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Abstract
Arts policy has a longstanding relationship with the concept of “quality” and the ways in which organisations measure, evaluate and account for it. Culture Counts, an evaluation system and digital platform, compiles data from standardised evaluation surveys of different stakeholder groups – organisations, audiences, critics, funders and peers – and provides the means to compare and triangulate data in an accessible format. As a result, it claims to provide a more effective, democratic tool for quality measurement of art, which demonstrates the public value of AQ4 funding [Department of Culture and the Arts, & Knell, J. (2014). Public value measurement framework: Measuring the quality of the arts. Department of Culture and the Arts; Mellor, S. (2014). Understanding the value of arts and culture. ACE, blog posted July 21. Retrieved from http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/blog/ understanding-value-arts-and-culture.]. Through qualitative research with two consortia of organisations involved in Culture Counts pilot projects in Manchester, England and Victoria, Australia, we explore these claims, comparing the reception and promotion of the system in both countries and considering its potential incorporation into policy assessment frameworks and adoption within arts organisations’ existing evaluation capacities.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 282-294 |
Journal | Cultural Trends |
Volume | 26 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 16 Nov 2017 |
Keywords
- Quality
- Arts policy
- evaluation
- Public value
- big data
- metrics
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Calling participation to account: Taking Part in the politics of method
Gilmore, A., Miles, A. & Bunting, C., 2019, Histories of cultural participation, values and governance. Gibson, L. & Belfiore, E. (eds.). 1 ed. Palgrave Macmillan Ltd, p. 183-210 (New Directions in Cultural Policy Research).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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“Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width”: Big Data for Quality and Performance Evaluation in the Arts and Cultural Sector and the Case of “Culture Metrics”
Gilmore, A., Arvanitis, K. & Albert, A., 2018, Big Data in the Arts and Humanities: Theory and Practice. Schiuma, G. & Carlucci, D. (eds.). 1st ed. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, p. 27 - 39 13 p. (Data Analytics Applications).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Data culture and organisational practice
Arvanitis, K., Gilmore, A., Florack, F. & Zuanni, C., 20 Mar 2016, Museums and the Web 2016.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
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Activities
- 1 Membership of committee
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Measuring Cultural Participation - AHRC / National Endowment for the Arts Symposium (Event)
Abigail Gilmore (Member)
Jun 2014Activity: Membership › Membership of committee