts in financial and economic crises such as the current COVID-19 crisis. The central aim of this exploratory project is to co-develop a fit-for-purpose mixed-methods cultural evaluation framework that combines insights from large datasets with soft, qualitative data that capture the lived experiences of people who produce and consume culture, such as artists, curators and audiences. We hope to achieve this by developing a new strategic network to scope and test out possible solutions to the problems listed above though a series of consultations and discussions conducted face-to-face and/or through webinars. This network will include key data, policy and cultural sector stakeholders, including the UK Government's Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) and a wide range of national cultural organisations who are committed to developing more robust data standards and protocols and to fostering a more joined-up approach to cultural impact and evaluation by sharing their data and opening them up to research. A secondary goal of this project is to shape cultural policymaking and in so doing to inform the ways in which public policy in general is developed. We believe that public policymaking is currently too far removed from the people and places it aims to benefit and that is it overly reliant on numbers that fail to tell compelling stories of the cultural sector's impact on society. We hope to demonstrate, therefore, that a more joined-up and people-centred approach to evaluating the impacts of culture on individuals and communities would produce more reliable and credible data that capture impacts in ways that reflect the particular ways in which different people and places experience culture. We will test our emerging data and evaluation frameworks by designing a comprehensive case study of Bradford. We have chosen Bradford essentially because the city is mobilising to apply for UK City of Culture in 2025, and as part of this preparation, it is undertaking a detailed needs analysis that requires complex merging of cultural data with other sources of demographic and health data held by the city. So our engagement with Bradford will be mutually informative. In order to achieve our objectives, the project has brought together an expert team of academic and cultural sector specialists. Collectively, our researchers have significant experience in research methods, cultural management and evaluation, policy engagement and development, and data management and analysis. Our sector partners include world-leading cultural organisations such as the British Library, Tate and the National History Museum; national cultural funders such as Arts Council England and Historic England; expert cultural data analysts including The Audience Agency and MyCake; and significant regional partners including Bradford 2025, Bradford Teaching Hospitals and its Born in Bradford project, and Bradford City Council. These exceptional partners will work with us on our research journey to bring about a step-change in how cultural data is gathered and used to influence positive social change.

这个项目背后的理由是，文化数据集目前处于发展状态不佳，不适合目的。正如许多学者、文化工作者、资助者和政策制定者所观察到的那样，文化数据是不完整、零散和不一致的。关于如何收集数据，甚至关于收集什么样的数据，都没有商定的协议，也没有标准化的数据管理方法。这就意味着，来自文化部门的所有数据目前都没有用于交叉分析，因此很难评估整个文化部门的业绩和影响并提供证据。这使得该行业不受公众、一些地方议会甚至政府的重视，因此在金融和经济危机（如当前的COVID-19危机）中很容易受到公共资金削减的影响。这个探索性项目的中心目标是共同开发一个适合目的的混合方法文化评估框架，该框架将来自大型数据集的见解与软质数据相结合，这些数据捕捉了艺术家，策展人和观众等文化生产和消费者的生活体验。我们希望通过开发一个新的战略网络来实现这一目标，通过一系列面对面和/或通过网络研讨会进行的磋商和讨论来确定和测试上述问题的可能解决方案。该网络将包括关键的数据、政策和文化部门利益相关者，包括英国政府的数字、文化、媒体和体育部（DCMS）以及致力于制定更强大的数据标准和协议的各种国家文化组织，并通过共享数据和开放数据进行研究，促进对文化影响和评估采取更加联合的方法。该项目的第二个目标是塑造文化决策，并在此过程中为制定一般公共政策的方式提供信息。我们认为，目前的公共政策制定与其旨在造福的人民和地方相距太远，而且过度依赖于无法说明文化部门对社会影响的令人信服的数字。因此，我们希望表明，在评估文化对个人和社区的影响时，采取一种更加联合和以人为本的方法，将产生更加可靠和可信的数据，这些数据将反映不同的人和地方体验文化的具体方式。我们将通过设计一个全面的布拉德福德案例研究来测试我们新兴的数据和评估框架。我们选择布拉德福德主要是因为该市正在动员申请2025年的英国文化之城，作为准备工作的一部分，它正在进行详细的需求分析，需要将文化数据与该市持有的其他人口和健康数据来源进行复杂的合并。所以我们与布拉德福德的接触将是相互的信息。为了实现我们的目标，该项目汇集了一个由学术和文化部门专家组成的专家小组。总的来说，我们的研究人员在研究方法，文化管理和评估，政策参与和发展以及数据管理和分析方面拥有丰富的经验。我们的行业合作伙伴包括世界领先的文化组织，如大英图书馆，泰特美术馆和国家历史博物馆;国家文化资助者，如艺术理事会英格兰和历史英格兰;专家文化数据分析师，包括观众代理和MyCake;以及重要的区域合作伙伴，包括布拉德福德2025，布拉德福德教学医院及其在布拉德福德出生的项目，布拉德福德市理事会。这些杰出的合作伙伴将在我们的研究之旅中与我们合作，为如何收集和使用文化数据来影响积极的社会变革带来一步一步的变化。