Fifty years of measuring cultural engagement: contributions, gaps and the future of surveys
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Leiva Filho, Joāo Oswaldo. 2024. Fifty years of measuring cultural engagement: contributions, gaps and the future of surveys. Doctoral thesis, Goldsmiths, University of London [Thesis]
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The aim of the dissertation is to critically investigate the main contributions of the Cultural Access and Participation Surveys (CAPS) in the last 50 years, the challenges they face today and possible ways to move ahead. The study has mapped 444 surveys conducted in 45 countries around the world to assess its development and the methodologies adopted in each scenario, like sample size, frequency, and interview method. Focusing on Europe and South America, the dissertation examines the cultural activities covered by the questionnaires developed in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, England, France, and Spain. The investigation includes 32 in-depth interviews with researchers and policymakers from nine countries. The CAPS have provided vast evidence that education and earnings, in this sequence, are the key variables shaping cultural engagement. Despite meaningful contributions for the knowledge about cultural engagement, the CAPS remain underused in academy and policymaking. The study discusses the reasons behind it and how the surveys could contribute to ongoing debates on culture. The emergence of the agendas around diversity, creativity, cultural democracy, wellbeing, and social cohesion poses new challenges to the CAPS. Combined with the fast growth of digital technologies, from a practical perspective, it means much more variables to measure. More than adjustments to the new scenario, the CAPS looks to require meaningful changes in their design and a strong articulation with qualitative studies and big data to keep on informing about the way people connect with arts and culture.
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Thesis (Doctoral) |
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cultural access and participation surveys; cultural habits; audience development; creative economy; cultural policies; cultural inequalities |
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| Date: |
30 April 2024 |
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36346 |
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16 May 2024 16:30 |
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16 May 2024 16:31 |
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