Experiencing arts and culture. Understanding and measuring quality in physical and virtual environments

拟议的研讨会计划旨在审查文化参与的现有定义，并概述在2008年欧洲文化之都的背景下，利物浦和西北地区的各种特殊项目中已经测试过的评估主线。该计划还与东南地区的合作伙伴和利益相关者建立了联系，他们希望通过与奥林匹克文化相关的活动，最大限度地提高观众对2012年奥运会的参与度。我们旨在探讨的主要问题是对艺术和文化体验中质量的解释，以及衡量和全面评估此类体验影响的方法。像“文化之都”和“文化奥林匹克”这样的大型文化活动涉及广泛的合作和伙伴关系，以及在短暂而密集的时间内进行有针对性的支出。然而，了解经历这些事件的价值及其长期影响仍然是一个有争议的问题。为了构建辩论框架并最大限度地利用先进研究方法的机会，以及为从业者和决策者提供建议的行动路线，我们提议举办三次研讨会，讨论围绕质量和测量的相同问题。第一部分将通过回顾文化参与解释中的当前定义和紧张关系，概述已建立的研究方法，来建立场景。-第二个工作坊将基于相同的问题，但重点关注物理环境中的文化参与-特别是公共艺术的体验及其与画廊环境的区别-第三个工作坊将重点关注围绕虚拟环境影响的新兴问题，特别是，研讨会将包括一个由16名参与者/演讲者组成的核心小组，他们将参与三场辩论，并将有机会根据自己的学术或创造性实践来测试每次会议中提出的方法和概念问题。

The proposed workshop programme is set to review existing definitions of cultural engagement and outline the main lines of assessment that have been tested within the Impacts 08 programme and are being further explored in a diversity of special projects within Liverpool and the North West in the context of the 2008 European Capital of Culture. The programme also establishes a link with partners and stakeholders in the South East who aspire to maximise audience engagement in the lead to the 2012 Olympic Games via Cultural Olympiad - related activities. The main issues we aim to explore are interpretations of quality within arts and cultural experiences and approaches to measuring and fully assessing the impact of such experiences. Large-scale cultural events such as the Capital of Culture and the Cultural Olympiad involve extensive collaborations and partnerships as well as targeted spending over brief but intense periods of time. However, understanding the value of experiencing such events and their long term impacts remains a contested issue. In order to frame the debate and maximise opportunities for advanced research methodologies as well as suggested lines of action for practitioners and policy-makers, we are proposing to conduct three workshops that will consider the same questions around quality and measurement. - The first will set-up the scene, by reviewing current definitions and tensions in the interpretation of cultural engagement and outlining established research methodologies. - The second will build on the same questions but with a focus on cultural engagement in physical environments - particularly, the experience of public art and how it differs from a gallery environment- The third workshop will focus on emerging questions around the impact of virtual environments, in particular, the effect of blurring amateur and professional production as well as the impact of increased interaction and the role of audiences as producers of contentThe workshops will involve a core group of 16 participants/speakers who will be involved in the three debates and will have the opportunity to test the methodological and conceptual issues raised in each meeting against their own academic or creative practices.