This section collates all the research relating to the impact of arts and culture that cannot be fitted into the other categories on CultureCase. This section comprises a small number of studies looking at diverse themes including the role of arts and culture on crime reduction, social cohesion and social mobility.
The summaries in this category are:
This research was conducted by Margaret Kelaher, and five others at the University of Mebourne (and elsewhere), Australia.
The arts play a central role in civic dialogue, providing space for audience members and performers to reflect on personal experiences, learn about community issues, and pursue social change. Yet, for community …
This research was conducted by Samuel Byrd at Hunter College, City University of New York, USA.
In interviews with immigrant musicians at concerts and festivals, the author found that music making becomes political through both social and physical processes. It creates opportunities to understand, assess, and debate the political …
This research was conducted by Donald J. Polzella and Jeremy S. Forbis at the University of Dayton, Ohio.
This paper investigated whether attending arts events – specifically, jazz, opera, or classical music concerts – made people more civically engaged. The authors found that those who attended these concerts were …
This research was conducted by Andrew Newman, Anna Goulding and Chris Whitehead at Newcastle University, UK
This paper looked at the responses of people to a contemporary art exhibition and their involvement in activity relating to it. In particular the research examined how people talked about art in relation to …
This research was conducted by P. Matthijs Bal and Martijn Veltkamp at VU University Amsterdam and FrieslandCampina, Deventer, The Netherlands
This study reports two experiments designed to measure changes in readers’ empathic skills over one week by getting participants to read either fiction or non-fiction writing. In the fiction groups, …
This research was conducted by Fara Azmat, Yuka Fujimoto, and Ruth Rentschler at Deakin University, Australia
This paper highlights the role of Multicultural Arts Victoria (MAV) in the promotion of cultural inclusion in Australia. The paper emphasises the importance of cultural inclusion in a multicultural society and the potential of …
This research was conducted by Kelly Leroux and Anna Bernadska at the University of Illinois at Chicago, USA
This study examines the effect that arts attendance and participation have on three dimensions of civil society: civic engagement, social tolerance, and way people think about others. Researchers found that individuals who …
This research was conducted by Jenny Hughes and Karen Wilson at the University of Manchester
This paper presents the findings of a study of youth theatre. The paper explores some key questions around the impact of taking part in youth theatre on young people’s personal and social development. Overall they …
This research was conducted by Andrew J. Martin and five other people at the University of Sydney and the Australia Council for the Arts
This paper is about the role of arts engagement on the academic and non-academic outcomes of children and young people. It reports a large and multi-faceted …
This research was conducted by Dahyun Lee at Ohio State University, USA
This paper describes what happened in Columbus Ohio during the Guernica Peace Mural Programme in July 2010. The GPMP brought together 18 US graduate students and approximately 20 Somali children over five days to create a piece of …