Information and Cultural Exchange: a study of best practices in community building, participation and cultural citizenship through creative practices
ARC Linkage Project [2008-2010]
ARC Linkage Project [2008-2010]
Researchers: Ilaria Vanni Accarigi, Tanja Dreher, Devleena Ghosh, Chris Ho, Tony Mitchell
Partner Investigators: Information and Cultural Exchange, The Australia Council for the Arts, Arts NSW Department of Arts, Sport and Recreation
In brief:
This project offers new approaches to questions of cultural diversity beyond multiculturalism by bringing together the notions of culture and citizenship, thereby reframing the international debate over cultural citizenship within the Australian context. The project places Australia at the leading edge of research on new media, creative practices and citizenship by developinig models of 'evaluating evaluation' and benchmarking participation, belonging and cultural citizenship. The research will contribute to improving funding, evaluation and policy priorities for key Arts agencies such as The Australia Council and Arts NSW.
