Active Cultural Participation in Europe, 8-10 June 2011, Ghent

Mapping Active Cultural Participation in Europe:What to Look for and How to Find it in a Compatible Way.

Six Targets, with examples from Flanders and The Netherlands

Dries VanherwegenAndries van den BroekJohn Lievens

Introduction

active cultural participation /amateur arts neglected area ? presentation

6 targets Flemish and Dutch examples / data input from other countries discussion and debate where to go from here

Target 0. Definition

active vs. receptive which activities ?

common ground music dance theatre visual arts creative writing new media

crafts ? who definies ? policy, academia or the amateur ? challenge for international comparisons ?

Targets

Target 1.Participants

measurement active cultural participation: activities intensity reference period amateur vs. professional

profiles age, gender, education, ...

trends repeated measurements

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year 14-17 18-34 35-54 55-64 65-74 75-85

TOTAL 2003 56,6 36,1 26,9 25,9 17,4 13,72009 70,6*** 46,5*** 31,0*** 25,3 27,3*** 15,1

year Currently enrolled

No/lower education

Lower secondary

Higher secondar

y

Higher education

TOTAL 2003 58,1 16,2 20,7 27,0 42,3

2009 65,3*** 19,8*** 28,7*** 31,2*** 42,5

Percentage active art participants according to age (in %), comparison 2003/2009

Active participation in the arts according to level of education (in %), comparison 2003/2009

Target 2. Participation: The Nature of the Beast

time spent money spent / earnt presenting own work / creations

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  In real life On the internetMusic 47 17 Playing an instrument 35 17 Singing 56 14Dancing 13 5Theatre 75 24Visual arts 14 14Film 36 8Creative writing 32 28Total 43 16

Proportion of active arts participants in The Netherlands reporting having shown their creative output in the last 12 years in real life or on the internet, 2009.

Target 3. Careers

careers motives

why do people start ? why do people engage ? why do people stop ?

amateur arts participation in the life course influencing factors

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Playing pop music over the life course, by birth cohort, in %, Flanders, 2009.

Target 4. Correlates

correlates psychological social attitudinal

policy rationale ? causality issue !

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  Observed Controlled

Social desorientation    

none 2,83 2,78

occasional 2,37 2,55

frequent 2,58 2,70

Social desorientation according to intensity of active cultural participation in Flanders, 2004.

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Size of leisure network size and degree of active cultural participation in Flanders, 2009

Target 5. Other pastimes

receptive cultural behaviour (public / private) social participation / membership sports ...

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  Non-participant

s

Classical participants

Popular and Music

Hardcore

Never 63,7 14,7 16,2 5,5

Former 38,9 26,1 22,7 12,4

Occasional amateur 29,9 36,1 15,3 18,8

Frequent amateur 16,4 27,9 28,6 27,2

Receptive cultural participation according to intensity of active cultural participation

Typology of receptive cultural participants

Target 6. Facilities and policies

from micro to meso and macro level

facilities self-organised vs. structured formal vs. informal

policies centrality budget

evaluation and expectations

How to move further ?

Inform Inspire Initiate