The use of arts and creativity in place branding strategy
to create new job and capital investment now in relation to the new creative economy’.The research was based on a review of strategy documents and municipal data, interviews with key stakeholders, and observation of key events in the cityIt looked at six areas: marketing and branding, public relations, corporate social responsibility, human resources, research and innovation and production. Taken together they revealed that the approach in Łódź was not just about branding and image (as is so
Reading literary fiction improves emotion recognition
reasoning
This may be due to the differences between the way we learn content and the skills needed to engage with fictional narratives. Another explanation may lie in the potential for non-literary fiction to imitate physical reasoning abilities, were a central character to figure their way through a physical dilemma.
The authors highlight a few shortcomings in study design to be addressed in future research: particularly the small (and predominantly female) sample.
This summary is by Anna Kolliakou, King’s Knowledge Exchange Associate
This may be due to the differences between the way we learn content and the skills needed to engage with fictional narratives. Another explanation may lie in the potential for non-literary fiction to imitate physical reasoning abilities, were a central character to figure their way through a physical dilemma.
The authors highlight a few shortcomings in study design to be addressed in future research: particularly the small (and predominantly female) sample.
This summary is by Anna Kolliakou, King’s Knowledge Exchange Associate
The relationship between arts and gentrification
This research was conducted by Carl Grodach at Queensland University of Technology, Australia and Nicole Foster and James Murdoch III at the University of Texas Arlington, USASummaryThe fine arts, such as the performing arts, museums and art schools have long been considered to have a positive association with neighbourhood revitalisation. This study found that in fact it is the commercial arts (which include film, music and design-based industries), not the fine arts, that have the strongest
The elements of an autism-friendly relaxed performance
important, and so visitors to the festival were able to signal to others their preference for human contact using different coloured badges. Other accommodations were made such as turning off hand drying machines and providing paper towels instead, turning off ambient music in public spaces, prohibiting perfume, turning off fluorescent lights, etc. Some productions and venues offered a quiet area outside the main auditorium with a screen showing the action, allowing people to follow the performance.
Reducing stigma for disabled arts patrons
This research was conducted by Erin Ludwig at Corcoran Gallery of Art + College of Art and Design, USA
Summary
This paper looked at what factors influenced the decisions of disabled people to attend arts venues. The research was based two surveys: one of 28 arts organisations and another of 50 disabled people. Both took place in New Jersey, USA. The surveys focused particularly on the ways in which stigma around disability influenced people’s attitudes and behaviours. They found that stigma was
Summary
This paper looked at what factors influenced the decisions of disabled people to attend arts venues. The research was based two surveys: one of 28 arts organisations and another of 50 disabled people. Both took place in New Jersey, USA. The surveys focused particularly on the ways in which stigma around disability influenced people’s attitudes and behaviours. They found that stigma was
Best practice in community consultation by museums
the main exhibition
What best practice looks like
The author concluded that best practice for consultation involves shared ownership of all stages of exhibition design, recognition of the power relations involved in community consultation, and recognition by curators of the significance of exhibitions spaces as sites for providing social justice and positive representation. The results of the research show that narrative-driven exhibitions, rather than those that were object-led, more often involved a democratic consultation process. In order to deliver better community consultation in the future, the research recommends diversity and negotiation skills training.
This summary was written by Ruth Craggs, King's Knowledge Exchange Associate
What best practice looks like
The author concluded that best practice for consultation involves shared ownership of all stages of exhibition design, recognition of the power relations involved in community consultation, and recognition by curators of the significance of exhibitions spaces as sites for providing social justice and positive representation. The results of the research show that narrative-driven exhibitions, rather than those that were object-led, more often involved a democratic consultation process. In order to deliver better community consultation in the future, the research recommends diversity and negotiation skills training.
This summary was written by Ruth Craggs, King's Knowledge Exchange Associate
Art spaces can act as community spaces
, and being isolated due to building design. There are opportunities to increase the value of community arts spaces for community development through programming changes (e.g. joined-up scheduling of children and adult programmes) and through understanding visitor demographics. Physical changes (e.g. improving the outside of buildings with art, signage and landscaping, promoting public transport and placing new facilities where there is higher footfall) could also increase their potential.
This summary was written by Ruth Craggs, King’s Knowledge Exchange Associate
This summary was written by Ruth Craggs, King’s Knowledge Exchange Associate
The ‘literary bestseller’ – how to market a contradiction in terms
design and marketing teams worked on an eye-catching book cover and a marketing campaign that would attract attention from more general book consumers. Penguin aimed to balance the potentially devaluing effects of the media hype and marketing on the book’s literary cache by purposefully building up the persona of an author striving to create a long-term literary work recognised by peers. Smith herself also reiterated the political message of the novel by deconstructing the ethnic stereotypes attributed to the characters (and the author).
This summary is by Philip Abraham, King’s Knowledge Exchange Associate
This summary is by Philip Abraham, King’s Knowledge Exchange Associate
The vital importance universal access to in-school arts activities
three years of the Taking Part SurveyThis is government survey of a nationally representative sample of the English population. The researchers analysed the responses of just under 2,000 children aged 11-15 in the years between 2015 and 2018. The key questions from the survey were whether children had engaged in ‘performing arts activities’, in ‘arts, crafts and design activities’ and visited ‘an archive, a museum or heritage site’ in the past year. The survey also asked how frequently those
Theatre and performance can improve the social skills of 'at-risk' youth
engagement in the programme and getting high levels of parental involvement with the child’s development.
National Arts and Youth Demonstration Project (NAYDP)
The NAYDP intentionally reached out to 183 children aged 9-15 from low-income families. The after-school programme lasted nine months and focused mainly on theatre and performance but also included elements of set-and-prop design, and filmmaking. There were two 90-minute sessions per week conducted by professional arts instructors. They
National Arts and Youth Demonstration Project (NAYDP)
The NAYDP intentionally reached out to 183 children aged 9-15 from low-income families. The after-school programme lasted nine months and focused mainly on theatre and performance but also included elements of set-and-prop design, and filmmaking. There were two 90-minute sessions per week conducted by professional arts instructors. They