Performance in the Twenty-First Century: Theatres of Engagement addresses the reshaping
of theatre and performance after postmodernism. Andy Lavender argues provocatively that …

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Despite its undoubted importance to policy makers and practitioners, cultural value remains
a highly contested concept. Empirical work in the area has, meanwhile, been hampered by …

This article highlights challenges of attempting to rigorously evaluate and meaningfully
communicate the social impacts of arts and culture in regional Australia. By examining how …

There is increasing interest in the academic community to better understand how concert
audiences experience and value live classical music (Kolb 2000; Pitts 2005; Pitts et al. 2013; …

This book investigates the relationship developed between the researcher/evaluator and the
commissioning arts and cultural producer in providing an opportunity to rethink the …

Street performance (busking) has gained a higher social status in the 21st century. Recently,
scholars have argued for its merit in contributing to the quality of urban life. Past studies of …

The arts do not exist in vacuum and cannot be valued in abstract ways; their value is how
they make people feel, what they can empower people to do and how they interact with …

The findings from this ARC Linkage project The Role of the Creative Arts in Regional
Australia: a social impact model (LP180100477) indicate that arts and cultural projects and …

This study explores the extent to which a large set of musically experienced listeners share
understanding with a performing saxophone-piano duo, and with each other, of what …