Geographies of Engagement: Spatial Understanding of Arts Attendance

我们如何解释艺术观众的地域差异？艺术爱好者搬家是为了离演出更近，还是为了彼此更近？场馆是否设置在已经有观众的地方？还是三个都有？这些因素在全国范围内有何不同？这个项目将使用来自观众查找器的数据-一个非常大的文化场馆交易数据库-来探索这些问题，并增进我们对艺术观众空间动态的理解。该项目还将特别关注可视化：观众成员的地理模式如何与文化部门进行沟通。该项目提供了一个为文化政策和部门影响作出独特贡献的绝佳机会。

How can we explain geographical differences in arts audiences? Do arts lovers move so they're closer to performances, or to each other? Do venues set up in locations where an audience is already there? Or is it all three? And how do these factors vary across the country? This project will use data from Audience Finder - a very large database of transactions at cultural venues - to explore these questions and advance our understanding of the spatial dynamics of arts audiences. The project will also have a particular focus on visualisation: how geographic patterns of audience membership can be communicated with the cultural sector. The project offers a suberb opportunity to make a distinctive contribution to cultural policy as well as sector impact.