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The ecologies and economy of cultural value from research
- Abstract:
- This study explored conceptually and empirically the ways in which those engaged with university-based arts and humanities research (researchers, managers, partners, beneficiaries) construct and respond to the challenges of generating, interpreting, and demonstrating the cultural value of research. Cultural value is a contested concept, beset by philosophical, practical and political tensions. We argue that interpretations of value – cultural or otherwise – are part of complex ecologies of cultural life, creation and understanding, while at the same time underpinning economies of description, prescription, inscription and ascription. Meaning, expression, narrative and practice, combined and recombined in experience, are core themes in our participants’ description of the arts and the humanities. However, more needs to be done across all levels of the research governance system so that meaningful engagement is sustained and narratives in cultural terms are not perceived as a risk in accountability contexts.
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- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- 10.1080/10286632.2015.1128418
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- Routledge
- Journal:
- International Journal of Cultural Policy More from this journal
- Volume:
- 24
- Issue:
- 1
- Pages:
- 1-24
- Publication date:
- 2015-12-29
- Acceptance date:
- 2015-11-19
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1477-2833
- ISSN:
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1028-6632
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English
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2015-11-20
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- Copyright © 2015 The Author(s). Published by Taylor and Francis. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, and is not altered, transformed, or built upon in any way.
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