Guide to the Literature on Participation in the Arts
In response to broad social, economic, and technological trends that have affected the arts environment over the past 15 years, arts organizations are increasingly reaching out to the communities they serve and encouraging individuals to participate in their programs. To successfully increase participation, they must identify and understand their potential audiences and develop programs and marketing approaches that will appeal to them.
To assist in those efforts, this report presents an introduction to the best of the growing body of literature on participation-building. It is not an annotated bibliography that summarizes the contents of specific articles and books; rather, it analyzes the key contributions of the literature and provides lists of the most important books and articles on specific aspects of arts participation.
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- Pages: 44
- Document Number: DRU-2308-WRDF
- Year: 2001
- Series: Drafts
Contents
Preface
Summary
Acknowledgments
Chapter One
Introduction
Chapter Two
The Empirical Literature on Participation
Chapter Three
The Theoretical Literature
Chapter Four
The Practitioner Literature
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